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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Kurt Busch Has Epic Radio Meltdown During Saturday’s NASCAR Race At Darlingon

Filed: 16th May 12 2:50 pm by
Filed under: NASCAR

Kurt Busch is not exactly known for being calm and rational.  During Saturday’s race at Darlington, Busch’s rage was on display for the entire nation that happened to listen to him on the scanner.  If you weren’t able to hear that, this video lets you into the troubled mind of Kurt Busch. Good thing that [...]

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Larry Bird Becomes First Person To Win MVP, Coach Of The Year, And Executive Of The Year Awards

Filed: 16th May 12 1:16 pm by
Filed under: Blog Featured, Featured, NBA
Brian Spurlock-US PRESSWIRE

Larry Bird has done a lot of winning during his time involved with the NBA.  When he played for the Boston Celtics, he was the leader of a dominant basketball team and brought home the MVP award.  After Boston, he moved onto the Indiana Pacers, where he won the Coach of the Year ward.  This [...]

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Dwyane Wade Not Being Suspended For Game 3: Proof The NBA Is Biased Towards Star Players

Filed: 16th May 12 12:04 pm by
Filed under: Blog Featured, Featured, NBA
Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE

Dwyane Wade is probably one of the biggest whiners in the NBA.  He is a tremendous player but he spends so much time whining about calls and flailing around on the ground that it makes it hard to like him.  Tuesday night, Wade made a lot more enemies when the Miami Heat played the Indiana [...]

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Laurie Fine To File Libel Lawsuit Against ESPN Due To Bobby Davis Allegations

Filed: 16th May 12 9:40 am by
Bleacher Report

Laurie Fine is not happy that she and her husband were dragged through the mud by ESPN, thanks to some allegations by Bobby Davis.  In fact, Fine is so angry that she has decided to file a libel lawsuit against ESPN over the coverage that the Bernie Fine situation had. Laurie Fine believes that in [...]

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Charles Barkley And Shaquille O’Neal Engage In Shirt Off Contest On Inside The NBA

Filed: 16th May 12 12:18 am by
Jose 3030

Inside the NBA is known for some great comedy.  Tuesday night, after the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers played the first game of their series, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal engaged in a shirt off competition.  Basically, Chuck and Shaq took their shirts off on live TV to determine who had the better body. Even [...]

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Another Game, Another LeBron James Choke In The Clutch In The Playoffs

Filed: 15th May 12 8:45 pm by
Filed under: Blog Featured, Featured, NBA
Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE

LeBron James is by far the best player in the NBA.  However, he has a nasty habit of failing to come through in the clutch and those moments were on display when the Miami Heat took on the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night.  With a chance to give the Heat the lead with under a minute [...]

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Charles Barkley Uses Shake Weight During Halftime Of Pacers-Heat Game; Nation Laughs

Filed: 15th May 12 7:34 pm by
Filed under: NBA

Charles Barkley is known for doing a lot of outrageous thing.  His performance during halftime of the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat game on Tuesday was one of a kind.  In order to prepare for his body contest against Shaquille O’Neal, Barkley began using a Shake Weight.  It might have set the record for funniest [...]

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Mike Francesa Thinks Tweeting Should Be Illegal For Athletes, Media Types, And Broadcasters

Filed: 15th May 12 2:37 pm by
Filed under: The Clubhouse

Mike Francesa certainly knows how to create controversy. The radio host in New York believes that it should be illegal for athletes, media, and brodcasters to tweet.  That is certainly an interesting stance, but not one that should be taken seriously. Don’t worry, that was not the only gem in that video.  Francesa also asked [...]

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Khloe Kardashian Wants Lamar Odom To Make Olympic Team In Order To Save Their Failing Marriage

Filed: 15th May 12 1:44 pm by
Filed under: Blog Featured, Featured, NBA
Jerome Miron-US PRESSWIRE

Lamar Odom may have reached the end of the line as a NBA player but his wife Khloe Kardashian thinks otherwise.  She believes that if her husband is able to make the cut for the US Olympic team, their awkward marriage could be saved.  Seriously.  She honestly thinks that if he makes the team, teams [...]

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Tommie Frazier Doesn’t Make College Football Hall Of Fame; Proves It Is A Joke

Filed: 15th May 12 11:28 am by
OC Register

Tuesday marked the election of the newest class to the College Football Hall of Fame and once again, Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier was on the outside looking in.  Nevermind his amazing stats, overall record, or the wizardry he had on the football field, he is not good enough for the HOF.  That, in itself, is [...]

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