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February 1, 2011 – Kevin Burke We’re still more than a month away from tournament time in college basketball, and we’ve already had our fair share of madness and surprises so far.  We’ve seen things such as Syracuse getting off to an 18 – 0 start, before dropping their next 4. Duke has lost to [...]

February 1, 2011 – Joshua Sexton It appears Phil Jackson will officially be hanging it up at the end of this season. Since as early as last summer, Jackson has said this will be his final season coaching in the NBA. However, Jackson is somewhat known for having a hard time staying away. After his [...]

February 1, 2011 – Allen Moll Surely if any NBA player would ever wish that they could hop into a hot tub time machine and turn the clock back 10 years, it would have to be Vince Carter. Ok, maybe T-Mac or Grant Hill would join him. But seriously, back in 2001, Vince was on [...]

February 1, 2011 – Allen Moll It’s become standard procedure nowadays to start teaching the game of basketball to our youngsters as early as possible if they want to get a leg up on the competition and someday be playing for their school team. Seemingly these players, or hoops phenoms as they now are being [...]

January 31, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Last Thursday night, the starters for this year’s All-Star game were announced from each conference. In the Eastern Conference we have: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Amar’e Stoudemire, Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard. The Western Conference starters are: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony and Yao Ming (who [...]

January 31, 2011 – Kevin Burke After losing 6 straight, the Knicks have won 3 of their last 4 and look like they may have returned to their old form, from earlier in the season. Housekeeping: Record: 25 – 22 Streak: W1 2nd place in the Atlantic Division 6th place in the Eastern Conference Team [...]

January 31, 2011 – Allen Moll Halftime shows during NBA games are getting way to intense. Long gone are the days of Chinese contortionists spinning plates or bearing witness to the amazing human Slinky show. What ever happened to doing the “Wave” or the ever popular “Kiss Cam?” That’s way to tame for 2011. Now [...]

January 31, 2011 – Kevin Burke Does anybody remember when O.J. Mayo was on the cover of countless magazines back in the day? He was barely in high school when he was coverboy for a myriad of basketball print publications. He took that hype to the University of Southern California where he played for one [...]

January 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors As we head into the weekend with one of the most exciting double-headers of the regular season on national television, we couldn’t leave you without a video preview/promotion for the Heat vs. Thunder game. These two teams are showcases more highlight reel plays than anyone in the NBA [...]

January 28, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Unfortunately, there is no football this weekend. Unless you are one of the few people who enjoy watching the Pro Bowl. While next weekend’s match-up between the Steelers and Packers is on many sports fan’s minds, there are two can’t miss NBA games taking place on Sunday. ABC is [...]