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Sacramento arena security tells Bay Area rap legend E-40 when to goThe Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings began their northern California playoff battle Saturday night at Golden 1 Center in Sactown, and it surpassed the hype. They were the main event during a full day of opening-round postseason matchups, and the NBA certainly did right with its scheduling,...

ESPN changed and whitewashed the name of its Black site — The Undefeated — on the last day of Black History MonthOn the last day of the shortest month of the year, (that’s supposed to be dedicated to the contributions that Black people have made to this country), America’s largest entertainment and sports programming network decided that it would announce that they were changing the name of the highest-profile...

J. Cole follows basketball pipe dreams to Rwanda for African pro leagueThey say all rappers want to be hoopers, and all hoopers want to be rappers....

Nearly a third of the NBA was in Miami for Atlanta’s All-Star Weekend

Roughly 150 NBA players were in Miami during All-Star Weekend, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst....

Today In Pollyannaish Things Written About The NBA Lockout: Only Michael Jordan Can Save Us

Here is the thing that's sometimes hard to grasp when games are being canceled and no end is in sight: everybody wants the lockout to end. No one is actively being greedy or selfish just because they hate you and don't want you to watch basketball. Both sides have demands and one side or both are go...

LeBron James Is Friends With Drake. Of Course He Is.

Drake, the child star-turned-hashtag-rapper who would have you believe that his last name is Ever and his first name is Greatest, has been sitting courtside at a lot of Miami Heat games this postseason. This is partly because he is rich and lives in Miami, and thus needs to be photographed doing ric...