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It takes announcements like this for us to take a step back and realize what’s truly important. Because at certain times, wins, losses and championships don’t even matter. Some form of that is probably what those close to Flip Saunders is thinking as he announced today that he has cancer. Flip, however, will not take [...]

Carmelo Anthony, the basketball player, has come under a great deal of fire since the New York Knicks’ offseason kicked off. Naturally, that means Carmelo Anthony, the social-media caper, will have to take over from time to time. Melo has already hit the Instagram comment sections once this summer to refute reports that he was [...]

Well, it doesn’t appear as if Nike wants James Harden as badly as adidas. Last week, adidas offered the free agent sneaker endorser a hefty $200 million over 13 years. Nike had the right to match but according to TMZ, they do not plan on doing so. Harden will easily become the new face of [...]

The 2015-2016 NBA rookie class looks like it will be sneaky good, with players like Jahlil Okafor (Philadelphia), Karl Anthony-Towns (Minnesota), D’Angelo Russell (LA Lakers), and Emmanuel Mudiay (Denver) probably battling it out all season for Rookie of the Year honors next June. Recently all of this year’s rookie class got together for a photo [...]

Next summer, if and when Kevin Durant re-signs with the Oklahoma City Thunder in free agency, it won’t necessarily be because they give him the best chance to win. Instead, it might be out of fear for what Russell Westbrook will do—or, rather, say—if he were to leave. Durant is chilling with Team USA at [...]

Kobe Bryant is known to not mix words on the basketball court. Speaking sharply to his teammates is his way of motivation, and that was a habit established very early in his career. This new lowtop Kobe X Elite gets its nickname inspiration from a real nickname Bryant picked up around the league. Called the [...]

Carmelo Anthony just isn’t that into you. But he’s definitely into the triangle offense. Part seven of Charlie Rosen’s Phil Files dropped for ESPN.com, and in this edition, New York Knicks president Phil Jackson talked shop on the team’s individual players. And when it came time to rap about Melo, he not only compared him [...]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is as fiercely loyal to his team as owners come. He lives and dies with the Mavericks’ success, and the sense of obligation he feels to franchise cornerstone Dirk Nowitzki is, at its core, truly admirable. But when you’re a practicing fan, you tend to complain a lot, no matter [...]

2015 marks the 20th year the Michael Jordan Flight School basketball camp. Held in California, the 775-attendee camp offers both the day($660) and overnight($800) options. While overseeing sessions, His Airness wore several different Air Jordan XX9 Low pairs; below we take a look at two of them. Surprisingly, the camp doesn’t outfit either sessions (overnight [...]

Boris Diaw knows the deal: Tim Duncan is forever. The 39-year-old Duncan is prepping for his 19th NBA season with the San Antonio Spurs. He will be just the third player in league history to spend at least 19 years with one team, joining John Stockton and Kobe Bryant. Though he signed a two-year deal [...]