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You typically hear these types of stories during the Little League World Series. A kid will pose as a 12 year old when he’s really 15. Then it makes all the sense in the world why he’s 3 feet taller than everyone else. But you typically don’t hear this in collegiate athletics. Standout UCLA freshman, [...]

Sports are exciting and all, but sometimes things get put into perspective. Rick Adelman, coach of the T’Wolves, is dealing with a personal dilemma. His wife has been dealing with a medical condition that has had her hospitalized. Needless to say, Adelman is having a tough time focusing on basketball.  To the point where he [...]

Carmelo Anthony doesn’t dunk anymore because, well, he apparently doesn’t have to. Or so he says. Per Chris Herring of The Wall Street Journal, less than two percent of Melo’s points come off dunks (a career low), and he’s okay with that: Anthony’s dunk marked just his 19th slam of the season. His 21 dunk [...]

The Tourney is finally here. With the field somewhat wide open this year, this should be an interesting 3 weeks. Based on the uncertainty, Kevin Burke has an interesting Final Four. He also discusses the state of Kentucky basketball given their NIT bid, and LeBron’s dunk on Jason Terry for good measure. If you often [...]

As great of a ball player as he was, Michael Jordan has been nothing short of a front office executive disaster. Last season, his Bobcats finished with the worst winning percentage in NBA history. And they’re not doing too much better this year. Despite routinely having a pick in the lottery, the Bobcats never seem [...]

Derrick Rose is clearly getting tired of being asked a million times about when he will be returning to the court from his rehab. So much so, that he’s leaving it in the hand of god to give the media the answers they so desperately crave. After this morning’s Bulls shoot around, Rose had these [...]

At one point in the third quarter the Miami Heat were losing to Lebron’s former team 67-40. It looked like a lock that the Cavs were going to be ending the Heat’s 23 game winning streak. Then Shane Battier, Ray Allen, and Lebron James went on a three point barrage to pull the Heat close [...]

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LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are inseparable. Until 2014 at least. Both LeBron and Wade are set to become free agents after next season (if they so please), and speculation has run rampant as to what James specifically will do next. Will he return to the Cleveland Cavaliers? Join forces with Dwight Howard and the [...]

We’ve seen some wacky things happen on the hardwood over the years like when Nate Robinson once shot and scored in the wrong basket as a member of the NY Knicks. Then there was the time that some irate fans decided to light and launch M-80 explosives at some incompetent referees, doing a bang-up job [...]