Lamar Odom is getting into the marijuana business. Yes, that Lamar Odom. And yes, that marijuana business. In a press release (h/t SLAM Online), the former NBA star announced he would be investing in Rich Soil Organics after he found the use of cannabis very helpful during his rehab for substance abuse: While going through [...]
April 6, 2018
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Stephen Jackson had a 14 year NBA career and was best known as a Golden State Warrior and a valued role player for a San Antonio Spurs that won the NBA title in 2003. He now has a role at ESPN and is succeeding in his post playing days as well. Besides being suspended 30 [...]
January 5, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
There has been a shift (an enlightened shift) on the use of marijuana for professional sports players in recent years as more and more research shows that the use of marijuana in a medical sense is far less harmful and more natural than prescription pain killers for athletes who are dealing with chronic pain (no [...]
November 16, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Zach Randolph is a guy that was known for having a questionable reputation in his earlier days in the NBA in Portland and New York before going to Memphis and turning his career around. Now that Randolph is no longer the heart and soul of the Grit and Grind Grizzlies and now a member of [...]
August 10, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Markieff Morris is once again making headlines for the wrong reasons. According to Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s John Gonzalez, the Washington Wizards forward was detained at Philadelphia International Airport after ‘suspected marijuana’ was apparently uncovered in his bag: [tweet https://twitter.com/gonzoCSN/status/735943108031041537] Here’s Gonzalez with more details: Morris, who was with a party that included his mother, checked [...]
Jay Williams, the former Duke University standout and Chicago Bull, thinks a lot of NBA players smoke marijuana. Like, a whole lot. As in most. Here’s what the now college basketball analyst said of the issue, per Jade Scipioni of Fox Business (h/t ProBasketballTalk): Former Chicago Bulls guard and three-time Duke All-American Jay Williams says [...]
March 17, 2016
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March 26, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The buzz is coming to an end pretty soon for marijuana shops selling a Jeremy Lin branded weed called “Linsanity OG”. Lin’s lawyers this week sent out cease and desist letters to any marijuana dispensary that was selling Linsanity branded pot. “Their enthusiasm for Jeremy Lin got ahead [...]
March 26, 2012
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July 7, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors In just a few years in the NBA, Michael Beasley has had an interesting career. Once thought to be Dwyane Wade’s running mate in Miami, he was now been involved in situations regarding marijuana for the second time in his career. Beasley was ticketed for possessing marijuana and [...]
July 7, 2011
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