Scott Skiles was an intense player. He set the record for most points in a single season at Michigan State while snorting coke and smoking weed between games. This furiosity continued during his coaching career, frightening top draft prospects like LaMarcus Aldridge and small animals. He Was an Instigator Long before Scott became coach Skiles,…
Every expansion team’s inaugural season is memorable for one reason or another. For some, it’s because they didn’t suck as much as initially expected. For others, it’s purely for nostalgia and record-keeping purposes. But for the Toronto Raptors, their 1995-96 expansion season was memorable for all the wrong reasons before the team ever played a…
Athletes have been finding themselves in personal entanglements since the time of Marn Grook. Charles Oakley and Jeff McInnis are no different, after ending up in a love triangle with the same woman in the early 2000s. Laid up in the Shack If two guys end up throwing hands, the root cause is usually either…