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Everyone deserves to have a Cleveland sports fan in their life. I’m blessed to know a few. The Croshere Brothers, long familiar with this website, have been close friends for nearly thirty years. I’m honored to say I’m the unofficially Continue reading Cleveland, this one’s for you!
“You build habits and create an environment, where losing in the first round is not acceptable, not good enough. That should be the attitude.” -Magic forward Paolo Banchero after a Game Seven loss to Detroit John Starks’ puffy cheeks are Continue reading Consistency, collapses and cultural chasms: The unspoken problem with the Orlando Magic
My buddy in the Midwestern quadrant of Blogsville occasionally writes posts in haiku form. I’m not sure where this comes from. He’s not Asian although, by the looks of it, he may have been born a giant panda bear in Continue reading NBA First Round Playoff Haikus
It’s a big week for the NBA. The Finals are upon us, Tom Thibodeau got fired and the Magic… have new uniforms. While television ratings may dip with new fresh faces and no recognizable names on the 22nd and 26th Continue reading Thunder thrive, Pacers prosper, Knicks kick rocks and the Magic sew what?
As you all know, SportsChump is a website by the people and for the people, so when I asked my dear friend and fellow long-suffering Magic fan to contribute a verse, his excitement about the Magic’s upcoming playoff chances could Continue reading Magic Play In!
There’s an old Vaudevillian Henny Youngman joke (“Take my Magic, please!”) that tells of a guy who goes to a doctor and complains “Hey, Doc. It hurts when I do this,” wobbling his arm in a circular motion. The doctor’s Continue reading How bad are your Orlando Magic? Let me count the ways
When granted the opportunity, one must take advantage and witness greatness. While one can effectively argue that we see greatness with every blink of an eye, sometimes one must travel, splurge and go out of one’s way to experience true, Continue reading Steph’s Magic and the road trip to 56
Poor Jonathan Isaac. And by poor, I don’t mean in the literal sense of the word. Jonathan Isaac is a God-fearing young man who makes $25 million a year playing for the Orlando Magic. I mean poor in the proverbial Continue reading The night we saw the greatest basketball player on the planet, or what Nikola Jokic, Bob Ross and George Clinton all have in common
It began with a simple Tweet. One afternoon, while wasting time on the internet, I happened upon a Twitter (X) post that suggested the Orlando Magic should retire Dwight Howard’s number and sign him to a final contract that would Continue reading Debating the Second Superman: SportsChump and Michael Lortz discuss a Dwight Howard return to the Magic and the possible retirement of his number
Brody Wayne sets up along the left side of the court. Not at first, of course. Before that, we set up along the right side of the basket, attacking the rim as most right handers do, as most basketball teams Continue reading Franz Wagner and the Lost Art of the Left-Handed Lay-Up
