About Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes is a senior writer for PistonPowered.com in ESPN's TrueHoop Network. He's contributed at SLAM, MLive, SB Nation and various other places. He's also an inconsistent tweeter. His first book, 'The HIGH-erarchy: Ranking the top 30 NBA talent producing high schools in history,' is available here.

Pro Wrestling as Security Blanket

Early 90s Figure

Patrick Hayes remembers his father and uncle shedding their troubles and depression to indulge in some smack-down.

Baseball’s Unwritten Rules Need to Be Forgotten

Jered Weaver

Baseballs unwritten rules are really dumb.

Pulling Back the Curtain on Pro Athletes

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“Pulling back the curtain” made C.M. Punk an instant star. Why does it have the opposite effect in other pro sports?

Should You Care About the MLB Trade Deadline?

Carlos Beltran

Baseball’s trade deadline always brings some excitement to the MLB’s long summer stretch, but it’s often not worth the hype.

Is the True Center Really Dead in the NBA?

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Spurred on by the idea of the “death of the true center,” Patrick Hayes surveys three decades of NBA big men.

Life Lessons From the NBA

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The NBA gives so much more to the fans than just the iconic moments.

King of the Hipsters

Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman’s counter-culture appeal is part of his case for the Hall of Fame.

There Is No Potential

Shaq

Forget about potential, let’s remember our athletes for who they actually were.

T2TB Week: Patrick and The Admiral

Ewing and Robinson

It’s the Finals matchup we deserved but never got.