Roar Guru
Joined August 2012
108k
Views
89
Published
292
Comments
West Harbour Pirates media manager. NEAFL media team. Sports writer for The Roar and Zero Tackle. All around sporting genius. Follow me at @Stedstake
Published
Comments
Jack Sock is having a career year. Currently ranked 14th in the world – a career high ranking and good enough for American number…
There have been rumblings for a few months about a possible return to the NRL for career bad boy Todd Carney. After a (so…
When Darius Boyd went down at Broncos training before the season even kicked off, all Queensland backs were put on notice to stake their…
Floyd Mayweather cannot beat Manny Pacquiao. He can win the boxing match, everyone knows that. In fact he's early favourite with the bookies, and…
In most American sports, as well as our very own AFL, a lot is made of the annual draft. Each year, the best young…
It is often said that the Australian sports do not learn from each other enough, and the usual suspects brought up are the NRL…
The Big Bash League has surprised both cricket and non-cricket fans alike. In just a few short seasons, it has moved from the back…
It is yet to be determined whether or not Ray Allen will return to the NBA at all, with reports suggesting the 19-year veteran…
Less than a season and a half after the Brooklyn Nets gambled the future of the entire franchise on winning the championship within the…
Although we're just over a month into the new NBA season, there is already talk about the free agent class of 2015, and more…
The sporadic wonder of the Four Nations is upon us again after a three-year hiatus, and 2014's instalment is set to be one of…
I want to preface this article by confirming that yes, I am a Philadelphia fan. Yesterday I wrote an article about the strong possibility…
This July, an open letter published in Sports Illustrated confirmed the hopes and fears of many; LeBron James was returning to his spiritual home…
With 13 different grand finalists over the last decade and a half, no two grand finals have been alike, and while not all have…
With the NBA off-season drawing to a close and teams starting to take shape for the 2014/15 season, it starts to become clear who…
Now that the NBA Draft and free agency are drawing to a close, rosters for the next season are being finalised. This is not…
The last time LeBron James hit free agency, he'd failed again to win the championship the previous season, having been outplayed by a group…
With Kevin Love having all but confirmed his exit from Minnesota, there are already plenty of suitors lining up for the big power forward's…
If you are you listening to my fellow rugby league journalists, you will be aware that the Gold Coast Suns have told former Australia,…
This year there seems to be a much healthier number of Origin bolters for the desperate New South Wales Blues, which no doubt makes…
Thanks for your comment,
I can tell you two of those cities do get a look in in part 2 – stay tuned!
Cases for NBA expansion (part 1)
Thanks for your comment, Bob
I’m sure the NBA would have faced many of these problems when expending to other areas as well.
We can’t fool ourselves with “what if” scenarios like you have here. Like “what if,” in the Las Vegas team you have proposed, “some drunk idiot attacks one of the players?”
I understand and respect that in Montreal and Vancouver ice hockey is very popular, but if a team can work in Toronto, why can’t it work there? The Raptors have developed their own passionate fan base, there’s no reason these cities wouldn’t either. And there is no reason Vancouver should be shunned because they have failed before. There have been two or three plus teams going through many cities before. Do your research, Bob!
I’m happy to concede your point about San Diego, considering you are a native, but I think the league would be foolish to completely rule it out, considering it is the biggest US city without an NBA team.
Yes Jacksonsville and Columbus are the smallest US cities on the list, and both have professional teams, but so do many other NBA cities. Again, some research wouldn’t be a bad idea!
Thanks for reading, hope to see you on part 2.
Cases for NBA expansion (part 1)
Rob from Brumby Country, you are clearly literate, but can you read?? O.o
I was not making a prediction on whether Wawrinka could win another slam or not. If you wanted me to, I reckon he will. I think he’ll win multiple slams.
2014 Australian Open Final: who won more?
I don’t think anyone is questioning Wawrinka’s efforts. I sure am not.
2014 Australian Open Final: who won more?
Not another plagiarism!
You’ve got to be kidding me!
Brisbane 2.0 must be the next NRL expansion team
Next expansion move must be another club in Brisbane
A combination of both reasons, I think. Yes the Ashes series victory has brought people back to cricket, and united Australia with the boys, T20 has also played a big role in the rise of cricket. As annoyed as the cricket purists will be, T20 is a much more exciting and generally appealing version of cricket, and plenty of T20 fans with a thirst for more cricket once the competition is over will no doubt head over to follow the test team in the tour of South Africa.
Suck it up cricket purists, T20 has done a lot for the sport in this country.
Thanks to Twenty20, cricket is now more popular than ever
Good article. Stinks to me of LeBron trying to play down his intense desperation to beat the Pacers.
Do real rivalries still exist in the NBA?
Would you like to explain why exactly?
Very poor comment, George.
Well done Michael. I agree wholeheartedly.
Let’s hope Ange has a good plan and can at least test the Spains and Hollands of the world.
Why the World Cup draw is the least of our problems
Questions for every NRL team heading into 2014 (part 1)
Full speed. Sorry. Should’ve realised I’d be the only Star Trek nerd on here
Questions for every NRL team heading into 2014 (part 1)
The rise of Manchester City at least gives us hope
Small clubs making big waves in the NBA
To those saying the better team won, how could they have won if they really shouldn’t have? Silly.
I don’t want to believe there’s some sort of Sydney conspiracy going on here, but it wouldn’t be too hard to believe considering the free ride Souths got last night. Indeed Souths were the better team, but it was embarrassing watching blatant bias in favour of the team that “the NRL wants to make the Grand Final”
Henry hints at Sydney NRL conspiracy
How can Manly have outplayed a side that should’ve won…?
Henry hints at Sydney NRL conspiracy
As well as in Brisbane, as I have previously pointed out (http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/09/05/brisbane-ii-should-be-the-nrls-next-project/)
Assessing the West Coast Pirates bid (Pt III)
My guess is as good as yours, but the evidence is that they are. NRMA sponsors the Broncos, Toyota sponsors the Cowboys, St. George Bank sponsors the Dragons. We seem to be forgetting that the east coast of Australia does represent the bulk of the population.
Assessing the West Coast Pirates bid (Pt III)
Right right right right right
Did the Eagles, Crows, Dockers and Power come before the Suns and Giants? I think so.
Assessing the West Coast Pirates bid (Pt III)
That’s true. I nearly got knocked over by some punk kids fighting at an NRL game.
Rating Australia's sporting crowds
“Now that I’ve got my one crazy, stupid article for the year out of the way, I’ll be nicely placed to be a little more sensible and focus on the real NRL season from next week onwards.”
If even you think the premise of this article is stupid/crazy, then why should we take it for a gain of salt? Why did you write it? Why should we waste our time reading it?
There are too many Sydney NRL teams