This week on BallCourt - The World of Basketball, Coach Drew talks about the possibility of revival of a Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics rivalry. This rivalry has produced some of the best basketball championship challenges in history. Coach Drew walks through several of the historic games - and discusses what could be in 2020.
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Read moreThis week, Blitz Sports Magazine publisher Malik Spann asks a key question - why is all of this corruption being allowed? Why are the professional athletes being treated like owned puppets? And why is no one calling out / naming really what's going on? Sports and Politics. A discussion goes on and how America’s ongoing conversation about race so often spills into sports. The contradiction of white supremacy thinking and the construct of black supremacy in sports. Conflicts, contradictions and craziness.
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Read moreBlitz Sports Magazine Podcast publisher Malik Spann digs in to the current events around politics and sports. This week: the Democratic Party and Kamala Harris' nomination as Vice President. No one is listening as long as the games go on as though there are no problems... Sports and Politics, Politics and Sports. Coronavirus pandemic, Breonna Taylor, and Russia meddling in the elections.
A whole new wave of protests has been sparked by the recent shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sports is no longer an exception. In just a few hours, the sports world has become deeply entangled with this issue. Athletes from the NBA, WNBA, MLS, MLB, and more have decided to boycott upcoming games, resulting in numerous matches being called off and postponed across the major sports leagues. They stand in solidarity with the Milwaukee Bucks, who, earlier today, chose not to show up to their game 5 playoff match against the Orlando Magic, and thus kick-started this whole trend. Now, hours later, there is a considerable possibility of the NBA season ending almost as soon as it had restarted. According to reports, the LA Lakers and the LA Clippers, two of the top teams in the Western Conference, voted against finishing the season during a league-wide player meeting held earlier tonight. Although all of the other teams voted otherwise, this conveys a clear idea of how some players feel about the circumstances surrounding social reform and racial injustice. This is still a developing story, and there are still numerous possible outcomes to this string of events.
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by Z Roney
11.14.2019 For years, there has been controversy and scrutiny involving some of the NCAA's policies. The Rich Paul rule is a recent example of this. On a broader note, the guidelines prohibiting athletes from being paid or receiving money have also been a subject of extensive debate, and have been the cause of a handful of disputed cases.
Recently, these issues have been thrust into the spotlight once again, this time due to a ruling involving Memphis center James Wiseman. Standing at 7 feet and weighing 240 pounds, the freshman is projected to be a lottery pick in next year's NBA draft, if not the 1st overall pick. However, now his draft stock may be in jeopardy. As of last week, the NCAA made a controversial ruling regarding his eligibility to play. Less than an hour after news broke that the NCAA had ruled Memphis freshman James Wiseman ineligible, a Shelby County judge granted the potential top pick in the 2020 NBA draft an emergency temporary restraining order, allowing Wiseman to play a game against Illinois-Chicago.
Wiseman’s attorney, Leslie Ballin, said that Memphis Coach Penny Hardaway helped pay for Wiseman and his family to move to Memphis in 2017 during his junior year of high school. Hardaway “provided $11,500 in moving expenses … unbeknownst to James,” according to a statement from the University of Memphis. Ballin said that action caused the NCAA to deem Hardaway a booster.
Blake Ballin, another Wiseman attorney, said the NCAA sent a letter before Wiseman’s collegiate debut Tuesday deeming him ineligible, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. The 7-foot-1 Wiseman would play in that game anyway, a 97-64 win over South Carolina State, and had 28 points and 11 rebounds for the No. 14 Tigers.
Given the circumstances, the benefit his family received was impermissible by NCAA standards. If this verdict is passed, Wiseman's appeal to NBA scouts will no doubt be stained. The program at Memphis is currently working to resolve this issue; in the meantime, he is continuing to play for the team, having contributed in their past two games.
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