John Pudner

It would take an unlikely Finals sweep to argue that the Miami Heat’s current run was better than Shaquille O’Neal’s 2000-2002 LA Lakers, Larry Bird’s 1984-87 Celtics, George Mikan’s 1952-54 Minneapolis Lakers, or the smash mouth 1988-90 Pistons as the

Tea Party candidates are losing races this year due in large part to reverting to something like Knute Rockne’s Single Wing Offense with no air support to try outscore the Chamber of Commerce’s air attack that looks like Peyton Manning’s offense. The Establishment

The Cleveland Cavaliers, sitting atop the NBA Draft board, most need a small forward (3.0) with the first pick of the NBA draft, so in the mock draft below they take Andrew Wiggins. Doug McDermott is moving up the fastest

Five cities should be big winners in the NBA lottery draft Tuesday, as each will be able to choose from the top five players on the Big Board at Draft Tek, all of whom project as NBA stars. The actual mock draft

As soon as an NBA team announces a first-round pick June 26 they are promising the player $3 million to $14 million. Before investing that money, each team may want to look back at a packet Rob Lowe and I

Do the student-athletes graduating this spring after playing in any of the 351 Division 1 basketball programs have a better chance finding employment in a job related to their major or on a professional basketball team? There are only about

Donald Sterling’s comments have cast a shadow over not only the NBA but what is fast becoming one of the 16 greatest playoffs in league history (see list below). The Los Angeles Clippers took a 3-games-to-2 lead over the Golden

The NBA cracked down on racism on Tuesday. A few hours later, the NHL witnessed an African American player transcend racial stereotypes regarding hockey players.   Nine days ago when Breitbart Sports reported on Wayne Simmonds‘ goal wrapping up a

Wesley Matthews’ fourth steal of the game just after 1 AM EST Monday morning with two seconds to play gave the Portland Trail Blazers a 3-1 series lead heading to Houston Wednesday. The Trail Blazers were the only team with

The Boston Bruins defeated the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday move on to a second round match-up against the Montreal Canadiens. The first-seeded Boston’s series victory reflects a larger pattern of favorites winning playoff games this postseason.  While the NHL

Which college basketball team produces the best NBA talent? The NBA has boasted a Development League for over a decade but its real “D” league long predates the existence of the Association. The schools that develop the most productive NBA

Some fans love the NBA playoffs, but many others watch it to remember players from their college. The following is a list of all 492 NBA players from this season listed from the best to worst player at each college

When former Indiana Hoosiers great Cody Zeller took the court for the Charlotte Bobcats, it marked the first time I recall seeing five former College Value Add All-Americans in the same NBA game (see All-Time Value Add database here) and

NHL teams given at least a 60 percent chance of winning in the Breitbart Sports Playoff Table are 8-2 heading into Easter Sunday’s games. One of the two upsets was of the Boston Bruins by the Detroit Red Wings, who according

The Flyers Wayne Simmonds (pictured) scored a great goal Sunday to wrap up a 1-1 series tie against the Rangers. The series has just an 8% chance of producing the eventual champion, but has the top remaining NHL market share

Normally, it would be hard to find much in common between a 109-105 NBA playoff game and a 4-3 NHL playoff game. But Saturday afternoon the Golden State Warriors and St. Louis Blues both made game-changing shots with six seconds

Anaheim has a 75% chance of winning each home against Dallas while Detroit has only a 38% chance at home vs. Boston during the playoffs. Detroit is the only playoff team to allow more goals than they scored (2.7-2.8 average

PITTSBURGH – The toughest NHL ticket in the USA is the Console Energy Center (see inside and outside photos below), as the Penguins have sold out every regular season and playoff game since February 2007. But Wednesday Penguins fans were

Shabazz Napier did it all. Monday he overcame spectacular plays by Julius Randle and James Young, two players who will go ahead of him in the NBA Draft, to claim his second national title. His performance was so dominant–against such

Two years ago NBC Sports had one big question about Value Add: “[H]ow (is) Shabazz Napier the 11th most valuable player in the country?” “I’m not going to nitpick at the numbers too much,” the sports site continued. “This really

Sunday it was revealed that UConn’s Kemba Walker (left) and Shabazz Napier (right) have produced the 15th and 16th best Value Add seasons since tempo free era started in 2003 with Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, David West, and

I get more questions about the Value Add basketball rankings from the Ivy League than from any where else in the country–and now they have reason to review because Value Add calculates that an Ivy League School would have claimed

It appears Utah’s Delon Wright will hold onto the top Value Add ranking in the updated Top 100 below despite Shabazz Napier’s incredible tournament run. Doug McDermott will be the most valuable offensive player by the second largest margin of

LEXINGTON, KY – Count Kentucky’s state legislators as one group not suffering from March Madness. Last week the Herald-Leader reported that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign was “horrified” after accidentally running footage of Duke celebrating a national title. The newspaper edition