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NBA Issues Delay Regular Season For Two Weeks

NBA Issues Delay Regular Season For Two Weeks

Jerseys, shoes, caps, and even autographed balls, these are just few of the items that a basketball fan has been hoarding every time an NBA season begins. Some relationships are even placed on the rocks just because of different team preferences or the other way around. I’ve known one couple who started their relationship as [...]

Yao Ming Ended His NBA Career

Yao Ming Ended His NBA Career

Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets’ All- Star center and a national icon in China, retired from the National Basketball Association today after foot and ankle fractures limited him to five games the past two seasons. “I will formally end my career,” said Yao, the 7-fooot-6 center who became a household name in China before starting [...]

Kobe Bryant Visits Manila, Philippines

Kobe Bryant Visits Manila, Philippines

Philippines is a country known to be a basketball fanatic nation. In fact, it is almost considered to the nation’s national sport. The country contributed millions of viewers to the recently concluded 2010-11 NBA season and even participated to a lot of betting games that time. That’s why when the ever famous LA Laker’s most [...]

Wade’s former team offers him a job

Wade’s former team offers him a job

KFC seems to be checking Dwyane Wade’s posts on Twitter. Miami’s one of the “Big Three”, Dwayne Wade is one of the many big-time players who is dismayed with the lockout happening in the NBA. The Miami basketball star tweeted June 30 — after the NBA announced a player lockout — asking, “Any1 hiring?” The [...]

Joakim Noah to play for France in European Championships

Joakim Noah to play for France in European Championships

Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah is following through on plans he discussed as a possibility at various points last season and will play for the French national team this summer. Noah wanted to play for the country where he lived as a youth last summer but instead rested his plantar fasciitis. When that healed, he [...]

NBA 2011 Finals: Heat Over Powered Mavericks In Their Court

NBA 2011 Finals: Heat Over Powered Mavericks In Their Court

The time has finally reached Game 3 and the Heat is still burning as they locked in 2-1 stat in the best of seven series against Mavericks. The breath-taking game finished with 88-86. The game happened in the grounds of Dallas this time and the white-colored audience in the first two games now became blue. [...]

Mavericks For A Five-Year Old Finals Revenge

Mavericks For A Five-Year Old Finals Revenge

Five years ago, Dallas Mavericks was only two wins away for getting the precious NBA championship trophy when Miami Heat managed to steal the moment from them thus making that season to be the greatest in club history. Western Conference is over and the Mavericks made it through ousting Oklahoma City Thunder with 100-96. Few [...]

Kobe Bryant grabs record-tying fourth MVP

Kobe Bryant grabs record-tying fourth MVP

Kobe Bryant grabs record-tying fourth MVP In sports news, basketball star player Kobe Bryant was named the MVP, his fourth, on Sunday night as he scored 37 points to lead the West past the East 148-143 in the NBA All-Star game. Bob Pettit of St. Louis recorded the most MVP of All-Star for four times [...]

Kobe Bryant once again break through the All-time score scoring

Kobe Bryant once again break through the All-time score scoring

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant made a running jump shot with 1:11 remaining in the third quarter against the New Orleans Hornets to move him past Oscar Robertson for ninth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Bryant finished with 25 points in the Lakers’ 101-97 win over the Hornets on Friday and now [...]

Gilbert Arenas fined $50,000 for faking injury

Gilbert Arenas fined $50,000 for faking injury

A league source confirmed a report by Comcast Sports Net Washington on Friday that the Wizards fined guard Gilbert Arenas $50,000 for faking a knee injury on Tuesday. Arenas told the team that his knee was sore Tuesday morning and thus was held out of that night’s game against Atlanta. Washington coach Flip Saunders said [...]

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