Riley Schmitt
Big 10 Editor, NBA Featured Columnist
Riley Schmitt is a junior at the University of Iowa. He is currently the lead blogger in charge of breaking news and also has his own feature column on the NBA page. Schmitt can be seen at Rant Sports TV, contributing information on the NBA and other sports. Schmitt is also a contributing author to the Purdue University blog, Hammer and Rails, under the SB Nation blog grouping. Riley also is a voter in Artificial Turf's Top 17 football poll and occasionally contributes to their radio show.
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Chris Paul Makes Amazing Shot Off Top Of Backboard For Three Point Play In Game 4
Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers has struggled against the San Antonio Spurs in the postseason, but he made one of his best plays in the closing minutes of Game 4. Paul was driving the lane and he was bumped by a couple Spurs. Paul absorbed the contact and threw up a shot that [...]
Blake Griffin Gets Revenge On Tim Duncan, Dunks Right Over Him
Blake Griffin may not be extremely polished yet, but the Los Angeles Clippers forward can still make the highlight plays. In Game 3, Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs made headlines by stuffing a Griffin dunk attempt. Sunday was Griffin’s revenge as he threw one down right over the future Hall of Famer. Blake [...]
John Laurinaitis Defeats John Cena At Over The Limit, Thanks To The Big Show
John Laurinaitis has been a big heel in recent months for the WWE. Sunday night, he met John Cena at WWE’s Over The Limit pay per view and pulled off an amazing upset, thanks to some help from the recently fired Big Show. Big Show knocked out Cena, which allowed Big Johnny to get the [...]
Juwan Howard Gets Into Altercation With Lance Stephenson During Shootaround Before Game 4
Juwan Howard of the Miami Heat is a long respected veteran in the NBA. Before Game 4 against the Indiana Pacers, Howard had words with Pacers guard Lance Stephenson. Howard was not amused with the choking gesture that Stephenson gave to LeBron James. The situation was defused before violence broke out. I understand what Howard’s [...]
Tim Tebow Requests His Picture With “Rock Of Ages” Cast Be Taken Down From Twitter
Tim Tebow of the New York Jets is known for his clean image, but he and his people may have taken that too far over the weekend. Tebow decided to check out the Broadway show “Rock of Ages” and even took a picture with the cast. One of the members posted the pic to Twitter, [...]
Pablo Sandoval Hits Reporter Jaymee Sire In Face With A Shaving Cream Pie
Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants is one agile man. The Panda decided to give a shaving cream pie to Angel Pagan while he was being interviewed by Jaymee Sire. Sire was aware of the Panda’s exploits but she was unable to avoid her own shaving cream pie to the face. Sire wasn’t exactly [...]
Kobe Bryant Pulls A Chris Bosh, Interrupts Pau Gasol’s Postgame Press Conference
Kobe Bryant was in a heck of a good move after the Los Angeles Lakers won Game 3 against the Oklahoma City Thunder Friday night. Bryant was in such a good mood that he interrupted Pau Gasol’s postgame interview in one of the wackiest scenes ever. Gasol kept trying plug along with the interview, but [...]
Los Angeles Lakers Win Game 3 But Were The Referees Fixing The Game?
The Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder just played an epic Game 3, with the Lakers pulling out the win to move the series to 2-1. Both teams looked gassed and they will have to play again Saturday night. There are a lot of storylines from Friday, but one that keeps popping up involves [...]
Rajon Rondo Pulls Off Amazing Fake Behind The Back Pass In Game 4
Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics is an amazing dribbler, nothing else. Rondo is magical to watch with the ball when he’s doing everything but shooting. Rondo pulled off one of the best dribble moves that I have ever seen Friday night as he faked a behind the back pass in order to set up [...]
NASCAR And Twitter Announce Partnership To Bring Best Tweets In NASCAR To Fans
NASCAR has spent the last couple of years trying to advance the sport through the use of social media. The best hype came in the Daytona 500 when Brad Keselowski took photos during the red flag and tweeted them out to fans. Friday, NASCAR and Twitter teamed up to announce a special partnership. The two [...]
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