A sports blog by and for Midwest Sports Fans
We’re only two days away from NBA All-Star Weekend, one of my favorite weekends on the sports calendar. And one of the highlights of any All-Star Weekend is the Slam Dunk Contest. To get you ready for this year’s contest, here’s a look at the ten best dunks in the event’s history.
In honor of Hoosier Hysteria and the only high school basketball tournament to inspire one of the American Film Institute’s Top 10 Sports Movies, Josh Tinley has compiled a list of his eight favorite Indiana high school nicknames.
While I am grateful that I live in a world in which free software that uses a negligible amount of memory gives me play-by-play updates of every single NCAA men’s and women’s basketball game played, the ScoreCenter App has lied to me twice this season, elevating my blood pressure both times.
The “Crosstown Classic” began this year and will repeat next year in the Hoosier State. But why not have an event that showcases all ten of the state’s Division I programs? And why stop at “showcase”? Let’s have a tournament and determine a champion. And why stop in Indiana? This could work across the country.
If you needed more evidence that the Midwest is the most romantic region of the United States, here you go: this weekend at the Missouri Grand Prix swim meet, three-time Olympic medalist and Chicagoland native Matt Grevers proposed to his girlfriend and Team USA teammate Annie Chandler from the medal stand.
Yesterday we told you the story of Knicks point guard and overnight sensation Jeremy Lin. Then promptly, last night, Lin went for a career high 38 points and 7 assists in a victory over the visiting Lakers.
In less than a week New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin went from unknown to trending worldwide on Twitter. Here is everything you wanted to know about Lin’s journey from disrespected afterthought to the man inspiring ‘Linsanity’ across the sports landscape.
Last night the New Orleans Hornets let Will Ferrell announce the starting lineups for the Hornets’ game against the Chicago Bulls. Watch the entire video from CSN Chicago:
Eric Mangini, in a discussion on this morning’s First Take about whether Eli Manning would be a Hall of Famer if his career ended today, mentioned that Eli led the league in interceptions in 2010 and asked, “How many Hall of Famers have led the league in interceptions?” Naturally, Josh stopped what he was doing and went to databaseFootball.com to answer Mangini’s question.
During last night’s Wizards-Raptors game, Washington’s JaVale McGee put up a running hook shot then ran back on defense, even though his team came up with the rebound. John Wall’s reaction is the best part of the whole sequence.
See the video and an instant review of Madonna’s much-anticipated Super Bowl halftime show here at MSF as soon as it is completed.
While we all wait for Super Bowl 46, here are 46 trivial facts about the history of the Super Bowl, including the most interesting Super Bowl fact of all-time at the end.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame committee last night announced the six players headed to Canton this summer. Curtis Martin got the nod in his second year of eligibility, but notable snubs like Cris Carter and Bill Parcells did not. Josh Tinley discusses the inductees and the snubs here.
National anthem performers are like referees. If they do their job correctly, we’ll completely forget about their performance in a matter of hours. But if they mess up, we’ll discuss and replay their error for years. With that in mind I’ve compiled 5 great Super Bowl performances of “The Star Spangled Banner” that we should remember.
The New York Giants have one of the longest, richest histories in the National Football League. Josh Tinley summarizes this championship history and also breaks down the Giants’ history in the Super Bowl, including their record, game-by-game results, and MVPs.
