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Now that the playoffs are officially over for the LA Lakers, Kobe Bryant has once again taken to twitter, after it was brought to his attention he might be a distraction to the team. Today he broke his twitter silence, to comment and show support for NBA big man Jason Collins, who became the first [...]

First openly gay player who is actively playing professional sports in North America? Could this be true? Sometimes you forget after a few former players have come out of the closet, starting with John Amaechi, that no ‘active’ players have yet to do so. Sadly for our society, Wikipedia actually has a list. Well 12 [...]

Brian Shaw had been the Lakers assistant coach for many year and was suspected to be next in line whenever Phil Jackson stepped away. But when Phil actually stepped away a few years ago, Lakers brass passed over Shaw and hired Mike Brown who had no connection to the Lakers at all. Shaw left and [...]

Somebody pinch Dwight Howard, because he must be dreaming. Following the San Antonio Spurs’ sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Superman called his first, and potentially only, season in Hollywood a “nightmare” (via Brett Pollakoff of NBC Sports’ ProBasketballTalk): “It was like a nightmare,” Howard said. “It [...]

Kobe is clearly one of the greatest of all-time. Regardless of how his return from injury pans out, he’s done enough to earn that distinction. Gregg Popovich has also done enough as a coach to earn that distinction in the coaching category. If you’re not sure just take a look at his winning percentage over [...]

If you don’t know, you better get to know. Stephen Curry is taking the 2013 NBA Playoffs by storm. After Golden State Warriors big man David Lee went down with injury for the remainder of the 2013 playoffs, everyone was saying the Warriors were done. That the Nuggets would sweep the remainder of the series. [...]

It is unclear at this point whether Phil Jackson wants to come back as a General Manager or as a Coach. But one thing is clear, he does want back in the league. There were rumors last week that the Raptors and Cavs were interested in his services, and now there is speculation that if [...]

Over the past several years, the Minnesota Timberwolves have stockpiled a bevy of young talent. On paper, their future seems bright but that hasn’t translated into wins. You can attribute that to injury and perhaps to the roster just looking good on paper. The architect behind all of this is GM David Kahn. But it [...]

The OKC Thunder are pretty much having their way with the Houston Rockets in their first round series, but some very interesting and untimely news has surface regarding Russell Westbrook. In the age of the never-ending knee injury, Westbrook apparently has a meniscus tear in his right knee and will need surgery, according to KOCO.com. [...]

With the overwhelming success the Reebok Question has seen in the last 18 months, the Vector brand delves further into Allen Iverson’s signature sneaker line and announces today that the Reebok Answer 1 is next to be re-released. Hopefully, Iverson (who is struggling financially) had some royalties built into his Reebok contract. Worn by AI [...]