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Reebok is looking to pump some life into its brand with Shaq and Allen Iverson

Air Jordans have dominated the sneaker industry since before my birth, but those were not the first shoes that fascinated me. I thought the Reebok Pump was the coolest shoe in the world. I saw it on TV, then at Foot Locker, and one day one of my cousins walked into my grandparents wearing a pair. Th...

When David beats Goliath in the playoffs

The Miami Heat became the NBA’s sixth No. 8 seed to topple their conference’s top seed in the playoffs after beating Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks....

Shawn Kemp to be released, no charges filed [Updated]

Updated: Prosecutors said that no immediate charges will be filed against Shawn Kemp following his arrest. ...

The best father-son duos to ever play in the NBA

It is an insurmountable stroke of luck to make the NBA. So when a former NBA player can watch his son make the league as well, it is an act of poetry. As the all-time leading scorer, LeBron James is set to be the first NBA player to play in the league simultaneously with his son, Bronny James. We lo...

How the mid-2000s Suns f’ed it all up

Everything we love about the current NBA was made mainstream by the “seven seconds or less” Phoenix Suns of the mid-2000s. They mostly ran lineups that went four out, surrounding their All-Star big man, Amar’e Stoudemire, with space to dominate less athletic bigs. In the 2000s, just about every othe...

The Favorite

I won’t be alone in saying that Roger Federer was the first winner I consistently cheered for. Part of that was growing up in Chicago, when as a child, being a fan of a consistent winner really wasn’t much of an option (as it is now. And everything turns, turns, turns…). But a sports fan’s natural i...

The Cavs want it all, and they want it now

Well, look at the Cleveland Cavaliers....

Seattle Kraken put on a great show, but will they win?

Tonight was the expansion draft, and yeah, I know like 80% of it was leaked online. Still. We saw Mt. Rainier, Pike’s Place Market with a thrown fish, the Space Needle, local sports icons, Macklemore, a whole lot of sea life, and everything about it felt incredibly, and perfectly, Seattle....

The five most disrespectful dunks in NBA playoff history

It’s getting to be that time when important NBA basketball starts being played....

It's 4:20 on 4/20, let's fire one up for the sports heroes who smoke weed

With every 4/20 that goes by, sports leagues seem to care less and less about weed. As they should....

LaMarcus Aldridge was <em>way</em> better than we’re going to remember

When LaMarcus Aldridge abruptly retired yesterday due to a cardiac issue, he leaves the NBA as one of the most under-appreciated stars of his era....

These Guys Were Great, They Just Never Got Enough Credit: The 10 Most Underrated NBA Players Since 1990

In today’s edition of “Let’s talk about sports to distract ourselves from apocalyptic horrors,” we follow up our list of most overrated NBA players with their diametric opposites: the most underrated....

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A Shawn Kemp Dunk Reel Set To Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

These two minutes and 13 seconds capture the zeitgeist of the 90s better than perhaps any other random peek into that era. For a ten-year period, people stopped following rules and started throwing shit together and stuff like this was just...normal, everyday stuff. That's what NBA Inside Stuff did...

Shawn Kemp Feels Bad For Sacramento Losing The Kings, But Says Seattle Has Better Fans

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Reign Man says business is business....

Shawn Kemp Does Shakespeare

Yes, that's Kemp and Seattle Times columnist Steve Kelley doing a scene from The Taming of the Shrew. The performance was part of a recent fundraiser for the Seattle Shakespeare Company. Kemp gave a stilted reading of his lines the whole way through, but he ad-libbed the last one, and The Bard him...

There's A New Shawn Kemp In Town, Seattle

Shawn Kemp, Jr. (not pictured), a 6'9" center from Canton, Georgia has signed with the Washington Huskies and has already started classes at the university. It's not the Sonics, but it is a Kemp. [ESPN]...

Shawn Kemp Refuses Courtside Seats To Oklahoma City Game; Remains Seattle's Hero

Shawn Kemp has been retired from professional basketball for about eight years now, but after eight seasons with the SuperSonics, he still lives in the Seattle area and makes time for a weekly appearance on local sports radio with the "Ian Furness Show" on KJR. In yesterday's show, Kemp shared tha...

Treat Yourself To The Motherlode Of NBA Slam Dunk Contest Videos

Let's say you want to weep for Shawn Kemp's dunks in the '91 slam dunk contest, because everyone is forgetting the talent that preceded Blake Griffin. Hoopism is here for you, with video for any single dunk you want to see....

That Will Be All For Shawn Kemp

Well, this appears to be it for Shawn Kemp, the former NBA All-Star whose comeback has ended before it even began. Kemp, who recently signed a one-year contract to play for the Italian club Montegranaro Premiata, was cut by the team when he left training camp last week and didn't return. Kemp spent ...