There has been a lower tolerance for bullying, sexism, and violence in society. The social media court of opinion has taken a stand that morality is important, I think. In sport we’ve seen an uptick behavior that is considered socially unacceptable. Phoenix Suns majority owner Robert Sarver, Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka and Cleveland Browns…

This summer I’ve spent a lot of time in work out facilities watching the next generation of athletes prepare for the upcoming season. Before the summer started, I would have bet that the players are different in that they don’t work hard. What I’ve found is that the parents are different, especially as it comes…

OVERTIME – Overtime is a digital sports media company that started in 2016. It has since launched the professional basketball league, Overtime Elite League (OTE). OTE was developed for top high school players, offering them the opportunity to play professional basketball, while also earning an annual salary of up to $10 0K. OTE’s transformative model…

Here we go again. The Duke Blue Devils are hogging all the nation’s best high school basketball players. They are about to kick everybody’s butt. Again. Is any other university going to get in the way? What happened to all that fight you teach your players in practice every day? Where is the work from…

There is one basketball player that comes around every few years that has the IT Factor. Everything works. Jump shot falls. The handle on the basketball is pure and effortless. The passes thrown are make it through traffic. Meet Judea “JuJu” Watkins (G-C/O 2023), the one of the best player in her class. We’ve been…

Student-athletes are more like athlete-students. Universities in the United States have found a way to get athletes to believe that they should be able to maintain academic excellence all the while performing at a high level on the playing field. I argue that the likelihood of being able to accomplish this feat low. Very low.…

A good basketball player usually comes from a combination of good training, coaching and promotion on a basketball platform in which the player can perform and the world takes notice. Temetrius Jamel “Ja” Morant from Dalzell South Carolina was initially trained and coached by his dad Tee Morant who played high level high school and…

In the summer of 2013, I watched the NBA summer. Milwaukee was playing. They has just drafted a skinny 6’9″ African kid from Greece. He didn’t look Greek to me but whatever I thought as I kept watching. They were playing him as a lead guard and he was making a ton of mistakes, missing…