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New Zealand FIBA Team Does Haka Dance, Confuses Team USA Players
Like all good New Zealand national teams, these dudes started off their FIBA World Cup game against Team USA with a bitchin' haka dance. Haka dances are never not cool, and this one comes with the added bonus of the camera capturing a few American players looking on, befuddled and perhaps a bit terr...
Giannis Antetokounmpo Is Doing Awesome Shit At The FIBA World Cup
So, you probably aren't paying all that much attention to the FIBA World Cup right now, because it's still summer and you've got better things to do than watch Sad Derrick Rose shoot 3-12 in 40 minutes of playing time. With that said, you should be aware of all the dope things Giannis Antetokounmpo,...
Gregg Popovich Is Endearingly Mean To Kids, Too
This is an old video, but we've never seen it before and there's never really a bad time to laugh at Gregg Popovich doing his curmudgeon routine, especially when it's kids who are on the receiving end. ...
Elena Delle Donne Outscores Entire Other Team In 4th-Quarter Comeback
The Chicago Sky completed a magnificent comeback to take the third and deciding game of the WNBA Eastern Conference semifinals, charging back from 17 points down with eight minutes remaining to top Atlanta 81-80....
Little League Pitcher Mo'ne Davis Can Also Break Ankles In Basketball
Little league pitching phenom Mo'ne Davis is a multisport athlete, and she's got great dribbling skills for a point guard, judging from this highlight....
John Calipari Called Into Mike Francesa's Show To Yell At Him
Today on his radio show, Mike Francesa was talking some shit about Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari. "He's not a classic X's and O's guy," he said in his particular way. Francesa then took a call from "John in Kentucky," who wanted to defend coach Cal's abilities. Turns out, "John in ...
Sad Derrick Rose's Sad Knees Are Achy
Remember, like, a week ago, when we were hearing all kinds of stories out of the Team USA basketball camp about how Derrick Rose was back, and people were sharing clips of him seemingly doing Derrick Rose things? ...
Very Cool Old Footage Of 16-Year-Old Kobe Bryant Taking Over A Game
Raw Sports has dug up a gem from 1995, tape of a Philadelphia-area sportscast breaking down high school junior Kobe Bryant leading Lower Merion to a playoff win. Bryant's heroics should be cued up; go to 10:10 of the video if not....
Steve Ballmer Carried On Like A Maniac At The Clippers' Fan Festival
Steve Ballmer, who just bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion and is also that guy who screamed "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!" at a conference one time, greeted Clippers fans at a fan festival today. He spent a good portion of his speech screaming like a crazy person, obviously....
Steve Ballmer Practiced Being Owner With His Son's High School Team
The Seattle Times has a piece out today detailing incoming Clippers owner Steve Ballmer's foray into the shady world of high school prep sports and the wealthy parents living vicariously through their kids. Ballmer's son's basketball team at Lakeside School in Seattle sucked, and he wanted to make i...
Police: Greg Oden's Ex-Girlfriend Says He Punched Her Three Times
A tougher felony battery charge was filed today against Greg Oden, who is accused of punching his ex-girlfriend in the face three times, hitting her in the eye, forehead, and nose. ...
Raptors Hit With $25,000 Tampering Fine Because Of Drake
This is why the NBA is the best sports league in the world....
Paul George Has A Guaranteed Roster Spot For The 2016 Olympics
Paul George, who broke his leg a week ago during a Team USA scrimmage, will be given a roster spot no matter what for the 2016 Olympics. Here's what Jerry Colangelo, the managing director of USA basketball, said Thursday: ...
NBA Rookies Are Receiving The Best Advice
The New York Times's Sarah Lyall is at the NBA Rookie Transition Program, where the most talented young basketballers in the world learn the important things about their sometimes-rocky transitions to the pros. They're receiving advice on everything from fashion to fan relations to celebrity, an...
Paul George's Injury Has Some In The NBA Rethinking International Play
Paul George's catastrophic leg injury was horrible for him, of course, but rough too for the Pacers and for the NBA, which will be without him for a year. So it's not a surprise that everyone's reconsidering the calculus of international basketball, in which a whole bunch is risked for very little r...
Oh No, Some NBA Players Are Collaborating On A Rap Album
This here is a teaser trailer for the forthcoming rap album, Full Court Press Vol. 1, that is set to be released this fall. This isn't just any rap album, though. It's a rap album featuring the hottest bars from Shawn Marion, Big Baby Davis, Stephen Jackson, Carlos Boozer, and Juwan Howard(!)...
High School Kid Pulls Off Free-Throw Line Dunk
This is Shelby McEwan, a high school player from Mississippi throwing down an honest-to-God free-throw line dunk. This isn't one of those fake-ass, one-foot-over-the-line dunks, either. It's the real deal....
Metta World Peace Is Still A Dude You Don't Want To Mess With
Metta World Peace may no longer be the terrifying NBA presence he once was—mostly because he's no longer in the NBA—but that doesn't mean that he's a guy you can fuck with at the Venice summer league. Two dudes found out as much while playing in a recent pick-up game with the former defensive player...
T-Wolves Rookie Zach LaVine Puts On An Incredible Dunk Show
Zach LaVine, who we already know can jump really, really high, was at the Seattle Pro-Am this year, and he shut shit down during the dunk contest....
Dammit, Justin Bieber, Stay The Hell Away From Kevin Durant
According to Justin Bieber's Instagram account, which is usually a repository for the pop singer's embarrassing and fraudulent basketball "highlights," Biebs recently grabbed a quick brunch with Kevin Durant. Fuck you, Justin Bieber....