North Carolina

The 2017 NBA all-star weekend is supposed to go down in Charlotte, but that may be in jeopardy. The Hornets were awarded this honor roughly a year ago, but Adam Silver is threatening pulling the plug in light of the news surrounding the state of North Carolina and the LGBT laws. A move would cause [...]

Ever since the early sample colorway scans posted in June, I have been really looking forward to this sneaker. Releasing in stores today is the Air Jordan XX8 SE. Essentially the Air Jordan XX8 without the shroud, the Air Jordan XX8 SE has 2 of these 3 camouflage colorways inspired by the uniform colors of [...]

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June 29, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors As if getting the consensus #1 pick in the NBA Draft, Anthony Davis, was not enough, the New Orleans Hornets scored another coup when they landed Duke’s Austin Rivers at the 10th spot. While it usually takes young core some time to develop, just look at the Oklahoma [...]

April 5, 2012 – Ben Berry Before they called him Michael, he was Mike Jordan. During the 1982 NCAA National Championship game, Michael Jordan wasn’t laced from head-to-toe in apparel bearing his Jumpman logo he was wearing Converse. In commemoration of the game-winning shot MJ hit to mark his arrival to the basketball world and [...]

March 20, 2012 – Allen Moll We’ll start with a given that everyone knows that underage gambling is illegal. Or even that unsanctioned gambling is illegal. But during this time of year, virtually everyone and their mother fills out an NCAA Tournament bracket, in hopes of taking home some late March cash in their office [...]

March 5, 2012 – R.S. De France Los Angeles Lakers 5-time champion, 14-time All-Star, and 2-time Finals’ MVP Kobe Bryant has said repeatedly this season that he wants to go out winning a 6th NBA championship. But how can that happen with this Lakers’ team, one of the best defensive teams, one of the worst [...]

August 30, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol “Michael Jordan and his Bobcats NBA team will donate $250,000 to middle-school athletics programs in Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city. The Charlotte Observer says the NBA hall-of-famer and North Carolina native will announce the gift Monday. Jordan, who made a fortune playing in the NBA and marketing his [...]

August 12, 2010 – Allen Moll After proving all of the Blue Devils’ nay-sayers(and Duke haters) wrong last season, by winning their 4th National Title in school history, Nolan Smith and his Duke teammates were thought to possibly take a step back  this upcoming season, after losing a number of players to graduation like John Scheyer, [...]

September 4, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap The past couple weeks The Hoop Doctors have been monitoring the NESW Sports website for their recent surge of posting Michael Jordan video clips and commercials that we consider to be classics. Personally it got me thinking about what my favorite Jordan moments and vids are. In my opinion [...]