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3 Stories: NBA Tanking, MLB Free Agency, Nike-less Sports Store

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The New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns have combined for just 22 wins this season. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
The New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns have combined for just 22 wins this season. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

The New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns head into All-Star weekend on a combined 1–34 skid. But with changes to the NBA Draft lottery taking effect this year, racing to the bottom is even less likely to result in a No. 1 draft pick than it did before. Only A Game's Karen Given shares her thoughts.

Plus, spring training is underway in Major League Baseball, and plenty of big-name free agents remain unsigned. The Wall Street Journal's Jason Gay wonders when the standoff between MLB stars and front offices will end.

And a sporting goods store in Colorado Springs stopped selling Nike merchandise in response to the company's ad campaign with Colin Kaepernick. Now Prime Time Sports is going out of business. Sportswriter and Burn It All Down podcast host Shireen Ahmed weighs in.

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This segment aired on February 16, 2019.

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