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June 8, 2012 – Griffin Gotta What LeBron James showed us in last night’s chilling one-man wrecking show is that the Miami Heat, for all their warts overall, could still represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals because they still possess what the Boston Celtics do not: The possibility of uncontrollable transcendent spectacles like [...]

June 8, 2012 – Dan Favale LeBron James foiled the Boston Celtics’ plan to advance to the NBA Finals Thursday night, but moving forward, will his perpetual prowess be enough? [...]

June 8, 2012 – Check out the Top Ten Nicknames we could think of for #1 NBA Draft pick Anthony Davis. This is just a starting point to get the creative juices flowing. What you got? [...]

June 7, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This of course all depends on how you look at her fandom. If you are a Heat fan, this is just one more reason to love UFC Ring Girl Arianny Celeste. [...]

June 7, 2012 – Dan Favale After a second consecutive improbably dominating regular season, the San Antonio Spurs are once again heading home without a taste of the NBA Finals. So, what now? The Spurs weren’t supposed to have the best record in the league this year. Hell, after Manu Ginobili’s injury, there were probably [...]

June 7, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors I was reading an ESPN blog called True Hoop by Henry Abbott today and came across this really interesting excerpt from a Larry Bird book called “Bird Watching”. The excerpt is basically a recount of a story from Larry Bird when he was on the set of the [...]

June 7, 2012 – Ben Berry Next-generation Flywire, a Hyperfuse upper, and Lunaron and Zoom Air cushioning are all packed in this performance monster from Jordan Brand. Even though the focus of the company seems to be more on the Retro models these days, its releases like that that shows us that sneakers with a [...]

June 7, 2012 – Allen Moll When you are sometimes referred to as the “Best dunker ever”, you constantly have to defend that title by taking on any and all comers, even if the challenger is a girl. That’s precisely the predicament that was on the table for resident Ball Up superstar Air Up There, [...]

June 6, 2012 – Ben Berry Thanks to the internet, information about upcoming sneakers are easier to get your hands on. There are pictures of the ‘Gold Medal’ Jordan VII on MarqueeSole but those are the GS (grade school) pair which features slightly different tooling like a different neoprene bootie that doesn’t feature the “zig [...]