By Richard Ray: The NCAA’s Men’s College Basketball tournament has synonymously been called March Madness for many years now. The trademarked term came into place because of the upsets and buzzer beaters that took place over the years to signify the madness and unpredictability of the tournament to crown the college basketball champion. Every […]
By Richard Ray: Inspiration comes in all forms. I am not a big college football fan, but games dominate much of television the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. I was in the gym and a television was on helping me pass the time on a stationary bike. Going no where in a hurry is […]
By Richard Ray: The news of LiAngelo Ball’s arrest in China for shoplifting, along with two other of his UCLA teammates was literally only hours old when he began trending on Twitter. As the middle brother of the more well know Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers and LaMelo Ball, still a high […]
By Richard Ray: Anyone who has ever played the game of basketball has had some form of Hoop Dreams… Hoop Delusions is probably a more accurate description of the assessment to their respective basketball skill levels… I am easily one of those that have had one of these dreams/delusions. Basketball was an essential part […]
By Richard Ray: I do not even believe the headline of this article, but the subjectivity on this topic makes the outrageousness of my headline as true as anything else written. USA Today sports columnist Nancy Armour just wrote a piece titled “It’s Official: Lavar Ball is the worst sports parent ever.” I have […]
By Richard Ray: So I just want to make sure I have this correct. Many of you are out there burning player’s jerseys and season tickets as well as vowing to boycott NFL games. Those are the calm ones because some of your brethren have taken to vile racist name calling and death threats […]
By Richard Ray: I know that it easy to pontificate on subjects behind a keypad with little threat of repercussions, but from all initial accounts, the US Attorney’s indictments on four college basketball assistant coaches has little substance behind the threats that already have the college sports world shook including the anticipated firing of […]
By Richard Ray: I try not to engage in any public activity in an emotional state. That includes when writing about anything personal, political or sports. So I had to take a timeout after witnessing yet another horrendous decision in a boxing match. As entertaining as it may have been, I just cannot do […]
By Richard Ray: Congratulations to Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Conor McGregor. Each woke up after their uber-hyped fight much, much, much richer men. I was extremely critical of the farce I believed the fight to be, but I never knock anyone’s hustle (as long as you are not literally hurting someone else in a […]
By Richard Ray: In a week that has been depressing and exhausting in its tumultuousness, I offer a respite. Even if just temporary, tune in to watch the Little League World Series this weekend. Reality is not going anywhere. Scandal in the White House surrounded by White Nationalist protesters and counter-protesters is real and […]
