Over the course of 32 hours between Tuesday morning and Wednesday evening, the NBA and NBPA sat through 24 hours of negotiations with federal mediator George Cohen.  When the talks broke last night, Cohen alone addressed the media as both sides went home without comment.  Cohen’s comments were quick, calling the talks “direct and constructive” […]

It’s an incredible honor to get to throw out the first pitch at a Major League Baseball game, it means even more when it’s in the World Series. No doubt whoever the Rangers and Cardinals put out there to kick off their home games of the Fall Classic will be people who mean a lot […]

Well this is a new one.  The new Philadelphia 76’ers ownership group (which includes Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith, by the way) is already making some huge changes after being approved yesterday. Not only did they immediately fire GM Ed Stefanski, they made another series of announcements including The Sixers announced lower single-game ticket prices for […]

It seems every NBA player has some crazy draft story. They showed up in the green room wearing some ridiculous suit while taking in the sights of New York City. They had the big party with family and friends at their house or wherever. They were watching somewhere in the city, too afraid to be […]

A couple of days ago, we shared how Carmelo Anthony doesn’t think players are getting their message out in this lockout.  And I agreed, adding that players need to start spreading the word that they’re the ones making concessions, and any owners concessions are just them backing off the ridiculous demands they made at the start […]

It you live in Canada, you better make sure you are not wasting energy or a mustachioed man with aviator sunglasses who looks suspiciously like Phoenix Suns’ Steve Nash might be on your case. Nash is partnering with Canadian company BC Hydro’s Power Smart to launch a new iPhone app called The Pocket Waste-Buster. The […]

Miami Heat’s LeBron James entered the court at Quicken Loans Arena last December to a rain of boos. It was an unfamiliar sight for James. Sure, he completely mishandled his departure from the team that drafted him and the team that he led to the top of the Eastern Conference standings. Sure, it was his […]

David Stern’s reputation is taking some serious hits in this lockout.  He’s has been called a lot of things (often by Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski).  But this time, it’s a little bit different.  Bryant Gumble, at the end of the last episode of HBO’s Real Sports, infused serious racial overtones with the usual derogatory slams.  Stern’s […]

Well this is painfully awkward. What do you get when you mix the Samba, the Lambada, the Macarena, Andrei Kirilenko and Nenad Kristic? A train wreck so horrendous that you just can’t divert your eyes. The two are playing for CSKA Moscow during the NBA lockout and apparently got suckered into doing some dancing which turns out […]

It was really silly to expect something different.  The NBA and NBPA sat in room at the Sheraton New York for upwards of 16 hours yesterday (and early this morning).  And when they emerged, well after you went to bed, they did something they rarely do: walk past reporters without comment. The two sides will […]

The Occupy Wall Street movement is holding strong and has gone global. Americans and other people from around the world have taken to the street to voice their dissent against corporate greed, corporate-controlled governments, and the majority of wealth being hoarded by a slim amount of the population. Well at least I thought that was the point of […]

As an NBA fan, the lockout is getting fairly depressing.  The regular season is on its way to being cancelled.  There are very few rays of hope involving professional basketball.  The landscape is bleak.  David Stern is sadly still David Stern.   Enter two of the best elements of the history of professional basketball – […]

Imagine if your father was considered the best NBA player ever to grace the hardwood, is recognized worldwide, has a sneaker named after him, won six NBA titles and your father’s name is Michael Jordan. Talk about huge footsteps to follow. But that is exactly what the sons of Jordan had to deal with all […]

I’m not really sure that the Nets moving to Brooklyn necessarily opens up a vacancy in New Jersey for a future NBA franchise to replace them, but I guess Shaq feels differently. Or maybe he just wants to bring an NBA franchise to his hometown, kinda like Mr. Carter is sorta doing for his.   […]

You can call it planning ahead, but I’m calling this part of the plan.   The NBA reportedly has a number of secret (or not so much) contingency schedules that can be rolled out as more cancellations are made throughout the lockout.  Via CBS sports: The New York Post reported last week that modified versions of […]