The 2015 NBA Dunk Contest participants were recently announced, and just like the previous years, LeBron James‘ name was nowhere to be found. And…
Sports trash talk can get out of hand when it comes to going after NBA players’ wives. Remember when Kevin Garnett said unflattering things about Carmelo Anthony‘s wife LaLa. Now it’ s happened again — only this time it’s Dwyane Wade and NBA fans who said obscenities after his wife Gabrielle Union. But Wade was […]
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant will have surgery Wednesday on his torn right rotator cuff, likely ending his 19th season with the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant seriously aggravated a lingering shoulder ache while dunking last week in New Orleans. The star guard and the Lakers decided Monday on surgery, which typically requires several […]
There’s a new guard emerging in the NBA. Toronto’s Kyle Lowry made a late surge in fan balloting and will start for the Eastern Conference. Lowry passed Dwyane Wade and will start alongside Washington’s John Wall, the first time the East has had two first-time starters at guard since 2000. Golden State’s Stephen Curry made his […]
After blowing a 23-point lead over the Celtics, the Clippers managed to hang on for a 102-93 win last night in Los Angeles. The Clippers…
Since their days on the court, things have changed between Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan. They are no longer cool like that. Barkley opened up about why he is not friends with Jordan anymore on “The Seth Davis Show,” according to sportingnews.com. “He was offended by some things I said about him on television,” Barkley […]
The NBA is widely seen as one of the most attractive sports leagues in the United States, with a global reach that’s second to…
The Brooklyn Nets might be up for sale soon, according to Bloomberg. The NBA team’s majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov, who owns 80 percent of the…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kevin Garnett was suspended one game without pay Tuesday by the NBA for head-butting Dwight Howard, who received only a fine when the league ruled he didn’t retaliate with a punch. Howard was fined $15,000, the league announced in saying he pushed Garnett in the neck. NBA President of Basketball […]
DALLAS (AP) — Roy Tarpley, the former Dallas Mavericks star center whose NBA career was cut short by drug abuse, died Friday. He was 50. According to a Tarrant County medical examiner’s report, Tarpley died at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, near Dallas. No cause of death was given in the online report. […]
After years of attempting to fix the New York Knicks roster with pieces of scotch tape, Phil Jackson finally brought in the heavy artillery and…
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks are trading J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who could give them a shot to fill Dion Waiters‘ former role in their backcourt. The Knicks agreed to trade the guards to the Cavaliers on Monday night, a person with knowledge of the deal told […]
