NBA changes traveling rule

The NBA recently made a change to its traveling rule. The new rule reads, in part: "A player who receives the ball while he is progressing or upon completion of a dribble, may take two steps in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball." Now, despite being an avid basketball fan, I had no clue that the rule officially stated that players could only take one step. My dad always told me that the rule was one step, but like most "I'm talented and going straight to the NBA" youths, I didn't listen. While the rule change is interesting to note, it won't change much about the way games are officiated. NBA players have been allowed to take two steps forever and by changing the wording of the rule, but not really the enforcement of it, the NBA simply adds some clarity to an issue that had become incredibly clouded. The complete traveling rule has eight subheadings (pg. 37), yet traveling is clearly a "you know it when you see it" type of situation. Regardless of the rule change, refs will continue to allow players to travel because it promotes scoring, and scoring sells tickets. Here are a few vids dealing with traveling in the NBA.

Yes, LeBron travels too

Some of these travels are ridiculous..

Yankees: Playoff Bound Once Again

There's no a better way to christen this blog than to talk about the all time "winning-ness" franchise in sports history/my favorite team, the Yankees. All is right is the baseball world once again as the Yanks recently clinched a post season birth after missing the playoffs last year. They've been dominating the competition, exercising their proud winning ways of the championship years, but with a slightly different twist. In the past we (yes, we - vicariism at its best) won with strong pitching, defense and timely hitting, whereas these Yanks win with strong hitting, good defense and timely pitching. It may not be the formula that I grew up watching, but I still have the same confidence and excitement as I did back then. Simply put, I like our chances. To all you fans of other teams: See you in October.

A Sports One Too?

Yes, I've created yet another blog, this time on sports. Sports have been and will continue to be a staple of my life, so I figured I'd devote some time towards creating/maintaining a blog. It's also the easiest and most enjoyable subject for me to write about. I'm aiming to write on a wide range of sports and use this blog to post everything from general updates to my opinions on various issues, probably stirring some debate along the way. I hope you enjoy reading.