David Roth
David Roth is a former VICE Sports staff writer.
The Oklahoma Problem
Oklahoma is pretty terrible at being a state, but their basketball team is fantastic.
Welcome to the NBA Playoffs
If you are just now joining the Playoffs, you may be frustrated to learn that they're nearly over. Don't worry, you were actually very wise to skip the part of the postseason that involved the Hawks.
Contemporary Magic
There's something remarkable about the fact that acerbic gnome and mock-turtleneck aficionado Stan Van Gundy is the most recognizably human player in the chain of events that cost him his job.
Exit Sandman
Mariano Rivera, one of the few players baseball fans can agree upon, ripped up his knee shagging flies during batting practice.
People Actually Watch the Draft?
Three days of interviews with neckless general studies majors from Southeast Conference schools makes for pretty excruciating TV. It's only natural for you to wonder why anyone would watch that.
Ron Artest Is the Player Fox Loves to Hate
As an athlete and human being who everyone pays attention to, Artest is interesting. But as a political magnet for the daddish anger of a certain type of NBA fan, he's excruciating.
Welcome to Baseball
Still not sure if you’re a fan or a non-fan? Here are some questions you may have about baseball, and some answers that will help you figure out whether America's favorite pastime is for you.
The Black Comedy of Tim Tebow
The most important thing to remember, as Tim Tebow's career makes its official transition into farce, is that it was already, and always, a joke.
The Good Kind of Bad
March Madness is not the sort of thing that can be reasoned with, or through. You fall into it, like a David Lynch movie, or a conversation, or a bad habit.
The Old College Try
The NCAA Tournament is often terrible basketball, but even bad basketball is better than anything else when it is played by emotional teenagers from the boonies, chasing a futile dream.