The Real MVPs

In my almost 34 years I've heard mothers referred to as "the real MVPs" countless times, but it's never been delivered with more truth than Kevin Durant did a few days ago. Watch the whole speech to grasp its full power, but he addresses his mother directly starting at the 23:00 mark. For my mom, for…

Random Roundball: On heartbreak, basketball, and a city divided (from 2008)

This is a piece I wrote  (as a Facebook note, incredibly enough) April 8, 2008, in the hours after the Memphis Tigers lost the national title game in overtime to the Kansas Jayhawks. A lot of this piece's references may be outdated, but I think the point never is. So as a proper Internet denizen,…