Offbeat

How annoying is it when you use your Apple TV, computer, or tablet to view shows or games from a streaming service only to be asked for your TV provider login credentials. That sort of defeats the purpose. Aside from the mobility of streaming, many people these days see the point as being able to [...]

The buzz on the web the past week or so is about how well Kyrie Irving has been playing through training camp and what that may mean for the dominance of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East. All his highlights from the preseason aside, this windmill on a Nerf net in his living room is [...]

Warriors coach Steve Kerr walked away from his 15 year NBA career with a career free-throw percentage of 86.4%. Through his first five seasons, Stephen Curry is at 89.6% from the stripe. After practice yesterday, the two decided to engage in a FT shooting contest that Curry ultimately won. You’ll recall that former Warriors coach [...]

Lebron James is not only a gym rat that has tremendous physical abilities, but its been widely accepted that he has one of the best mental capacities for the game of basketball. Some even think he’s got a photographic memory or is a savant for ‘systems’, that can even apply to memorizing video game manipulations. [...]

For most professional athletes, the height of their celebrity is during their playing days. But for some, they are able to reinvent themselves and gain even more stardom once they’ve hung it up. Kenny Smith had a very solid career, but if he wasn’t so comfortable in front of the camera, many young hoop heads [...]

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Kevin Durant has stated for years that he’s tired of being second. For a while, he has been behind LeBron on whatever list you’d like to assemble. He did, however, break through a bit by winning his first MVP last season. Even so, some think he wants to be LeBron. While on Jimmy Fallon last [...]

This morning we stumbled across this video gem on the web. It’s rare footage of Michael Jordan in the late ’80’s at the ripe old age of 24. It appears to be his first acting gig on a show hosted by Dick Van Patten called ‘War of the Stars’ where he takes on Charlie and [...]

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As much as we all love and respect Charles Barkley when he plays and talks about basketball—this video of his pitch during the Cubs game tells us why he’s a basketball player. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFYFale1Vug Hey Chuck, the wind up actually looked good but other than that, why don’t you just stick to shooting [...]