Who is the greatest basketball player of all time? Well, LeBron James has spoken out in the Jordan vs. LeBron debate. LeBron believes defeating the 73-win Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals after falling behind 3-1 in the series made him the greatest player of all time. He said so when he appeared [...]
December 31, 2018 Anou Enright Blogs An rare autographed Michael Jordan Upper Deck 1997 All-Star Game jersey card just sold on an eBay auction for $94,630. There are only 23 of its kind in existence. The card, was given a near-mint rating of eight by the Beckett Grading Services. The same card sold for $45,998 in 2014, an indication of just [...]
November 20, 2018 Anou Enright Offbeat LaVar Ball is the most delusional man in sports today. I can’t believe a single sports news station interviews him. This needs to stop, because it’s utterly pointless. To show you just how delusional this man is, let’s take a look at some of his most outrageous statements. 1) Claiming that he could beat the [...]
July 17, 2018 Rob R.S. De France Disparage, denigrate, and deprecate if you must, but I’ve seen Magic’s Showtime Lakers in person, I had an unhealthy obsession with Jordan’s Bulls—especially for someone who lives in Los Angeles—, and I saw every single basket Kobe Bryant ever made as a professional. I have also seen almost every basket that LeBron James has made [...]
June 12, 2018 Rob R.S. De France The Charlotte Hornets may not be casting a wide net in their search for someone else to head up their front office after all. Former Los Angeles Lakers general manager was considered owner Michael Jordan’s preference to replace Rich Cho when it was first announced the latter wouldn’t have his contract renewed. It made sense. [...]
March 21, 2018 admin Blogs Substantive change is on the horizon for the Charlotte Hornets. Though they elected not to make a major move at the trade deadline, owner Michael Jordan isn’t planning to bring back general manager Rich Cho next season. In fact, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, he already has Cho’s successor in mind—Mitch Kupchak, former general manager [...]
February 20, 2018 admin Blogs For those of you who have always wanted a movie to be made about Michael Jordan’s baseball career (count me half in on that list), your wish appears to be coming true. According to a report from the Tracking Board (a Hollywood insider website) Will Smith is set to produce a film documenting Michael Jordan’s [...]
December 19, 2017 Anou Enright Offbeat Ah yes, feels like a bit of deja vu with Scottie Pippen commenting on the debate between King James and Air Jordan. In an appearance on ESPN’s First Take (the perfect sort of show for this sort of headline grabbing material), Pippen explained how he would statistically put LeBron over Jordan. See the quote here: [...]
December 15, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek Michael Jordan, he of the 72-win 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, is not a fan of NBA superteams. Speaking with cigar aficionado, the Charlotte Hornets owner expressed a distaste for the growing popularity of the superteam model, suggesting that, at some point, 28 of 30 squads will be left in the trash. Here’s SI.com’s Ben Golliver with [...]
October 13, 2017 admin Blogs Michael Jordan may be the most decorated and profitable athlete in the history of American sports. He is giving back part of that wealth in order to help his home community of Charlotte, North Carolina by donating $7 million to fund two medical clinics for at-risk communities in the Charlotte area. [tweet https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/917703761220562945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This is [...]
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