Kevin Love is Sorry About That Stomp, Okay?

February 7, 2012 – Griffin Gotta On Saturday night, Minnesota Timberwolves’ likely All-Star forward Kevin Love, frustrated with being the recipient of a few too many shots that sure must’ve felt like fouls, lost control of himself for a moment. Unfortunately for Houston’s Luis Scola, this temporary loss of judgement on Love’s... [Read more]...

Kobe Passes Shaq For 5th On All-Time Scoring List

February 7, 2012 – Kevin Burke Despite their past differences, Kobe and Shaq will forever be linked. Here’s one more reason: Kobe just leaped Shaq to become the 5th leading scorer in NBA history. He’s still roughly 10,000 points behind the leader, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but we’ll see if he can eventually make a run at that. Granted... [Read more]...

Air Jordan IV – ‘Cement’ Release Date

February 7, 2012 – Ben Berry With the first month of 2012 behind us already, Jordan Brand begins to bring the heat by releasing the classic ‘Cement’ colorway of the Air Jordan IV. When the Jordan IV was chosen for as the Air Jordan for the 2011 Doernbecher collection, that meant that 2012 would see a return of the fourth signature... [Read more]...

Is Kenyon Martin an Ideal Fit with the Los Angeles Clippers?

February 7, 2012 – Dan Favale With the addition of Kenyon Martin, the Los Angeles Clippers are even more formidable championship contenders than before, correct? Actually, not so much. [Read more]…  Read More →

Video: ESPN’s Rivalry Week Is Coming

February 6th, 2012 – Allen Moll With only a little less than 5 weeks remaining in the college basketball regular season, top tier teams and those on the bubble are gearing up for the stretch run leading up to NCAA Selection Sunday on March 11th, 2012. While we have been treated to a number of top ranked teams going down unexpectantly to unranked opponents... [Read more]...

Amar’e Stoudemire’s Brother Dies in Crash

February 6, 2012 – Dan Favale Amar’e Stoudemire’s brother, Hazell Stoudemire, died tragically after he was involved in a car accident on Monday morning in Florida. Stoudemire was apparently traveling at an excessive speed when he collided with the back end of a tractor trailer, and was pronounced dead at the scene. From TMZ: The accident... [Read more]...

Video: Newest Clipper Kenyon Martin’s Top 100 Dunks

February 6th, 2012 – Allen Moll In case anyone missed the news this past week, the LA Clippers have come to terms with highly sought after free agent Kenyon Martin. Martin had signed to play for the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball League during the Lockout but was granted an early release by CBA officials early last week... [Read more]...

Anthony Davis Breaks Shaq’s SEC Blocks Record

February 6th, 2012 – Allen Moll By the time University of Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis finishes his time in Lexington, there’s no doubt he will go down as one of the very best players to ever have had the pleasure of donning the now historic blue and white jersey of the Wildcats. Davis took the first step in making history by setting the single... [Read more]...

Video: Top 10 Dunks of the Week

February 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors What a week in the NBA for highlight reel dunks! With the Blake Griffin and Lebron James’ dunks seemingly shocking the NBA world, there were many others that got overlooked. In this week’s THD Video, let’s take a look back at the Top 10 Dunks in the NBA….  Read More →

Your NBA Weekend Preview: Feb 3 – 5

February 3, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Just like last week, it’s time to see what’s in store from the world of the NBA this weekend, while assigning some empty grades in the process. If you’re as unexcited about the Super Bowl as I am, the NBA provides even more of a comfort blanket to crawl under than usual. Thanks again for ending that... [Read more]...