On Sunday, February 17, 2013, Michael Jeffrey Jordan turns 50 years old. It’s hard to believe, especially with recent comeback rumors and reports that he’s been playing in practice with the Charlotte Bobcats. On top of MJ turning 50, I’m also turning 30 this year – and despite what Jay-Z says, I don’t believe for a minute that “30 is the new 20.” For the first time in my adult life, I feel a chink in my armor of invincibility as the last waves of my twenties lap against the shores of mortality.... [Read more]

The 2012 NBA Playoffs are fast approaching, like Khloe and Lamar’s impending divorce, inevitable since Mark Cuban laid off Odom on that Shark Tank show. So far, the 2012 NBA playoff matchups look like this: in the Eastern Conference first round it’s Bulls vs. Sixers, Heat vs. Knicks, Pacers vs. Magic and Celtics vs. the Hawks. In the Western Conference first round, it’s Spurs vs. Jazz, Thunder vs. Nuggets, Lakers vs. Mavs and Clippers vs. Grizzlies. There is no shortage of spectacular storyli... [Read more]

Jeremy Lin’s recent rise from obscurity to the top of the sports world is a great story, but it pales lin comparison with the plethora of puns that the media and comedians are now unveilin. I’m not going to get linto the statistics and lintegers of Jeremy’s impressive week on the court, but right into the puns. Honestly, my co-workers advised me that all the good Lin puns have been used, but there is always room for linprovement. It’s like a disease, a contaglin – once you start you can’t sto... [Read more]