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What's Up With Nets.com Now?
With the Nets prevailing in their first-round series over Toronto, it's time for one of basketball's newest yet most venerable traditions—the ceremonial redirecting of Nets.com to the website of Brooklyn's next opponent. ...
Miami TV Station Reports Dwyane Wade Banned For Life
That's probably not true!...
Spurs Use 6-On-5 Power Play Against Mavericks, Still Lose
The Dallas Mavericks held on at home to defeat the Spurs 113-111 and force yet another NBA playoffs Game Seven tonight, and they had to overcome some tough odds to do it. Specifically, 5:6 odds....
Liliya Shobukhova Gets Two-Year Doping Ban For Dirty Blood
Liliya Shobukhova, the second-fastest woman ever at the marathon, is now not. RusAthletics, the Russian national governing body of sport, announced today that she is a dirty, dirty cheater. ...
Heat Echo Clippers Halfcourt Protest; Equipment Guy Picks Shirts Up
Before tonight's game against the Bobcats, the Miami Heat joined in L.A.'s silent protest by removing their shooting shirts and leaving them at mid court as a sign of player-wide solidarity against racism. No one told the equipment guy, though, so he immediately snapped into action and gathered up ...
LeBron Stares Down Michael Jordan On Fast-Break Dunk
Michael Jordan was sitting to the left of the Bobcats bench and partially obscured by the backboard from the first angle (thus the red arrow), but it sure as shit looks like LeBron stared MJ down as he took off for this dunk in the third quarter of Miami's 98-85 win over Charlotte....
The Long History Of Pitchers Getting Caught Red-Handed
Yesterday Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was suspended for 10 games for his use of pine tar during Wednesday's game against the Red Sox. The New York Times has put together a nice collection of photographs of pitchers getting caught in the act. Above, knuckleballer Joe Niekro was found with a nail f...
Pine Tar Should Be Fully Legal, And Baseball Is Still Fucking Insane
As you might know, Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda got booted from a game last night for rocking a swatch of pine tar on the back of his neck, in full view of everyone. The weird thing is that it wasn't the fact that Pineda used pine tar that got everyone pissy, but the fact that he did it so blatan...
Josh McRoberts Gets Away With A Flying Elbow To LeBron's Throat
Josh McRoberts put an elbow in LeBron James's throat near the end of tonight's playoff game, but somehow, the Bobcat wasn't called for anything more than a shooting foul....
A Major League Pitcher's Guide To Doctoring A Baseball
The old saying says that it's not illegal if you don't get caught. In baseball, sometimes it isn't illegal even if you do....
NBA Suspends Mavericks' PA Announcer For Tweets Blasting Refs [Update]
Dallas Mavericks public-address announcer Sean Heath has been suspended for two games by the NBA, according to ESPN Dallas. His crime: a series of tweets criticizing the officiating in a controversial game against the Warriors last week....
Youth Basketball Player Pulls Off The Greatest Flop In History
We all agree that flopping is terrible and nobody should do it, but you've got to respect this kid's hustle....
No, It's Not Just You: LeBron Really Has Been Bad On Defense
Tom Haberstroh has a post over on ESPN Insider going over the uses of ESPN's new stat, Real Plus-Minus, and how it bears out on things like the MVP race. Tucked inside are a few telling statistical bits about LeBron's defense this season. So we thought, why not go ahead and take a dive into the rest...
Mason Plumlee Stuffs LeBron On Buzzer-Beating Dunk Attempt
The Brooklyn Nets shocked Miami tonight and beat the Heat 88-87 thanks to LeBron James failing to get a buzzer-beating dunk attempt past the massive paw of Mason Plumlee. Here's the play in extreme slow motion:...
LeBron James Does Postgame Interview In Pharrell Hat
LeBron James is the main antagonist in the reboot of the John Wayne classic If Real People Start Wearing These Hats, We Have Lost Everything. ...
LeBron James Ruins Ekpe Udoh With A Powerful Dunk
LeBron James dunked tonight. It was pretty neat....
This Is What Dunking On LeBron James Sounds Like
The Pacers' 84-83 victory over the Heat wasn't the most entertaining game in the world—at times it felt more like a demolition derby between LeBron James and Roy Hibbert than a basketball game—but Paul George yamming one on 'Bron is a highlight worth revisiting. Even more so because George was mic'...
Mt. St. Mary's Wins NCAA Bid After Earlier Win With Six Men On The Court
Mount St. Mary's earned the NEC auto-bid last night by beating Robert Morris 88-71 last night in the conference championship game. The Mountaineers entered the tournament with a sub-.500 record, making their trip to the dance a bit of a shock. But here's the thing: they shouldn't have even been in t...
LeBron Shut Down By Spurs, Blames His Mask And Sleeves
LeBron James was full of excuses, or maybe explanations. After a 6-for-18 shooting night, including 0-for-3 from three in a wire-to-wire blowout loss at San Antonio, James had a lot to say about things that weren't the Spurs defense....
Watch All Of LeBron's Made Buckets From His 61-Point Night
LeBron James played what was essentially a perfect basketball game last night. Against a top 10 NBA defense, he scored 61 points on just 33 shots, mixing in seven rebounds and five assists for good measure. If you want to see what perfection looks like, watch all of his made baskets in the video ab...