News came down yesterday that the curmudgeonly Pat Riley would be leaving his post as Miami head coach. Lost in the shuffle was the naming of Erik Spoelstra as new head coach, making him the first Filipino-American head man in NBA history.

This monumental moment will surely be marked with an introductory press conference. […]

Let’s face it; professional athletes are the coolest people on Earth. If you don’t believe that, just ask them and they’ll surely tell you so. But maybe you’re wondering how can I, a lowly sports blog reader, become as awesome as my favorite athlete? Well worry no more, friend! SPORTSbyBROOKS is […]

Well aware that their sport lacked the necessary excitement to attract the casual fan, track and field officials across the globe have added a new aspect to their failing sport: hand-to-hand combat.

(A bruised and bloodied Alicia Follmar (Stanford) strikes her opponent.)
Though some purists may decry the brutality of these “track battles,” spectators could not […]

Occasionally, Brooks pulls a few strings for us writers around here. When he does, we get the privilege of “speaking” with a real live athlete. It’s nice because it gets us out of our mother’s basements for a little bit. On the docket for today, Rasheed Wallace:

Last night’s huge come-from-behind victory was […]

The list of Jay-Z beefs (as the kids call them) is long and illustrious. Among them are such stalwarts as Nas, R. Kelly, and Cam’Ron. But Jay seems to be getting a little soft in his old age. First, he got fired from his job. Now he’s taking shots at […]

The unfortunate events of September 1st are seven months and 27 days ago. But the University of Michigan’s defeat at the hands of Division 1-AA Appalachian State still stings. This weekend’s NFL draft only helped to make that pain even more vivid.

You see, Michigan’s 2007 season wasn’t supposed to be so bad. […]

The last time we heard from them, the Detroit Pistons were surprising the NBA world by losing to the (previously) lowly Philadelphia 76ers. It was assumed that the Sixers game one win was an abberation, but after a twenty point victory on their home court, suddenly Philadelphia is looking a lot scarier. And […]

If that whole basketball thing doesn’t work out for Steve Nash, at least he has something to fall back on:

SPORTS BIZ reports that Nash’s production company, Meathawk, produced the above clip, a take on the old TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man.”