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The Kings Are Staying In Sacramento
The Maloofs are out. According to the Sacramento Bee, the brothers came out of hiding long enough to to sell the Kings to a group for $535 million. The group, led by Silicon Valley billionaire and Golden State Warriors minority owner Vivek Ranadive, will be keeping the team in Sacramento. The deal i...

Knicks Beat Pacers To Force Game 6, Ruin Everyone's Saturday Night
Of all the NBA conference semifinals, including the Grizzlies' and Heat's respective molly whopping of the Thunder and Bulls, the Knicks-Pacers series is by far the worst. We held out hope that Indiana would be able to travel to Madison Square Garden and blow out the Knicks by like seven to put this...

When You Try To Dunk On Tyson Chandler, This Can Happen
Pacers guard Lance Stephenson tried to get cute near the end of the second quarter when he elevated for what would've been a vicious tomahawk dunk in traffic over New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler. It even looked for a second like he had a chance. He didn't....

Chris Kluwe Signs With The Oakland Raiders
It looks like our boy has finally found work. Chris Kluwe punted for the Minnesota Vikings for eight years, but was cut 10 days ago to make room for a younger, cheaper option: rookie punter Jeff Locke out of UCLA. In his time at Minnesota, he carved out a resume as maybe the best punter in franchise...

Can Dennis Rodman Survive Retirement?
Originally published as "No Rebound" on June 1, 2003, in The New York Times Magazine. Footnotes from the author are included throughout the story....

Phil Jackson Finally Compares Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson had the savvy and good fortune to coach two of the greatest players the NBA has ever known—both 2-guards, both brilliant sociopaths. But for the first time, Jackson writes about how the two measure up against each other....

DJ Paul Of Three 6 Mafia Recorded A New Grizzlies Anthem
After expressing his love for his hometown Grizzlies with a hat and some guns, DJ Paul decided to take the next step and turn the Grizzlies' popular motto—"We don't bluff"—into a rap anthem. ...

The <em>Someone Could Get Hurt</em> Live Funbag
If you've hung around the site for the past week, you're well aware that the Book-Whore-O-Bot 5000 has been booted up to help raise awareness for this book. I know this can be annoying. I know that, by the end of this week, you'll be like: "God, I'm so sick of that Drew. He can go fall off a fucking...

Marc Gasol Makes Wonderful <em>Pulp Fiction</em> Reference In Postgame Interview
Here's Marc Gasol answering questions from the media after helping his team to a Game 5, series-clinching victory over the Thunder. At about the 25-second mark, a reporter asks him how meaningful a trip to the Western Conference finals is to the franchise. His response is priceless....

Kendrick Perkins Had A Historically Bad Playoff Run
If you want to find the most obvious reason that the Oklahoma City Thunder were unable to advance past the second round of the playoffs, your search will end with the words "Russell Westbrook." But Westbrook's absence wasn't the only thing holding the Thunder back. They also had a much bigger proble...

The Don
From the Phoenix New Times, here's Deborah Laake's 1993 profile of Jerry Colangelo:...

Here's Jarron Collins Wearing An "I'm The Straight One" T-Shirt
Reddit user shreaderman posted this photo of Jarron Collins, brother of Jason Collins, who came out last month. Being identical twins, he now gets mistaken for his more famous brother, which can be a hassle when trying to get through airport security, or when he just wants to go out without getting ...

A Heat Win In Five Spells Relief
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Woman Sues Nick Young For Alleged 2011 Rape; Cops Skeptical
A California woman has filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that in 2011 Nick Young drugged her in a California bar, brought her back to his apartment and raped her. Young was a member of the Wizards at the time of the allegations. [Update: According to TMZ, the LAPD had dismissed her c...

The Memphis Grizzlies Are Going To The Western Conference Finals
Kevin Durant had 21 points on a putrid 5-21 shooting night. Memphis led by as much as 12 with as little as three minutes left in the game. Even with the night going the way that it did, Durant still had a great look at a game-tying shot with about four seconds left in the game. He missed long....

Craig Sager Photobombs Will Smith And Son
Sager's Gettin' Jiggy Wit It, am I right?...

<em>Mike & Molly</em>, NBA Style: Part 1
You may have noticed that many of your favorite sports media platforms like to express ideas about the NBA through the prism of popular culture. Here's Grantland applying Game of Thrones plotlines to the NBA in a two-part series. Here's Sports On Earth turning players from the year's playoffs into a...

Here's A Sad Picture Of James Dolan Watching Last Night's Game
So the picture's a little out of focus, but that just adds to the hilarity. Look at how sad he is! Just sittin' there, mid-facepalm, watching his team get torched by the Pacers while struggling to digest whatever used to be on that sad, empty plate. For once, I think Knicks fans can identify with ho...

Tracy McGrady Blocked Two Shots, And The Spurs Won, Too
So, the San Antonio Spurs smacked the Golden State Warriors 109-91. The Spurs are up 3-2, and have a chance to close out the most exciting series of the NBA Conference semifinals when they travel to Golden State on Thursday. Fine. Great. That's not why we're writing this....

Here Are All 272 Of Steph Curry's Record-Breaking Three-Pointers
Hey, here's some basketball porn for you. You're welcome. ...