Posts under ‘NBA’

Those muscular NBA refs couldn’t figure it out on Saturday. But longtime fans of Atlanta’s pro sports team know what it is — the Sports Gods are smiling on us again. It’s about time.
On Saturday, the Hawks dropped Chicago in a wild ride to hit 19-10 and remain in second place in the Southeastern Division. [...]

No offense to bowlers, but a real sport is about to enter the White House. With a new Baller in Chief in Barack Obama about to take up residence in the White House, basketball is poised to become the FIrst Sport. The NBA, of course, stands ready to rip out the bowling lane and install [...]

Now this recession thing is getting serious. The NFL announced it’s cutting staff, joining a recent announcement by the NBA that it’s firing folks, too. When a sour economy starts to impact the sports world, a place we go to escape the travails of the world spinning out of control around us, it’s time for [...]

Josh Smith was making a comeback from an ankle injury and the Atlanta Hawks are battling for first place in the Southeast Division, but no one in Atlanta seems to be noticing.  Ball Don’t Lie has pictures from last night’s Hawks-Grizzlies game with a crowd that can be generously called sparse.  (Picture after the jump)

Utah Jazz forward Kyle Korver (one of the NBA’s hottest players) has been sidelined with a wrist injury. According to a video via 1280 The Zone, I’m surprised all of Chelsea isn’t walking around with wrist braces….

Hat tip to Towleroad.

In 2003, Out magazine named Eric Millegan “Hottest Up-and-Coming Openly Gay Actor of 2003.” He’s best known for playing Zack Addy, a regular character during the first three seasons on the Fox TV series Bones.  Millegan is now indulging his passion for the NBA — and his beloved Portland Trail Blazers — with “Eric Millegan’s [...]

I’ve never been a Kobe Bryant fan, but he’s won me over with this great TV commercial for Guitar Hero IV. He is the perfect lead singer in the ad for a four-man band with Alex Rodriguez, Michael Phelps and Tony Hawk. The earnestness and enthusiasm Bryant pretends to bring to the performance is just [...]

Opposition to Proposition 8 in California, which strips away marriage rights from same-sex couples, is getting a big boost from the support of two Hall of Fame athletes: Steve Young and Magic Johnson. Former NFL quarterback Steve Young has posted several signs at his house urging people to oppose Prop. 8. The proposition’s biggest supporters [...]

I was at the Wachovia-soon-to-be-Wells-Fargo Center for the 76ers-Knicks game tonight, as was Jimmy Rollins of the 2008 World Series Champion Phillies. (No, not together — he sat courtside while I was, well, not.)
With so many people in the sports complex for the finish of the Phillies’ parade, the 76ers came up with a promotion: [...]

Charles Barkley has never pulled any punches on or off the court and that is true when it comes to discussing politics (or kissing ref Dick Bavetta, right). Yesterday, in an interview with CNN’s Campbell Brown, Barkley slammed evangelicals for dividing people. Great to hear a week out from the vote on Prop. 8 in [...]

It’s the stretch run of a hotly contested political season and even athletes, historically non-political, are getting into the presidential race.
“We spend an hour a day talking about this exact subject - in meetings, on the plane, in the locker room,” New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita told the AP. “I think it’s just because [...]

Forbes magazine recently did a study to look at what pro teams may be on the move in the coming years. While the writer says that recent economic problems in the country make it less likely that a team will move in the next year, run-down stadiums and smaller markets could drive teams in each [...]

I’m pressed for time (headed to a softball tournament in Washington, DC this weekend) so here is a quick summary of some things I was planning to write about…
Drought update: The Phillies’ 3-2 win over the LA Dodgers gives them a 1-0 lead in the National League Championship Series. This is the 18th time since [...]

It’s been several hours since I first saw this, and I still haven’t found a good explanation for why the Clippers’ Baron Davis and the Suns’ Steve Nash were dressed, as one blogger (and the photo originator) put it, “like extras from the Cosby Show and Weekend at Bernies” riding a tandem bike in Santa [...]

It’s now official: the Seattle SuperSonics will move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 NBA season. A settlement between team owner Clay Bennett and the city was reached, which ends the city’s lawsuit attempting to keep the team in Seattle until the team’s lease with KeyArena ran out after the 2009-10 season. A judge was [...]