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Infographic Compares NBA Scoring With Hip Hop Name-Dropping
If you enjoy hip hop and the NBA, then you definitely need to spend some time playing with bdon.org's fancy new infographic. The concept is simple: see how various NBA players' season-by-season scoring numbers stack up against their yearly mentions in hip hop songs....


The Helmet Con: How To Make A Buck Off The Concussion Crisis
"It helps with the ringing in my ears." James Harrison was on the phone, explaining that he collided with other human beings with such ferocity that his ears would ring for hours after games. He was worried about this....

A GIF Of James Harden's Beard Growth
It's amazing how much an unruly beard can change a person. By the end of this GIF, James Harden doesn't just look like a guy marooned on an island by himself for years, he looks like a guy marooned on an island by himself for years. ...

James Harrison Says Something Dumb About <em>Hard Knocks</em>
Newly minted Bengal James Harrison got more than he bargained for when he signed with Cincinnati—the Bengals agreed to be this year's Hard Knocks goldfish. And he doesn't like it....

The Cinderella Man
From the cool-ass site—of two cool-ass books—please enjoy Damon Runyon's 1935 column, "The Cinderella Man":...

Should LeBron Try To Save The NBA's Players Union?
ESPN's Brian Windhorst reports that LeBron James is "considering" running for president of the NBA Players Association, which he says "is in bad shape right now." But should LeBron hitch himself to something that will never operate in his best interests?...


Everything Plays
And now for something completely different: Vladimir Nabokov on boxing:...

The Whore of Akron
Last year I interviewed Scott Raab about his entertaining book The Whore of Akron. Dig:...

Lindsay Lohan Is the Only Part of <em>The Canyons</em> That Isn't Horrible
The Canyons opens (and ends, over the closing credits) with photographs of abandoned, dilapidated movie theaters, which would be the world's most obvious metaphor if the film were actually competent enough to be about what it wants to be about. Director Paul Schrader (who should know better) and wri...

3 on 3
Here's the random bit of sports nostalgia for ya. Via Up North Trips....

Chris Bosh Gets No Respect In The Russian Nesting Doll Game
According to the Reddit user who spotted these nesting dolls while visiting Russia, Bosh's doll was the smallest one in the set, coming in behind both Ray Allen and Mario Chalmers. That's some cold shit, Russia....

LeBron James Is Done Playing For Team USA, Unless He Wants To
Yahoo's Marc Spears reports that, right now, LeBron James is "doubtful" to play for Team USA in the 2016 Olympics, and that USA Basketball is unlikely to even ask him to play in international competition in 2014. This is a great way to get people to freak out right now, before LeBron reconsiders....

It's Been 40 Years Since The Great Soap Box Derby Cheating Scandal
It's been called "Watergate on Wheels." It drew the attention of Walter Cronkite and the New York Times. It was a sports cheating scandal involving a child, and it's been an object of occasional fascination ever since, from newspaper articles to trivia questions to a television documentary. This sum...

Here's George Brett Eating Baby Food In Slow Motion
In a video probably made only for SEO purposes, three members of the Royals—James Shields, Eric Hosmer, and hitting coach George Brett—chowed down on baby food. ...


