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David Blatt's Just Trying To Coach Here, Man
LeBron James really wants to do everything, and bless him for trying, but David Blatt's the coach. There are only so many seconds in a timeout....
Cavs Lose Again As LeBron Fumbles Game Away
What, you thought LeBron James would hit a game-winning three to beat the Spurs tonight in Cleveland? Nah, nah. You must be thinking of the LeBron James who used to play for the Cavs....
LeBron And The $500M Lie: How Sports Economic-Impact Studies Trick You
Not long after LeBron James announced his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the business pages lit up with breathless announcements about what LeBron would mean for the local economy:...
LeBron James's Silly Baby Wouldn't Go To Sleep Last Night
LeBron James's daughter was born in October, and that means LeBron has to be on early morning baby duty when he's at home, just like every other poor schmuck in America who has a baby....
LeBron Loses Triple-Double After Being Mistaken For Tristan Thompson
LeBron James thought he had himself a 32-10-12 triple-double in last night's win against the Pelicans, but he did not! As it turns out, he was credited with an assist that he didn't deserve because the official scorer fucked up....
Ridiculously-Dressed Drake Pleased By Monster James Johnson Dunk
The Raptors are blowing out the 76ers tonight, mostly because they are playing the NBA franchise from Philadelphia. James Johnson is getting in some garbage minutes, and his monster jam brought a certain Canadian dad to his feet. Wait—that's no dad!—that's rapper Drake. ...
LeBron Calls Report About Discussion With Kyrie Irving "Very False"
Yesterday, ESPN's Brian Windhorst reported that LeBron James and Kyrie Irving "exchanged words" after a blowout loss to the Blazers on Tuesday. After today's shootaround, LeBron told reporters that no such discussion occurred. ...
Official Nuggets Twitter Account Does Some Solid Trolling Of The Cavs
The 1-3 Denver Nuggets host LeBron James and the 1-3 Cavaliers at home tonight, and whoever is in charge of the Nuggets' Twitter account spent last night making sure everyone in Denver is amped for the big game. The new Big Three are going to be in town!...
The Fuck Is Wrong With LeBron? Some Theories
Holy shit, the Cavaliers are 1-3! ONE AND THREE! OH MY GOD, CLEVELAND IS CLEVELANDING ALL OVER ITSELF AGAIN! Now, listen: I know that newly assembled teams like this need time to gel, and that the NBA regular season is fucking stupid, and that the Heat struggled in a similar fashion at first with...
Report: LeBron And Kyrie Irving Exchanged Words After Loss
The Cavaliers are off to sluggish start, sitting at 1-3 after dropping last night's game to Gordon Hayward and the Jazz. They lost Tuesday's game agains the Blazers by 19 points, and ESPN's Brian Windhorst is reporting that Kyrie Irving and LeBron James got into a "healthy" discussion after that gam...
Gordon Hayward Locks Up LeBron, Nails Game Winner
Things aren't getting any better for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. A night after James failed to score in the second half of a blowout loss against the Trail Blazers, they were undone in Utah by this Gordon Hayward game winner. James was guarding Hayward initially, but was felled by a De...
Nerlens Noel Stuffs James Harden, Shits In The Graves Of His Ancestors
James Harden went for a buzzer-beating dunk to end the third quarter tonight in Philadelphia. Nerlens Noel had something to say about that. Specifically: "Fuuuuuuck no."...
James Scores Highlight Reel Goal On The Volley, Puts Real Madrid Up 2-0
It's just another day in La Liga for Real Madrid, which is having an easy time against Granada. Here's a terrific goal from James Rodriguez, a volley over the keeper's head from about 15 yards out....
Nick Young Dressed Up As The Best <em>Chappelle's Show</em> Sketch
Let's take this opportunity to clarify something: The best Chappelle's Show sketch was Charlie Murphy's stories about Rick James. There's no need to be contrarian about this....
At Least LeBron Had Fun
LeBron James seemed determined not to blame—or maybe, not to acknowledge—that nervousness played any role in his uncannily rough game in what he had called earlier in the day "probably one of the biggest sporting events ever."...
Kevin Love's Outlet Passing Already In Midseason Form
Kevin Love is the best outlet passer in the NBA, as he has demonstrated time and time again. Now that he's not on the craptastic Timberwolves, we're likely to see even more gorgeous outlet passes this year! Here's his first (of many, surely) full court heaves he will throw to LeBron James this sea...
The Full Cleveland Cavaliers Intro & Starting Lineups, With Proper Audio
TNT (or, perhaps, Quicken Loans Arena) had a major audio fuckup tonight that left the Knicks' radio feed bleeding all over the Cavs' carefully-crafted fancy intro. So here's that fancy intro and starting lineups with proper audio....
James Ennis Gave Us Our First Great Posterization Of The Season
Here are the thoughts I had while watching this dunk:...
The Fight: Patterson Vs. Liston
Originally published in the February 1963 issue of Nugget, "The Fight: Patterson vs. Liston" also appears in At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing, edited by George Kimball and John Schulian and published in hardcover, paperback, and as an e-book by The Library of America. You can also find it...
What's Up With James Shields?
An awesome nickname can be a burden. As fun as it is to earnestly refer to James Shields as "Big Game James," the moniker is just as satisfying when deployed sarcastically after another lousy playoff performance. Try it. You'll like it....