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November 7, 2011 – R.S. De France Despite Dallas Mavericks’ Owner Mark Cuban’s repeated attempts to buy a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, he has so far been unsuccessful. Until now. Cuban does not own the Los Angeles Dodgers yet, but Frank McCourt has finally relented and agreed to sell the team. And, according to [...]

November 4, 2011 – Ben Berry When it comes to sneakers, guards have had the signature shoe game on lock for a long time. There are of course a few breakout exceptions but shoes made for guards seem to be the ones preferred. Dwight Howard and adidas want to change that mentality with the new [...]

With the 2011 NBA lockout still looming over our heads, we need something a little more positive to think about. What basketball fan in their right mind doesn’t like to spend a few minutes pouring over rare pictures of Michael Jordan, the Greatest of All-time? Photos courtesy of the Michael Jordan hardcover book ‘Rare Air’… [...]

New Nike ad attempts to portray how hard LeBron is working on his game... [...]

November 3, 2011 – Ben Berry Last week the team from Under Armour Basketball was gracious enough to extend an invitation to us to attend an Under Armour launch event in NYC. In attendance were UA athletes Brandon Jennings, Kemba Walker, Derrick Williams, and Greivis Vasquez. A few of the known rare Bloodline SMUs were [...]

November 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors New LA Lakers assistant coach Ettore Messina is a legend in Europe, specifically Italy, for his basketball mind. But you have to imagine its heavily weighing on his thoughts about how he will be able to quickly establish a relationship with Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest players [...]

November 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve seen players doing all sorts of things during the lockout that they normally don’t have time to do during the NBA season and/or off-season training. Just this week for example we saw Kevin Durant playing flag football at OSU with students to pass time. Well Chris Paul [...]

November 2, 2011 – Ben Berry When super-producer Swizz Beatz became the acting Creative Director of the Reebok Classic division, a few things became certain in regards to the future of the company. It has been well documented already that Mr. One-Man Bandman is an admirer of Jean-Machel Basquiat’s work and since the artist already [...]

November 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It would be a heavyweight battle of epic proportions, wouldn’t it? Kobe Bryant and all of his shooting abilities, one-on-one moves, will to win vs. Lebron James’ raw power, speed, and athleticsm. That would be a pay-per-view event worth every last penny. The LA Times this week caught [...]

November 2, 2011 – Ben Berry The Air Flight One made its debut to the world during the ’94-’95 NBA season on the feet of a player who has come to be known as ‘Penny’ Hardaway. Before his own signature sneaker series with Nike, Hardaway was a premiere player in the Nike Flight campaign and [...]