NEW YORK (AP) — No KD vs. Kobe, no championship banner in Dallas. The original start date to the NBA season arrived Tuesday with progress still stalled in the negotiations to end the lockout. No further talks have been scheduled, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Players and owners made progress […]
Dwight Howard, star of the NBA’s Orlando Magic, recently opened up to Esquire magazine about fatherhood, a topic he has often refused to publicly speak on. Howard has a child with Royce Reed, who has been part of VH1′s “Basketball Wives” since the series started. The two have gone through a public custody battle over their young […]
The decision was made after league owners and players were unable to reach agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement in a last-ditch meeting in New York. The season was scheduled to start on November 1 and the abandonment covers all games originally scheduled to be played through to November 14.Full Story Story By : […]
NEW YORK — Unable to reach a deal, NBA owners and players walked away from the table and don’t know when they will meet again. If it’s not in the next few days, they can forget about playing 82 games. Without an agreement by Monday, the beginning of the regular season will be canceled, and […]
At one point during the most important negotiation in two years of psychological and economic warfare, someone took a moment for comic relief. It was much needed, and much appreciated given the stakes -– a cancelled season, a fractured league, a squandered opportunity to build upon astronomical growth and momentum. In the restroom outside the […]
“There are enormous consequences at play here on the basis of the weekend,” Stern said after league negotiators and representatives for the National Basketball Players Association met for a second straight day at an Upper East Side hotel. “Either we’ll make very good progress, and we know what that would mean – we know how […]
Using records provided by ESPN, 24/7 Wall St. examined changes in attendance for the four major league sports from 2001 to 2010 to identify the twelve teams that decreased more than 20 percent. The majority of these teams have performed poorly in recent years, causing fans to lose interest. The win-lose record and number of […]
Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh endured a lot of criticism in his first year with the Miami Heat. He has been called soft, too emotional, and is often the butt of jokes. Bosh chose not to respond to any of these criticisms until now when he clashed with ESPN personality Skip Bayless over the infamous […]
Cops in Atlanta have issued an official WANTED POSTER for former NBA playerJavaris Crittenton — who is suspected of murdering a 22-year-old woman in Atlanta earlier this month. Crittenton is considered “armed and dangerous” — and cops promise anyone who can offer any information on his whereabouts will not have to testify in court. Cops are offering a […]
Amid the NBA lockout, a number of players will put their free time to good use by completing their college degrees. New Orleans Hornets forward Trevor Ariza, Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Baron Davis, and a slew of others have all enrolled in courses to finish their incomplete degrees. “When the lockout […]
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.–Legendary NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame today in Springfield, Mass. Famous for his colorful hair, tattoos, and his on and off-the-court antics, Rodman played for five NBA teams during his 14-year career. Rodman is a five-time NBA championship, won two Defensive Player of the Year […]
NEW YORK — Former NBA player and streetball legend, Rafer “Skip To My Lou” Alston has been sued by Erick Franceschini who claims he hit him in the head with a bottle at a Queens strip club. The New York Daily News reports: Franceschini charged that patrons of the jiggle joint were ushered outside on […]
