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April 5, 2012 – Ben Berry Before they called him Michael, he was Mike Jordan. During the 1982 NCAA National Championship game, Michael Jordan wasn’t laced from head-to-toe in apparel bearing his Jumpman logo he was wearing Converse. In commemoration of the game-winning shot MJ hit to mark his arrival to the basketball world and [...]

April 5, 2012 – Dan Favale The Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 98-93 in what was basically a grudge match Wednesday night. For the most part. [...]

April 5, 2012 – Griffin Gotta The NBA slate was packed with postseason-ready pairings last night. Headlined by the Thunder and Heat’s bruising tease, the Mavericks and Grizzlies jostled for position in the Western Conference [...]

April 5, 2012 – Allen Moll By now I’m sure everyone has heard that members of Kentucky’s rabid fanbase, known affectionately as the Big Blue Nation, got a little unruly in and around Lexington in celebration of the Wildcats winning their 8th National Title. Aside from the usual couch burnings and flipped over police cruisers, [...]

April 4, 2012 – Dan Favale The Pacers came raging back to defeat the Knicks on Tuesday night after trailing by 15 to start the fourth quarter, yet, thanks to Danny Granger, that’s not what must be taken away from this game. Indiana outscored New York 40-17 in a quarter where everything went right for [...]

April 4, 2012 – Griffin Gotta In the Clipperfied version of the Staples Center tonight, the young, high-flying team with all the promise will try to take the season series from their shared arena-dwellers for the first time in 19 long years. The Lakers, although not without their regular share of dramatics, are without the [...]

April 4, 2012 – Ben Berry With the Chicago Bulls being first in the Eastern Conference and having clinched a playoff position, the Bulls premiere player Derrick Rose will be in conversation throughout the NBA playoffs. When he’ll return to play is yet to be determined, but adidas is properly prepared with what might be [...]

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This doesn’t appear to be an April Fools joke either folks. According to FIBAasia.net, Mohammad El Akkari of Moutahed scored an incredible 113 points in a Lebanese Division A League Final 8 game. [...]

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors A speed painting artist named David Garibaldi last week was hired to be the half-time show at Madison Square Garden during a Knicks game. What better way to entertain the crowd than to use the injured guard Jeremy Lin as his subject. The performance was a big hit. [...]

April 4, 2012 – Allen Moll About this time last year, it was announced that North Carolina and Michigan State would play a basketball game a board the deck of aircraft carrier USS Vinson, the vessel that once was the final resting place of the infamous Osama Bin Laden.  The patriotic event was dubbed the [...]