Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal are the best of frenemies. The two retired NBA vets have enjoyed a long-standing rivalry that extends back to their…
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — The coaching search is on in New York, and the best possible candidate has already been eliminated. Phil Jackson won’t be hiring himself to coach the Knicks. Two days after firing Mike Woodson, Jackson reiterated Wednesday that he won’t be returning to the bench, despite the fact that even fiancee Jeanie […]
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year on Monday in front of friends and family. “This is very humbling to be in this situation right now,” Noah, the son of French tennis champ Yannick Noah said at a news conference where his family was […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Woodson had the Knicks on top of their division and in the second round of the playoffs, destinations that had become unreachable and practically unimaginable in New York. A year later, he was out of job. Phil Jackson fired Woodson and the entire coaching staff on Monday, making his first […]
According to TMZ Sports, former New York Knicks star Larry Hughes is being questioned by the NYPD as part of a sexual assault investigation. TMZ reports that…
NBA player Kevin Durant recently had his dirty little secrets aired out in a counter-lawsuit brought on by his ex-travel agent. The travel agent detailed…
“So many guys would probably benefit from it and not take as many painkillers, which have worse long-term effects,” Blake Griffin says in regards to the debate around NBA players using medicinal marijuana to manage pain Bucks center Larry Sanders, who advocated for marijuana’s legalization just after it was announced he would be suspended five […]
New York Knicks have signed former NBA champion Lamar Odom, who was out of the league this season. His reality show and subsequent divorce-in-progress from Khloe Kardashian made more headlines than his game in the last two seasons he played. The move gives new president Phil Jackson an offseason to look at the versatile forward […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Joe Dumars is stepping down as the Detroit Pistons’ president of basketball operations. The team made the move official Monday, a day after the Pistons lost their home finale and dropped to 29-52 with one game remaining in the season. Detroit will miss the postseason for a fifth consecutive year. […]
The Basketball Hall of Fame has three new members. Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning, Arkansas Razorbacks coach Nolan Richardson and NBA player Mitch Richmond are among the honorees that will join the roster at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Mourning,who won his first championship with the Miami Heat in 2006, played 15 years […]
Not everyone agrees with Kobe Bryant’s views regarding support for Trayvon Martin. And Dwayne Wade knows this. Rather than come down on the man he calls “Kob,” Wade simply has a respectful “difference of opinion” with his friend regarding the photo his team, the Miami Heat, took in support of the slain teen in 2012. […]
Maybe Allen Iverson and ex-wife Tawanna have put their bitter feelings behind them. Allen did thank his ex for “helping him grow” though she has been to court numerous times since their tumultuous divorce over custody and child support/alimony payments. At one point, Tawanna alleged that Iverson had abducted his five children when he was […]
