Entries by Ethan Skolnick

Season Ticket: Hey Dolphins… Be the Heat

So much noise. So much smoke. So much fluff. So much guessing. So much reaching. So much lying. So many questions. And yet there are only two questions that truly matter, as the Miami Dolphins embark upon the three-day stretch that will likely define the next three years, if not decades. There are only two […]

Sports Betting Rules You Need to Know in 2020

Since the removal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) by the Supreme Court in 2018, sports betting has been legal in the United States. There’s no doubt that the decision represents a watershed moment and will be historic when we look back on the sports betting market in the country. […]

Duncan Robinson is even better than you think

Until this season, Duncan Robinson was known — if he was known at all — for borrowing two names from the greatest San Antonio Spurs in that franchise’s history. He wasn’t a given to make the Miami Heat roster this season, not shooting especially well in summer league, where he was the Heat’s third most […]

Jimmy Butler takes his new Heat culture to Chicago

The media were waiting for Jimmy Butler in Chicago. Butler, after all, make his name here — rising from 30th overall pick to Most Improved Player, All-Star, and maximum salary candidate player, even though he would have to go elsewhere to get that last reward. Now Butler is back, as a member of the Miami […]

Chris Bosh NOT a finalist for Hall of Fame

This felt like a given. Chris Bosh made 11 All-Star teams. He won two championships. He represented the game well. He basically invented — or at minimum, perfected — photo bombing. He was Tall Justise. And he would have done more if not for his career ending prematurely due to multiple bouts with blood clots, […]

Five Reasons Sports Super Bowl LIV Predictions

We know everything. But we know nothing. Here are some of the predictions from the Five Reasons Sports Network team, for Super Bowl LIV between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium. Most of us like the Chiefs, and Andy Reid. Want to bet against us? Go to BetDSI.com and […]

Ryan Tannehill came back from…. Adam Gase?

This is somewhat confusing. It’s never been entirely clear what a Comeback Player of the Year is in major sports. Come back from what? Drugs? Tragedy? Incompetence of a team’s management? This is one reason why the NBA changed the award to Most Improved Player a few years back. So it’s tough to know what […]