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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Oklahoma City Thunder Fan Gets Trapped Behind Craig Sager While Trying To Get To His Seat

Filed: 14th May 12 11:04 pm by
Filed under: NBA

Craig Sager has become a staple on TNT and its basketballl coverage.  They cut to him a lot during the game to give interviews, but one poor Oklahoma City Thunder fan forgot about that.  He was trying to get back to his seat when he got caught behind Sager.  He had to wait for Sager [...]

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Manny Pacquiao Disagrees With President Barack Obama’s Support Of Gay Marriage

Filed: 14th May 12 9:48 pm by
Kirby Lee-US PRESSWIRE

Manny Pacquiao is known for being a great boxer, but he is also a very influential politician in his home country of the Philippines.  That being said, he is also a man who follows the word of God, so he is not exactly thrilled that Barack Obama came out in support of gay marriage. God’s [...]

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Big Show Paul Wight Gets Fired By Raw GM John Laurinatis

Filed: 14th May 12 9:22 pm by
Filed under: Blog Featured, Featured, WWE
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The world of the WWE is often a confusing one.  On Monday Night’s edition of Raw, Paul Wight, best known as the Big Show, was “fired” by Raw GM John Laurinatis.  The firing is no doubt a work, but it is needed to give Show some time off and it gives Laurinatis another reason to [...]

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Los Angeles Lakers Forward Metta World Peace Gets Booed By Oklahoma City Thunder Fans Before Game 1

Filed: 14th May 12 8:50 pm by
Filed under: NBA

Metta World Peace doesn’t exactly have a lot of fans in Oklahoma City.  The Los Angeles Lakers were getting ready to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder and Peace was roundly booed before the game started.  This tends to happen when you go to the city of a player whom you nearly killed with an [...]

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Ryan Hollins Throws Down Alley Oop From Rajon Rondo On Spencer Hawes

Filed: 14th May 12 6:53 pm by
Filed under: Boston Celtics, NBA

Ryan Hollins of the Boston Celtics made up for screwing up an alley oop earlier in their series against the Philadelphia 76ers.  Monday, he ran the fast break and got a perfect pass from Rajon Rondo.  Hollins skied up and dunked the ball right over Spencer Hawes. This might be why Hollins keeps getting contracts. [...]

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Darius McClinton Hunter, Son of Torii Hunter, Charged With Sexual Assault of Child

Filed: 14th May 12 6:21 pm by
Kirby Lee-US PRESSWIRE

Torii Hunter of the Los Angeles Angels won’t be playing baseball for awhile.  His 17 year old son in Texas, Darius McClinton Hunter, has been charged with sexual assault of a child along with four other high schoolers.  The Angels have placed Hunter on the restricted list until this issue is resolved. This is a [...]

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Bench Clearing Lacrosse Brawl Between Coquitlam Adanacs And Naniamo Timbermen

Filed: 14th May 12 5:14 pm by
Filed under: The Clubhouse

I can’t say that I watch a lot of lacrosse, but the Coquitlam Adanacs and the Nanaimo Timbermen have caught my attention with this bench clearing brawl.  The players are barely teenagers but that does not stop them from throwing down in an extremely cool way. The refs are basically powerless to stop the fight. [...]

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NBA Suspends Houston Rockets Scout David Patrick For One Year Due To Player Contact Violations

Filed: 14th May 12 5:05 pm by
Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE

The Houston Rockets are not anywhere near the NBA playoffs but they are still in the news.  One of their scouts by the name of David Patrick has been suspended for one year due to violations of the player contact rule during the lockout.  Basically, you could not talk to anyone but Patrick did anyways. [...]

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Shyam Das, Known For The Ryan Braun PED Case, Fired By MLB As Permanent Arbitrator

Filed: 14th May 12 3:01 pm by
Filed under: Blog Featured, MLB
Ed Szczepanski-US PRESSWIRE

Shyam Das is probably not happy that people actually know his name.  The MLB has fired their long time arbitrator, who became known after the mess that came out about Ryan Braun’s possible suspension.  Das overturned the 50 game suspension, which drew the ire of the league. The Braun case also led to the case [...]

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Jaxson De Ville Hits Perfect Tee Shot On Number 17 At TPC Sawgrass

Filed: 14th May 12 2:09 pm by
Filed under: Featured

If you would have guessed that a man in mascot outfit would be good at golf, I would have to give you money.  Jaxson De Ville is the name of the Jacksonville Jaguars mascot.  The man that plays Jackson De Ville goes by the name of Curtis Dvorak and he has been the mascot since [...]

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