The NBA Finals are upon us and this basketball showdown signifies one thing: there’s only a few more months before the start of football season.
In this day and age celebrities rule the world. They are everywhere and have become more than just spectators when it comes to sports. Now they also own teams.
Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas is considering taking a leave of absence from the ice, and even wrote in a Facebook message on Saturday that “hockey’s just not that important right now.”
Another leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, Europe’s biggest annual soccer event and the NBA and NHL playoffs highlight this weekend’s sports schedule:
The Charlotte Bobcats made history last week when they lost their 23rd consecutive game, ending the season with the worst winning percentage in NBA history — a paltry .106, thanks to a 7-59 record. The Bobcats surpassed the futility of the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, who finished 9-73 and a .110 winning percentage.
Here’s a look at how the Bobcats shape up against some of the worst of the worst in
After lots of rumors and speculation, Lamar Odom has confirmed that he and the Mavericks organization have agreed that it is in both parties best interest that Lamar Odom separate from the Dallas Mavericks and remove himself from the team. While a few people may find this shocking, people closest to these parties and die-hard Maverick fans have seen this coming for a while.
In all our years of watching basketball, we don’t think we’ve ever seen a harder flagrant foul than the one Jason Smith doled out to Blake Griffin.
“Success in the NBA is more about the players, and less about the coach, than any league, pro or amateur, in U.S. sports,” wrote Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports in 1999. “More and more, superstars call the shots,” said Sports Illustrated’s five years prior. Each year that goes by seems to give the players more power and make coaches more vulnerable.
Remember what LeBron James did to fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers when he decided to take his talents to South Beach? A railing had the same effect on Moondog, the Cavaliers mascot, on Wednesday night at Quicken Loans Arena.
Will Ferrell, last seen wondering the fields of North Platte, Nebraska, popped up at another unexpected locale Wednesday night.
The funnyman was in New Orleans filming ‘Dog Fight.’ So he decided to hop on over to the New Orleans Arena and do the intros for the Hornets-Chicago Bulls game.