Basketball

Travon Free, now a comedian, shared his true self with the world in 2011.

Believe it or not, the men’s basketball world championships are taking place right now and the American team has already played three games! After slipping by Brazil yesterday, 3-0, Team USA is poised for a run at a medal. But gold isn’t a given, because this is not the “Dream Team” of some past Olympics: […]

The Milwaukee Bucks star pays off a bet by dancing to Lady Gaga (video below), but lest anyone even wonder if he's gay, he tweets this: @SHANCIEE NAw A bet is a bet……… I’M A MAN ABOUT IT!!!! I STILL GOT MORE GIRLIES THEN U The Milwaukee Bucks star pays off a bet by dancing […]

The report from basketball isn’t surprising: The American teams, particularly in the A Division, are dominating; And the referees suck. First, the Americans. Heading into the elimination round of the A Division, the Rock Dogs are undefeated at 7-0, having beaten everyone else in the division. The next two teams are the other American teams: […]

The NCAA has unveiled its 68-team tournament plan. It entails four “play-in” games, but not the way you might expect. Instead of teams ranked 61-68 playing for those coveted 16-seeds, two of the games will feature the last four at-large bids. That is, you will have This past year would have likely featured something like […]

Good for LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. We watch owners, leagues, coaches and general managers maintain so much control over the careers of athletes, it’s nice to see a bunch of guys get together, make decisions for themselves, and grab some control from the powers that be. These three guys have set a […]

It is rare when a team shoots 32.5% from the field and wins an NBA playoff game, let alone Game 7 of the NBA Finals. But that’s what happened to the Los Angeles Lakers, 83-79 winners over the Boston Celtics in a seven-game series that was anything but a classic. The Lakers won a gritty, […]

It will be only the second NBA Finals Game 7 in 15 years, and if you want to see the Celtics play the Lakers Thursday night, you’ll be paying for it. Think Super Bowl prices. On StubHub, the lowest ticket available now is $590. And if you want to sit courtside, you have your choice […]

I was going to start this post with the “there’s still lots of basketball to be played,” but that’s not remotely true. With only a few games left to this NBA season, we are potentially on the verge of a classic NBA Finals. Last night was the epitome of this Finals matchup. The quintessential team […]

Most people expected the Los Angeles Lakers to be in the NBA Finals, but few thought the “aging,” “tired”, “banged-up” Boston Celtics would be their opponent. And after knocking off the top two seeds in the Eastern Conference, the men in green are underdogs again to win their series. You’re currently getting 5/2 odds for […]

I was like millions of Americans hoping that Gordon Hayward’s desperation, last-second shot would drop and give Butler an improbable NCAA men’s college basketball title. But the ball caromed off the backboard and hit the front of the rim and out and Duke held on for a dramatic 61-59 win. It was the closest NCAA […]

Butler cutie Gordon Hayward CBS got the matchup it wanted in the NCAA men's college basketball final — Butler vs. Duke, David vs. Goliath. It all came together when Butler held off Michigan State, 52-50, while Duke ripped West Virginia, 78-57. The two Final Four games were generally uninteresting. For a two-point game, the Butler-Michigan […]

Last year President Barack Obama was heralded as a genius and good luck charm for picking the favorite (North Carolina) to win the NCAA tournament (they did). This year, not so much. Obama’s final four of Kansas, Kentucky, Kansas State and Villanova went up in flames this weekend; It seems playing the chalk this year […]

Well, so much for the Kansas-Villanova final I picked in the Outsports NCAA pool. Villanova, a No. 2 seed, lost to St. Mary’s, but the even bigger stunner was Kansas losing, 69-67, to Northern Iowa. I had not watched college basketball in the regular season, so when the pairings were announced it was interesting how […]

Once again we will host an NCAA men's basketball tournament pool. The field of 65 is set, with Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse the four No. 1 seeds. You can sign up any time prior to the start of the first game Thursday. Once again we will host an NCAA men's basketball tournament pool. The […]

I love the first few days of March Madness. Even in a season when I don’t pay a lot of attention, I’ll watch those first couple rounds. But as if six rounds over three weeks wasn’t enough, the NCAA is talking very seriously about expanding the number of teams in the tournament to 96 or […]

A Florida-based promoter has started a fundamentals-first men’s professional basketball league that will allow only U.S.-born white players. Don “Moose” Lewis is starting the All-American Basketball Alliance because he thinks there is a market for basketball that isn’t about fast-breaks and dunks. He also said he’s tired of hearing about the legal trouble NBA players […]

Do you think the NFL has a problem with a regularly stronger AFC and a weaker NFC over the last 10 years? Just take a look at the NBA. The Western Conference has dominated the East for the most part for the last decade, but this year the playoff prospects are scary. If the season […]

I had no idea what the term “pause” meant, other than when I pressed the little button on my ipod. But thanks to a college student who emailed us this week, I now know it means “No Homo.” It doesn’t get me riled up, but it’s still interesting. The student had written us because he’s […]

Magic and Isiah famously kissed before games. In an upcoming book, basketball's Magic Johnson blames Isiah Thomas for rumors that Johnson was gay at the time Johnson stunned the world by announcing he was HIV-positive. “Isiah kept questioning people about it,” Magic says in the book “When the Game Was Ours,” written by Johnson, Larry […]