Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesThe MLB Home Run Derby is set to look a little different this year, as the league announced a set of rule changes and an updated format for the competition on Sunday.
This year's iteration of the event will have all eight participants competing against each other, with the top four advancing. The competition will then feature a bracket-style semifinal with the winners advancing to face off in the final round: Read More...
NPR states that Russell was lauded for his efforts as a civil rights activist both on and off the basketball court. According to WBUR, he openly spoke out about the lack of Black basketball players in the NBA and fought against segregated schools in Boston. The Nation writes that in return, Russell’s Boston home was defaced with racial epithets. In 1961, he boycotted a game in Lexington, Kentucky when his fellow Black team members were refused service at a local restaurant. Read More...
The Knicks were one of the teams I said should not use their amnesty clause when the provision was put in place. At the time, I cited Amar'e Stoudemire as a "decent value at his current salary."
Delusional judgement there, Mr. Roberts.
Stoudemire is the clear-cut choice to be amnestied, but the problem is that they already exercised it on Chauncey Billups, who was owed $14.2 million. Billups could still serve a useful role for the Knicks in the backcourt, while they are struggling to find a role for Amar'e—who, make no mistake, is not a " Read More...