We’re like Wile E. Coyote suspended in midair right now as we’re about to drop... The entire industry. I know smart people everywhere are trying to figure out ways to make sure there’s something under us when we land. | | | | Aurel Manga on the starting blocks at the European Athletics Team Championships.
(David Ramos/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “We’re like Wile E. Coyote suspended in midair right now as we’re about to drop... The entire industry. I know smart people everywhere are trying to figure out ways to make sure there’s something under us when we land.”
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| | rantnrave:// Is the NBA playing with fire or embracing change by abandoning home and road jersey guidelines? It's hard to decide where to land on the league's decision to rejigger its uniforms. NIKE will make NBA jerseys starting next season and as part of the rollout it announced the seismic change. No more home and road unis. We get ASSOCIATION and ICONIC editions, and two others with names cast straight from the apparel company's prodigious marketing division. The new names don't mean much; they're just different ways of describing the same thing. The big alteration is that teams will now be able to wear whatever they want at home. They'll pick one of the four available jersey options (eight teams will also have a classic jersey) and the road team will pick a contrasting option. Home whites are gone. Decades of tradition are out. But change isn't always bad. One positive: Looks like the sleeved jerseys are going away. As PAUL LUKAS of UNIWATCH notes, a strict adherence to home whites had been phased out for a few years already. The difference is that it's official. LAKERS fans will get to see those beautiful purple-and-gold jerseys in LA. CELTICS fans can see their team in green. It'll take some time to get used to it. Read Lukas for the full analysis... MLB teams aren't waiting for the trade deadline to give us a fireworks show. JOSE QUINTANA to the CUBS. J.D. MARTINEZ to the DIAMONDBACKS. A deal for half of the WHITE SOX to the YANKEES (OK, just DAVID ROBERTSON, TODD FRAZIER and TOMMY KAHNLE) is done. Happy to see teams taking the July 31 deadline as a suggestion. A slew of trades is one way to steer attention to baseball. The viewing window is all yours... Excited for VICTORY JOURNAL to ramp up its editorial. Anything edited by the mind behind FREE DARKO and THE CLASSICAL is going to be good. The more slow-churn sportswriting out there the better... Loved GREG BEDARD's work with THE MMQB and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. I'm sure I'll love it with BOSTONSPORTSJOURNAL.COM, too... Subscription-based, local sports coverage is having a moment. We're going back to the future. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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