Recently by Kacie Hollins

• NBA Basketblog: The Sweet 16 of March Madness After a brief hiatus, March Madness is back in full swing. Even if your bracket is busted - as most everyone's is by now - you probably still have a few teams left to cheer on all the way to your Final Four. The Sweet 16 kicks off tonight with Syracuse facing Wisconsin. Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2012 | 11:36 AM
• NBA Basketblog: March Madness & Asheville's sadness If you had Syracuse in your final four, you should be worried. You should be very worried. After their first round game, the Orange look like a definite bracket buster. On Thursday, No. 1 seeded Syracuse faced No. 16 seeded UNC Asheville and the end result was puzzling, and even maddening for some. Posted: Friday, March 16, 2012 | 11:54 AM
• NBA Fearless Final Four picks It's a safe assumption that everyone who works in a sports newsroom (regardless of what sport they cover) will take the time between now and the Thursday deadline to fill out a March Madness bracket.Some will haphazardly scribble down some names they recognize in five minutes, while others will be deeply distracted and less productive for most of Wednesday's workday (trying to learn everything there is to know about the entire season so they can feel educated when they pick their upsets). The fact of the matter is the person who picks their teams by flipping a coin often has as good a chance as the person who's been doing 'research' for weeks. Despite the likelihood of failure, the madness of it all is nearly impossible to resist of any kind of sports fan. Here are the picks of some of the CBCSports.ca staff members: Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 | 10:32 AM
• NBA Basketblog: Williams, Rondo & video game numbers 57 points from a single player in a single game isn't something you see often. It's a stat line more frequently produced in video games than on an actual basketball court. The players gracing this page are no strangers to larger-than-life scoring.  Posted: Monday, March 5, 2012 | 03:46 PM
• NBA Basketblog: NBA players behaving badly Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was suspended two games for throwing a ball at a referee on Sunday. Despite this poor showing, Rondo is far from the only basketball player to lose his temper. In fact, this list of pro basketball players behaving badly makes Rondo look almost angelic. Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | 12:58 PM
• NBA Basketblog: Lin-mania and the Top 5 undrafted NBA-ers Lin-sational! Lin-credible! Lin-sanity! There is no doubt that New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has made a lasting impression on the basketball world. In last two weeks, the 23-year-old has demanded your attention with his spectacular and shockingly consistent play. Lin-mania is the inspiration for this list of the Top 5 undrafted NBA players in the league right now. Posted: Monday, February 13, 2012 | 03:25 PM
• NBA Basketblog: A dose of Raptors reality The Raptors are having a pretty rough season. Shocking! Instead of rehashing what all basketball fans already know (the Raptors won't win much this season), I've decided to look ahead to next season in an attempt to find the light at the end of this dreary tunnel. Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | 11:52 AM
• NFL Biggest mistakes in NFL playoff history Even if your NFL team didn't make the playoffs this year and you've only been passively watching football for the past few weeks, it's still heartbreaking to watch costly mistakes in a Conference championship game. Posted: Monday, January 23, 2012 | 11:02 AM
• NBA Basketblog: What's wrong with the Raptors? The Raptors have made some significant changes this year, but they're still far from being real contenders. There is much work to be done to move from the butt of the NBA to a team that is taken seriously. Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 | 02:44 PM
• NBA Basketblog: Could the Clippers be the new kings of L.A.? Look out Hollywood, there's a new kid in town. For the first time in a long time, the L.A. Clippers are expected by some to be a playoff-worthy team. Whether or not that turns out to be true, one thing is for certain; the Clippers are gunning for the Lakers' crown. Posted: Monday, December 19, 2011 | 08:39 PM
• NBA Basketblog: Should Howard stay or should he go? With the return of the NBA comes the awakening of the trade rumour mill.The trade deadline for the upcoming shortened season had yet to be determined, but talks of Dwight Howard leaving the Orlando Magic for greener pasture have been swirling for months. Where will the big man end up? Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 | 09:29 PM
• NBA Basketblog: Bring on the madness The doom and gloom of the NBA lockout could almost make one forget about the major basketball league that is still alive and well: the NCAA. Watching Blake Griffin defy logic (and gravity) night after night is great and all, but nothing compares to March Madness. So why not start the madness a little earlier this year? Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 | 06:02 PM
• Filling the NBA lockout void By now the panic has probably subsided. The questions NBA fans have been asking all summer have answers. They're undesirable - if not predictable - but they're still answers. For months the NBA players and owners have been "talking."  As an outsider, it's hard to determine just what they've been talking about because at the end of every day of discussions, nothing much seems to have changed. Posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | 10:57 PM
• Bryant Besiktas-bound? At this point in the lockout, most NBA fans have heard the rumours about Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant giving up on this year's NBA season and going overseas to play in Europe.Bryant is the most notable player to consider this option, but not the only one. Posted: Monday, July 25, 2011 | 08:33 PM
• Does size matter? In the NBA's Eastern Conference final between the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls, size just might be a deciding factor. Let's start with something that needs little explanation: Taj Gibson's abusive and spectacular dunk on Dwyane Wade in the opening game of the series. Posted: Monday, May 16, 2011 | 11:42 PM