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Word to the wise and not sober: Be careful what you’re allowing professional athletes, specifically NBA players, to autograph for you. I’m not saying don’t let them sign your trading card (do people still collect those?), basketball or team program. Napkins are fine, too. But draw the line at body parts. Please, oh please, draw [...]

In case you missed it, over the weekend New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony dropped a franchise record 62 points on the Charlotte Bobcats, making it the highest scoring game ever at Madison Square Garden. Melo made 23 of 35 shots from the field including 10-10 from the FT line and 6-10 from behind the [...]

Hey Coach Johnson!? Training camp at your place this year? [...]

And the feelgood hoops story of the year has to go to Lt. Cotina Sellers-Jenkins, who decided to give the ultimate surprise to her 13 year old son Derrick Jenkins just after Christmas. It was a rough holiday season for little Derrick as he hadn’t seen his mother for approximately 8 months as she was [...]

High dollar auctioned items from some of basketball’s biggest names have recently been up for sale to the highest bidder, with all or most of the proceeds going to charity. Just last week, an authenticated recruiting letter to Micheal Jordan from legendary coach Dean Smith went up for sale to the highest bidder, with the [...]

KG seems to be bigger than life to these Chelsea F.C. soccer players. And he also seems to be enjoying himself on the visit to the stadium. Never would have pegged KG for a soccer fan. [...]

The Miami Heat had their Champions tour stop at the White House today. Here are some pictures of the visit, including the Heat’s presentation of a custom POTUS trophy and jersey to the big man. Oh, and President Obama had this burn on Mario Chalmers to get some laughs… [...]

Prior to this weekend, 6’3 senior guard Nubian Spann hadn’t gotten much attention nationally despite leading his Panther Creek, North Carolina squad to a nearly unblemished 13-1 mark heading into a match-up against rival Apex. But that all has changed after Spann made Sportcenter’s Top 10 plays for shattering a backboard in the 2nd quarter [...]

Coming out of high school, Gerald Green was supposed to be the 2nd coming of NBA superstar Tracy McGrady. He averaged an unbelievable 33 points, 12 boards, 7 assists, and 3 blocks per game as a senior at Gulf Shores Academy in Houston and was the high scorer at the 2005 McDonald’s All American Game, [...]