Offbeat

For most, the addition of Shaquille O’Neal to the TNT crew this year has been welcomed. There has been however a growing contingent that believe Shaq has actually conflicted a bit with the usual flow and chemistry of the Ernie, Charles, and Kenny combination. For at least tonight those folks may have been right. During [...]

It was announced today by GoldinAuctions.com that they are working with the Kobe Bryant family to auction off much of Kobe Bryant’s high school memorabilia in June 2013. The collection contains awards and gear from Kobe’s time in Italy as a child, his high school days at Lower Merion High in Pennsylvania, and even some [...]

NBA player Jason Collins talks to Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos about his announcement that he is gay. Making him the first North American professional athlete to do so while still active in their sport. Listen through till the end where Collins talks about being a tough physical player and how his style of play [...]

Now that the playoffs are officially over for the LA Lakers, Kobe Bryant has once again taken to twitter, after it was brought to his attention he might be a distraction to the team. Today he broke his twitter silence, to comment and show support for NBA big man Jason Collins, who became the first [...]

First openly gay player who is actively playing professional sports in North America? Could this be true? Sometimes you forget after a few former players have come out of the closet, starting with John Amaechi, that no ‘active’ players have yet to do so. Sadly for our society, Wikipedia actually has a list. Well 12 [...]

Kobe is clearly one of the greatest of all-time. Regardless of how his return from injury pans out, he’s done enough to earn that distinction. Gregg Popovich has also done enough as a coach to earn that distinction in the coaching category. If you’re not sure just take a look at his winning percentage over [...]

The Grizzlies are in the series! Holding home court last night, they pulled within 2-1 in their first round series against the Clippers. In case you missed the game you have to love this play by Zach Randolph (Z-Bo), as it shows just how far his maturity has come since his days as a distraction/hot-head [...]

San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich and his scouting staff has become known for their scouting prowess in most NBA circles. Although their biggest strength is finding a diamond in the rough, they can also appreciate a well known talent when they see one. In this particular case, yesterday Gregg Popovich was admiring the shooting [...]

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I love the ‘when they were kids’ pictures surface. We have shown you some other images of Kobe even younger watching his Dad play in Italy, including this video, but how about when Kobe played against grown men in Italy himself as a kid. Only aged 12, check out this image that surfaced of Kobe [...]