This is the End: NBA Finals Game 7 Diary

My first piece on the Place to Be Nation website was a distant but beautiful memory I had about Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals back in 1998. Game…

Return of the Hack: The Halo Effect

Officially hired in 1999, Mike Scioscia is currently the longest tenured manager in all of Major League Baseball, and it really isn’t even close. Outside of Ron Gardenhire (with the…

GrappleTalk Rewind: UFC 2

Tommy and Callum are back to discuss UFC 2!  Will Royce Gracie win it all again? Will any of the fights go over four minutes? How many fighters will tap…

The Kings of Sport Podcast Episode 14: P Stands for Podcasting

Morgan P. Campbell of the Toronto Star joins Alfred, Nate and Marcus this week for a discussion on Floyd Mayweather, Jay-Z the agent and Cuban superstar Yasiel Puig. The Kings…

UFC 161 Analysis

UFC 161 was, by all accounts, somewhat of a cursed card. After the initial headliner of interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao defending against Eddie Wineland fell off due to injury…

UFC 161 Live Blog

  00:26: Well, I’m pleased I called that right. Evans was showing some good footwork and head movement but really wasn’t impressive. Better than the Little Nog fight, but that’s…

UFC 161 Preview: Evans vs. Henderson

On June 15th the UFC will make its debut in Winnipeg as the company continues it’s expansion into Canada. After UFC 152 in Toronto and UFC 154 and 158 in…

GrappleTalk Rewind: UFC 1

Join Callum and Tommy as they begin their journey through the annals of UFC history from the very beginning. This week, where it all began – UFC 1, November 1993. http://grappletalk.podbean.com/mf/web/pz2jbt/GrappleTalkUFC12.mp3Podcast: Play…

Return of the Hack: Hitless in Seattle

Baseball is a unique game with many special qualities and quirks that sets it apart from the other major sports. There is the romanticism, the history, the numbers, the tradition,…

The Kings of Sport Podcast #13: We Love That Basketball

Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe joins the Kings to chat NBA Finals, Tebow-mania invading Boston and his now infamous MVP vote for Carmelo Anthony over LeBron James. Plus, Alfred…