After the Knicks and the Nuggets tried out their version of “The Gangs of New York, Two,” at the recent Friday Night Fights at The Garden, the Nuggets quickly completed a long awaited trade acquiring Alan Iverson from the Philadelphia 76’ers. I had it set in my mind that the T’Wolves would be the te...
The National Basketball Association Players Union has filed two suits with The National Labor Relations Board. One dealing with the new ball and the other with on court etiquette.
The NBA begins its season today with a new ball and high expectations. Everyone is looking to dethrone the champion Miami Heat and of course the Heat are looking for a “Heat Repeat.” Looking back into the NBA record book, there have been a number of doubles and “threepeats” over the years, the Bulls...
At first glance, to the uninitiated, the above title sounds like the name of one of those intensely choreographed Do Wop groups from Motown in the ‘50’s. Or was it ‘60’s? There were so many good ones, I can’t come up with a favourite, but as good as their dancing/singing was put together, none of t...
As I write this, the Pistons have already taken a two game lead in their series with the Bucks and seem poised to take another run at the Championship. It’s been well documented that Detroit has not exactly enjoyed a lot of game two successes over the last few playoff years, so their win in game two...
Jeez, it was a slam-dunk; everyone who knows college basketball knew that the Big Ten reps were going to advance a long way in this years chase to the final four in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tourney. After all, last year the Big Ten sent two teams to the Final Four and I’ll bet there were not very many ...
I don’t know about you, but I know I’m going to sleep better tonight knowing that Shaq and Kobe had a couple of hugs before their recent NBA game. Seriously, I really haven’t given much thought to whether those two would ever “kiss and make up,” but the hugs and hand shakes seem to delight the sport...