The Houston Rockets have become the bane of critics lately. Many see the red uniforms and can’t stop but thinking of the player empowerment movement. Now Houston, specifically former MVP James Harden, is the embodiment of the worst end of that. This off-season, with two years left in their respective contracts, Harden and Russell Westbrook […]
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If you thought the exodus of Daryl Morey, Chris Paul, or Mike D’Antoni would at any point end the never-ending gossip… Think again. If you thought the news cycle would end when Russell Westbrook was traded, think again. This weekend, while NBA teams were reporting for duty, perennial MVP candidate James Harden was notably absent. […]
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It was a fairly normal day (for 2020) at the Clevelander hotel. All five daily episodes of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, ESPN’s most downloaded and highest rated podcast, went on as scheduled. There were funny jokes about Alvin Kamara, Dan Le Batard did his normal soapbox kind of thing about college sports, […]
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Of course, less than 36 hours after claiming Houston Rockets’ Rafel Stone was content on not moving former MVPs Russell Westbrook or James Harden in a long piece about all of his off-season moves… he does it: Houston has agreed to trade Russell Westbrook to Washington for John Wall and a first-round pick, sources tell […]
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Listen, I get it… we all have our holiday traditions. On Thanksgiving, we wake up hungover, miss the Turkey Trot, gorge on a bunch of fantastic food, and sit down to watch football while slipping in and out of a food-induced coma the rest of the afternoon… until it’s time to wake up and heat […]
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The Houston Rockets have been in the news a lot in the abbreviated NBA Off-Season. At times it felt like a big depressing dump of fatal news. First, recently acquired former MVP Russell Westbrook was unhappy, then former MVP James Harden wanted to bounce to Brooklyn. That put Houston’s new General Manager Rafael Stone in […]
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The NBA Draft is an annual affair that is filled with anticipation, anxiety, excitement, and stress. In an instant, young men become millionaires and are sent off to new hometowns to fulfill their dreams of being an NBA basketball player. From New York to Los Angeles, and 28 cities in between, fans clamor over words […]
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The professional sports scene in Houston, TX, has had quite a year. Cheating scandals, atrocious trades, and demands for outs have become synonymous with H-Town. For some unknown reason, the Houston Astros, Rockets, and Texans have all had their worst year in the national media in the same year. In 2018, the Astros were handing […]
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If Wednesday was all about Houston Rockets fans feeling like they’ve lost their newest “toy” in Russell Westbrook, Sunday felt like you ripped their favorite right out of their hands. While no official trade has been brokered, Adrian Wojnarowski stoked the flames a put out a lot more smoke around the idea that Kevin Durant […]
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Well, November 11th is surely a day Houston Rockets fans will want to forget. At this point, we’ve all seen the reports. What went from a franchise preparing for Free Agency on Tuesday is left brushing off ashes on Thursday morning. Wednesday was like throwing a propane tank in a dumpster fire of an off […]
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In 2020, we are seeing athletes ask their teams and universities to make a real change in their image across the sports landscape. One easy, simplistic way to begin that change is through language. More specifically, seeing the names we use to refer to schools, mascots, and team names as carrying weight. But what about […]
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Fans of the show and podcast refreshed their feed over and over again Friday afternoon. They quickly flipped to Twitter and “the Reddit” to find out that Hurricane Eta had nixed the LeBatard Show with Stugotz for the time being. While it was the safe option, fans across the country lamented that they’d go a […]
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Listen, one of the most beautiful things about basketball culture is each city is different. You get the vibe as you’re watching the game: local fans in each city watch for different things, cheer on different highlights, and enjoy different aspects of the game. In Madison Square Garden in New York, fans appreciate the big […]
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It’s been just two weeks since the announcement was made. Players and coaches alike were blindsided in the late afternoon. The alumni and college community found out hours later. The link between each “retired” student-athlete, no matter if they had been retired for a few moments or a few decades, felt stronger in the moment […]
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