0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 8/8/2011
The life of a WNBA player, if you have not guessed, is not so glamorous. The best women’s basketball players in the world assemble in the United States for top-level competition to play for an average of $72,000 in front of sparse crowds for the most part. The state of women’s basketball is such that […]
0 comments by John Karalis
Let’s play a little word association game. I’ll say a word or phrase, and you say the first thing that comes to your mind. Ready? Ok. Here we go: Ron Artest. Whoa. Easy there. I don’t think I can print that. Or that. Or especially THAT. I noticed that none of you […]
0 comments by John Karalis
Turning pro can be a tumultuous time for a rookie. Yes, it’s the realization of a life-long dream, but its also fraught with the dangers of new-found wealth. For many of these kids, it’s their first taste of real money. And this isn’t about playing up a cliche. Even a middle-class kid has zero concept […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
While most of the focus on the NBA lockout has centered around the players and the owners, another aspect in this mess is what could happen to the Memphis Grizzlies’ arena – The FedExFourm – should the lockout wipe out all of next season. A fund used to pay off bonds that paid for the […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/7/2011
That is… ummmm… not very flattering. I mean, I know Manu Ginobili isn’t going to win a beauty pageant or anything but… wow. Visit Bloguin’s own Project Spurs for the full scoop on this little ditty.
0 comments by John Karalis
In a deal that will be officially announced tomorrow and is still subject to NBA approval, The Atlanta Hawks have reportedly been sold to a California businessman. The Hawks and Philips Arena will be sold to California developer and pizza chain owner Alex Meruelo, but the NBA team will remain in Atlanta, a person familiar […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
Former NBA player Keith Closs opened up recently to talk about how alcohol ended his NBA career. And if you think his alcoholism began once the money, fame, and notoriety of playing in the NBA came into his life, think again. Closs admitted he started drinking early. As in elementary school early: “I was a […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/6/2011
I make fun of Stan Van Gundy a lot because, well, it’s so much fun to do. The clothes, the voice, the sideline faces… it’s just all so much fun. But Stan’s a good coach and a good guy. And it’s not all always about basketball, either. Just like you and me, the everyday goings […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 8/5/2011
Welcome to a new feature on Crossover Chronicles. We’ll be grabbing the most interesting photos out there from the past week and putting them together in a little photo album. We’ll also be adding our own captions that, we hope, will make the funny. Has it been done before? Sure. But hey, it’s Friday, so […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers
On August 12th, the Naismith Hall of Fame will induct the class of 2011. Members of this year’s class include Chris Mullin, Dennis Rodman, Artis Gilmore, Tara VanDerveer, Teresa Edwards, Arvydas Sabonis, Herb Magee, Tom “Satch” Sanders, Tex Winter, and Reece “Goose” Tatum. To date we’ve profiled the careers of Tex Winter, Reece “Goose Tatum and Arvydas Sabonis; Dennis Rodman is below. More next week. The Hall of Fame does not […]
0 comments by John Karalis
No one is immune to the lockout, not even us. One way we pass the time at Crossover Chronicles HQ is a healthy debate (OK, knock-down, drag-out arguments that leave us all bitter for weeks) over the best this-or-that in basketball. So with that, we decided to put together our “All Millennium” team. The requirements […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
The New York Knicks. What can be said about this once proud franchise that became the laughing stock of the NBA for years and is now just coming out of mediocrity. Yet despite their recent steps in the right direction, this franchise still tends to take two steps back after taking one step forward. They […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Besiktas has been a major player in the lockout already. The Turkish club already has signed Deron Williams to play for them for the duration of the lockout and the team has flirted with Kobe Bryant, reportedly meeting with him Thursday. Even if the meeting ends with Bryant saying, “No way will I play there” […]
0 comments by John Karalis
So I guess last night was “assault someone night” for NBA players taking part in summer leagues. Within a couple of hours of each other, Michael Beasley pushed a fan in the face, and Matt Barnes punched a guy. Here’s the photo from that link: The pieced together story is Barnes punched an opposing player […]
0 comments by John Karalis
Fans at Dyckman Park in New York got a treat last night when Michael Beasley and Kevin Durant were both on the court at the same time for a summer league game. Well, that is all fans but the one that Beasley pushed in the face. Beas lost his cool when the fan apparently was […]
