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Explaining 10 Questionable Calls from the Heat Game
During the close game against the Heat last night, we saw a lot of questionable and, in some cases, confusing calls. So let's look at some of these calls and see if they were right or wrong. I will be referencing the Official NBA Rulebook for the 2011-2012 Season. Play 1) Let's break it down...
Posting and Commenting Guidelines
I figured it was time to put this up again: We've picked up a number of new members around here, so we thought it might be a good time to go over some of the ground rules. The fun of the site is that with the comment areas, FanPosts, FanShots and Game Threads everyone gets to share their...
Understanding Restricted Free Agency
It's that time of the year again, and year after year I never fully understand the complete concept of restricted free agency. I am sure that I'm not alone in this. So let's start with the basics of it, and I am going to copy and paste what Beantown Canuck (huge thanks, by the way) posted in the...
Do We Have Any NCAA Experts In The House?
Simple question, but one that I don't have a prayer of knowing the answer to. Ryan Bowen, recently hired as administrative assistant and video coordinator, yes. Is he prohibited by the NCAA to do any on-court teaching with the players? Like, are there only certain people with certain titles that...
Site notice, please read: No more arguments about procedure and tone in the comments
Recently, I've seen far too many interesting threads delve down into arguments about things like tone of voice or other silly procedural things. I'm not pointing any fingers here (in fact, I'd point the finger at myself first), but this has got to stop. It brings down the discourse and makes...
NCAA officiating test will rock you hard
God bless those NCAA officials. Thanks to CBS Sportsline's Dennis Dodd, we found out about a test for football referees that was equal parts humiliating and impossible. The 100-question beast of an exam is designed to test officials on the minutiae of the NCAA rulebook, but all it really does...
The rules are changing
Many new rules will be enforced for the next college football season. Some of them are good, some of them are bad, and none of them involve a playoff system. Maybe next year.Courtesy of Rivals.com and ESPN.com, here is a look at the changes that will be in effect for the 2008 season.Officials will...
Some Rule Changes of Note
These rule changes were just announced on Wednesday: 1. "...Cars may not be pushed past the flag person at the end of the pit road. Unless otherwise authorized, once the race is underway, cars may be started by hand pushing in the pit area only, but under no circumstances is any car to be...
Even When NASCAR Gets It Right, They Get ItWrong
Today Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's Vice President of Competition, made an announcement about a change in the qualifying rules in their annual "State of NASCAR Address".No they haven't eliminated the top 35 rule, but they have made the provision that all of the non-top 35ers will qualify together in...
An MHR University Special - Building Your Rep at MHR
So you want to be a sportswriter? Perhaps you just want to be noticed more at MHR. Maybe you want to write some of the articles that get linked at Sports Illustrated, or to interview your favorite player, or get invited to the draft? It's all possible. At MHR, your dreams can come true. We...
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