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By now, even casual NBA fans have heard about Caron Butler’s tough upbringing in Wisconsin. The fact that he was a drug-dealer and even spent time in prison for it. But it’s interesting to hear directly from the horse’s mouth about how he grew up and turned his life around. Great interview in two parts [...]

If you are a fan of Nike and a fan of Lebron James, you’re going to love this. German artist Andy Gellenberg recently released portraits of various Nike spokespeople made up entirely of Nike Swooshes. If you are Nike, you’re probably kicking yourself you didn’t think of these yourself. They are somewhat reminiscent of the [...]

Team USA is now 4-0 so far in the World Cup, by way of their most recent win: a 106-71, 35-point route of the Dominican Republic. Competition will only get tougher but you have to like what you’re seeing out of this team so far. Here’s what they did to the Dominican Republic: [...]

New York isn’t for everybody. Usually, if you’re not from NY, you had to have at least experienced bits and pieces of it throughout your life in order to fully appreciate the city once you’ve become an adult. And moving from Utah to the Big Apple may be an adjustment as well. That’s why Deron [...]

By way of Russell Westbrook being hurt for certain parts of the past few years, we’ve gotten to see quite a bit of Reggie Jackson. And of what we’ve seen on him, he’s not too shabby at all. Westbrook is much more explosive, but Jackson is definitely no slouch. Jackson isn’t thrilled with coming off [...]

It was tough watching the final days of Tracy McGrady’s career. A former scoring champ, he was barely able to make a roster his last few seasons. To his credit, he seemed to cope with his exit from the game rather gracefully. But is he getting that itch again? According to Yahoo!, T-Mac recently worked [...]

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Prior to the FIBA World Cup beginning, it was reported that Kyrie Irving and Derrick Rose were going to alternate starts. However, Kyrie has become Coach K’s favorite at the PG spot, while Rose has been filling in. Whether Coach K detects rust on Rose or is just giving him a break, Derrick is fine [...]

Some may have expected the Timberwolves ticket sales to suffer upon hearing the news of Kevin Love’s departure. And they did decline over the previous year while they were waiting on the official news of who Love was traded for. However once it was officially announced the Wolves would be getting the high flying #1 [...]

Recent reports that Rajon Rondo is demanding a trade at the final hour before training camp begins appear to be false. New reports coming out of the Celtics camp have Rondo telling the organization he wants to start the season optimistically with the team, then assess if he wants to be there long term or [...]