Twitter

Today, in case you haven’t heard, is the 10 year anniversary of the launch of Twitter. Believe it or not there was a time when things such as mentions, hashtags, re-tweets and the always entertaining “Sliding in her DMs” weren’t a part of the cultural lexicon. A time where people didn’t have access to athletes, [...]

Social media exchanges between NBA teams are usually awesome. The one shared between the Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings on Thursday night was no exception. It was the Hawks who, seemingly by accident, got things started: [tweet https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/708084165120405504] Soon after, the Kings slid into their mentions: [tweet https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/708086184400957440] Atlanta fired right back: [tweet https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/708086829954822144] Sacramento [...]

Ever wonder what a LeBron James emoji would look like? How about Kobe Bryant? Well look no further. Ahead of the All-Star weekend, the NBA has released a series of Twitter emojis. The league released specific characters for each player and TV broadcasters that will appear when their name is used as a Twitter hashtag. [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is rocking a fresh new hairdo these days and his teammates think he now looks like a 7’1″ version of Ellen DeGeneres. He decided to tweet the Ellen Show this information during the during the Suns-Mavs game in Dallas last night as he sat out for rest purposes… Whole team calls me Ellen [...]

A lot of parallels can be made between the current state of the music business and sneaker business. Thanks to the internet, information is very widespread and it is harder to keep secrets. Yesterday, alleged pictures of the Nike KD8 started to go around. What started with a single, profile-type shot was seemingly used as [...]

Joel Embiid is a funny guy. Excuse me, kid. That’s what 20-year-olds are: kids. Embiid definitely has the body of a man, and he’ll be expected to conduct himself like a man, but 20-year-olds are, at their core, kids still trying to find their way. That’s what Embiid is. That’s what his Twitter account represents. [...]

My kicks for today! Retro time people? #ZoomGeneration #TenYearAnniversay #SickKickGame http://t.co/UfpPKDX3ak — LeBron James (@KingJames) August 10, 2013 @KingJames bring them back out bro — INDIANA GEORGE HILL (@George_Hill3) August 10, 2013 This October, LeBron James will have played in the NBA for 10 years. That is an achievement. Call it nostalgia, or maybe something [...]

After a first round playoff sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs and Dwight Howard taking his talents to Houston, the Los Angeles Lakers are a team in transition and turmoil. The franchise centerpiece future Hall of Fame shooting guard Kobe Bryant faces the toughest challenge of his epic career, returning from a [...]

Derrick Rose and his wife Mieka Reese have worked hard over the last few months to keep hush hush about the impending arrival of their newborn baby. Apparently once the baby arrived, Derrick Rose couldn’t contain his happiness with being a Dad and decided to share images of his newborn son with the world on [...]

August 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Hoops and Hip-Hop were colliding this weekend as Team USA Basketball partied to celebrate their gold medal victory. Check out this image tweeted out by rapper Nas with Carmelo Anthony and Kobe Bryant. Drink much, ‘Melo? Love it… [Source Nas’ Instagram] [...]