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After the ESPN shakeup, we still have Hubie Brown to keep teaching us basketballFollowing its highest-rated NBA Playoff in two decades, ESPN decided to take a hatchet to its game coverage of the league. Gone from the network entirely are Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy. Replacing them on the No. 1 commentator team alongside Mike Breen are Doris Burke and Doc Rivers. Ryan Ruocco...

Tanks a lot! Rockets going from 44-28 to 11-28 is putrid, but not most historic NBA drop-off everOn Feb. 4, the Rockets went to Memphis and beat the Grizzlies by 12 points for their seventh win in eight games, moving to 11-10 for the season. Certainly, Houston was outperforming expectations after trading away James Harden, but nobody knew how bad things were about to get....

Sniper Got 'EmMike Fratello gave this chick to Ian Eagle during the Nets-Raptors game and some cold-hearted sniper took the poor guy right out....

Game Time: What The Hell Is Mike Fratello Drawing?

Mike Fratello, color commentator for the Brooklyn Nets on YES, is known as the Czar of the Telestrator, which just goes to show anyone can be a Czar of anything. What the shit is going on here?...

The Czar Of The Telestrator Has His Own Custom-Branded Chocolate Bars

The Inside The NBA hosts swapped holiday gifts at the end of last night's show, with a special gift to the show's staff from longtime coach and analyst Mike Fratello. Not only does the logo in these extra-large chocolate bars bear the Czar's moniker, but look closely and you'll see there's an actua...

Ian Eagle Had A Whiny Meltdown Last Night, Accused Partner Mike Fratello Of Being "Patronizing"

The final minutes of last night's YES Network broadcast of the Celtics-Nets game were awkward after veteran play-by-play rock Ian Eagle inexplicably voiced his complaints to analyst Mike Fratello on-air....

Hungover? Watching Brett Favre Dance To A Vanilla Ice Song Should Help

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....