Tag Archives: backboard

  • Hampton’s Darrion Pellum Throws Down A Nasty Self-Alley-Oop (Video)

    Hampton’s Darrion Pellum Throws Down A Nasty Self-Alley-Oop (Video)

    If you have never heard of the Hampton Pirates or their senior guard, Darrion Pellum, I don’t blame you.  After all, most people probably don’t even know that the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference exists within Division-I NCAA basketball. However, it may not be long before the name Darrion Pellum becomes a lot more familiar following his [...]

  • Amazing Dunk Or Embarrassing Fail? (Video)

    Amazing Dunk Or Embarrassing Fail? (Video)

    I’m still undecided on this one.  I mean, the guy did a great job getting high enough into the air to grab a hold of the rim and shatter the backboard, but he couldn’t even manage to slam the ball through the hoop in the process.  So should I be impressed?  Does that even count [...]

  • Blake Griffin Hits His Head On The Backboard (Video)

    Blake Griffin Hits His Head On The Backboard (Video)

    At times, Blake Griffin’s worst enemy can be his very own leaping ability…and those incredibly hard backboards. It has become quite obvious that the only thing capable of stopping the Los Angeles Clippers’ superstar rookie once he takes flight is the possibility of him hitting his head on the backboard.  That was the case last [...]

  • LeBron James Assisted On His Own Basket Last Night (Video)

    LeBron James Assisted On His Own Basket Last Night (Video)

    A few days ago the University of Bridgeport men’s basketball team showed us all how a Division II school gets on SportsCenter when two of their players teamed up for an incredible off-the-backboard alley-oop dunk.  Last night, LeBron James showed us all that he doesn’t need anyone’s help to create his own highlight reel slam [...]

  • This Is How A Division II School Gets On SportsCenter (Video)

    This Is How A Division II School Gets On SportsCenter (Video)

    NCAA Division II schools rarely get any love from ESPN’s SportsCenter.  That is not much of a surprise, seeing as how they must compete with over 100 bigger schools from Division I for airtime.  Their only shot at getting a segment on the nation’s top daily sports news television show is to provide us all [...]