When the current NBA uniform and apparel contract with adidas reaches completion at the end of the 2016-17 season, Nike will begin its tenure as the official sportswear provider to the league. After agreeing to a eight-year partnership, terms of this outfitting deal differ in several key ways from the current NBA deal. The biggest [...]
With Earvin “Magic” Johnson making more headlines in his post-basketball career, this time for combating the dropout rate among high school students, it is a testament to his successes as a philanthropist, activist, and businessman he’s become. Starting his professional career as a bright-eyed, big-smile kid from Lansing, Michigan, few could have pictured the impact [...]
October 2, 2013
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Lists, R.S. De France
October 31, 2011 – R.S. De France Flipping through the channels the other night, I finally saw something that looked interesting. The title read “basketball,” so I clicked on it. While the NBA still works on a deal, the only basketball on television was a WNBA charity game to raise money for breast cancer. Although [...]
October 31, 2011
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Blogs, R.S. De France
June 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Sorry folks but this video has a bit of NSFW language. Now that we have that out of the way, it also happens to be one of those must see videos that will have you in stitches. Premise is that ESPN and LeBron James decide to do a [...]
June 14, 2011
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Rumors
WNBA Star and Member of Team USA | A Hoop Doctors Exclusive July 26th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Just hours after posting a huge stat line (17 points, 9assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, 1 block) in a losing cause for the Indiana Fever against the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA, All-Star Tamika Catchings agreed to [...]
July 26, 2008
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Interviews
July 23rd, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap WNBA Catfight Last night I was out for drinks with a couple friends and was simultaneously trying to monitor the WNBA melee that broke out in the final seconds of the match-up between the heated rivals Detroit Shock and LA Sparks. The last basketball brawl this exciting to watch [...]
July 23, 2008
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Dr. Anklesnap