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On Softness
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Kevin Durant And LeBron James Turn An NBA Game Into A Rucker Park Duel
Last night's matchup between Kevin Durant and LeBron James didn't provide all of the drama we had been hoping for—a fourth quarter that starts with one team holding a 19-point lead will suck the air out of any game—but we were treated to a particularly enjoyable sequence late in the third quarter, ...

D-Leaguer Posterizes 7-Footer With Two Vicious Dunks
This is Ra'shad James, a 6-foot-1 guard for the Reno Big Horns, dropping the damn hammer on poor Travis Hyman. ...

LeBron James: Pretty Good At Rapping "Back That Ass Up"
Last night was Shane Battier's annual karaoke event, known as "Battioke," which in the past has brought us gems like Mike Miller and Chris Andersen singing "Ice Ice Baby." The highlight of this year's event was definitely LeBron James going all-out on "Back That Ass Up," with an assist from Michael...

Sources: ESPN <em>First Take</em> Boss In Talks With NBC To Produce <em>Today</em> Show
ESPN vice president Jamie Horowitz, the midwife of Bristol's "Embrace Debate" era that made us all a little dumber, has been approached by NBC to take control of the Today show, according to two sources. A deal appears likely, we're told, though Horowitz still has to extract himself from his contrac...

Chief-On-Chief Violence At The Pro Bowl
The only remotely noteworthy thing to happen during yesterday's Pro Bowl was Derrick Johnson laying a solid hit on Chiefs teammate Jamaal Charles. More than solid—Johnson, named the game's defensive MVP, went helmet-t0-helmet on Charles three weeks after the RB left a playoff game with a concussion....

A Treasury Of Your Terrifying Poop Stories For Super Bowl Bye Week
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"Mysterious Formula" Decides How Knicks Give Courtside Seats To Celebs
We've all asked questions about exactly how the courtside seats on Madison Square Garden's Celebrity Row get doled out. Is there a ranking system that determines which celebrities get the best seats? Do those rich people even have to pay for their seats? Thankfully, The New York Times has provided s...

Jamaica's Bobsleigh Savior Could Be The Olympics' Best Story
The Jamaican team is one good weekend away from qualifying a two-man sled for the Sochi Olympics, in what would be the island nation's first appearance since the 2002 games. They just might not have the money....

We All Suck At Watching Football Now
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James Harden Shakes Austin Rivers Right Out Of The Arena
The next time this happens, Austin Rivers should probably just accept his fate and hit the ground. Stumbling backwards and then throwing up his hands as if it was someone else's fault that James Harden jellied his legs wasn't really a good look. There's no defensive rotation that can save you in th...

Jameer Nelson Did The Big Balls Dance
Last night's Bulls-Magic game was a three-overtime thriller marked by plenty of big shots, but it would just have been a standard 101-99 Bulls win if not for Jameer Nelson and his big balls. Here we see Nelson tying the game with a jumper in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter, and then hitti...

Sometimes, LeBron Wishes He Could Take All The Shots
The two best players in the NBA are frustratingly polished when it comes to the media, so there's rarely any hint of a real rivalry between them. This will have to do: LeBron James says he's "jealous" that Kevin Durant gets to shoot so much....

Even President Obama Knows That Everyone Hates Mario Chalmers
You laugh, but there's a strong possibility that Mario really was about to get screamed at for standing in the wrong place or something....

LeBroning Is The New Thing All The Kids Are Doing
LeBron James is the best basketball player in the world, and he's also been known to flop from time to time. It's because of that second part that he's given birth to the latest sports-themed meme to sprout up on the internet: LeBroning. What is LeBroning? Take it away, kids!...

Tyson, Truth & Toback
Over at her great movie blog, Sunset Gun, Kim Morgan interviews James Toback about his Mike Tyson documentary....

LeBron James Salty Over Hard Foul
With nearly nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, a steamrolling LeBron James looked to be fouled hard by Mirza Teletovic. An uneventful scrum convened under the basket. The play was reviewed and LeBron was assessed an offensive foul and Teletovic a flagrant-1. LeBron was pissed, Teletovic bemus...

Is First-And-10 Too Easy?
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Watch Miami Heat Players Struggle Through Karaoke Songs
Welp, it sounds like Victor Oladipo is the outlier. In a commercial for an upcoming charity karaoke event, Shane Battier enlisted a few of his teammates to flex their vocal chords, equipped with ridiculous wigs and other props. The results were not pretty....