Tag Archives: basketball
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The 9 Greatest Trash Talking Moments In NBA History
The National Basketball Association has a proud tradition of trash talking that no amount of personal fouls or game ejections can obscure. But just like with other more athletic aspects of the game, some players are more skilled at trash talk than others. Sometimes even the coaches get in on it, like Pacers’ coach Frank [...]
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9 Crazy Fans from the 2013 NBA Playoffs
The word “fan” is a shortened form of the word “fanatic,” so it stands to reason that sports fans are pretty crazy. But there’s always a few in the bunch that take their crazy fan antics above an beyond the norm. Add the playoffs to the mix, and you’re bound to see some pretty weird [...]
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Despite Elimination, Classy Warriors Players Took Time to Thank Their Fans Last Night (Video)
The Golden State Warriors are one of the saddest franchises in the NBA. Coming into the 2012-13 season, they had made just two playoff appearances over the last 20 years. One was in 1994, when they got swept by the Suns in the first round. The other was in 2007, when they managed to upset [...]
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Dunk Fail: Florida Student’s Jam Goes Horribly Wrong (Video)
Most NBA players make dunking a basketball look so easy, but believe me when I tell you that it’s not. In addition to being tall enough with a high enough vertical to actually reach the basket in the first place, you also have to be able to grip the ball with one hand and your timing has [...]
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Tayshaun Prince Posterized Half the Thunder’s Team With One Dunk (Video)
Last night the Memphis Grizzlies put an end to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s season with an 88-84 win in Game 5 of their Western Conference Semifinal series. It wasn’t exactly a shocking defeat, given that the Thunder were missing Russell Westbrook, their second most important player. However, most observers probably thought Kevin Durant and company [...]
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9 Memorable NBA Playoff Blowouts
When the NBA playoffs roll around, you expect games to be a little closer than they might be in the regular season. Every game matters more, and every player should be playing like there’s no tomorrow. However, so far the 2013 NBA Playoffs have featured what seems like an inordinate number of blowouts. The Hawks [...]
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Will “Posterizing” Be the Next Big Meme?
Hey, remember planking? How about Tebowing? Or maybe Te’oing? Well, if we’re lucky, the big internet meme of 2013 will be posterizing. Now, for the uninitiated, “posterize” is a basketball term which basically means “to dunk on someone in a memorable fashion.” The idea is that, when a guy does this it looks like one [...]
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Dwyane Wade Wore a Ladies Pantsuit to the United Center Last Night (Video)
We’re used to seeing the superstars on the Miami Heat in fancy suits by Versace and Gucci. Last night in Chicago, however, we saw one of them in a fancy suit by Ann Taylor. The culprit? That would be Dwyane Wade. Now, in fairness, Wade has to try pretty hard to keep up with teammates [...]
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We Now Know the Identify of the Lady Who Gave Joakim Noah the Finger in Miami
The Chicago Bulls pulled off a surprising victory against the Miami Heat in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series. But Game 2? Yeah, that was rough. LeBron James and company absolutely trounced their opponents, 115-78, and as if that wasn’t enough, Bulls center Joakim Noah was subjected to a very noteworthy obscene [...]
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This Day In Sports History (May 7th) — Denver Nuggets
It was on this day in 1994 that the No. 8 seeded Denver Nuggets upset the top ranked Seattle SuperSonics in the first round of the NBA playoffs. It was the first time that a No. 1 seed fell to a No. 8 seed since the first round of the NBA playoffs went to a [...]
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76ers Fans Are Going to LOVE This Video of Andrew Bynum Flamenco Dancing in Spain (Video)
First it was bowling. Now it’s flamenco dancing. Apparently, either Andrew Bynum just doesn’t know how not to be a giant douche, or the guy just doesn’t care. You know the story, right? Bynum was traded by the Lakers to the 76ers back in August. Everyone in Philadelphia was super excited. Then, a few days [...]
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Celtics’ Jordan Crawford Trash Talks Carmelo Anthony and His Wife Following Game 5 (GIF)
There are a lot of reasons for the Knicks and Celtics not to like each other, but perhaps the best reason has to do with a little feud between their biggest stars. Back in January, toward the end of a close game, Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett had some sort of dispute that seemed to [...]
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Stephen Curry Confronted a Heckling Fan After the Warriors’ Loss to the Nuggets Last Night (Video)
The Golden State Warriors had a stranglehold on the Denver Nuggets in their opening round series of the 2013 NBA Playoffs. Thanks in large part to the sharp-shooting Stephen Curry, who had more than 100 points and 40 assists in the first four playoff games of his career, Golden State jumped out to a 3-1 [...]
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Lakers Lost the Series and This Fan Fight to the Spurs (Video)
The poor Kobe-less Lakers were completely outclassed by the San Antonio Spurs during Round 1 of the 2013 NBA Playoffs. Tony Parker and company swept L.A. right out of the playoffs in four straight games, outscoring them by a whopping 75 points. Now coach Mike D’Antoni will have the whole offseason to ponder what life [...]
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ESPN Basketball Analyst Chris Broussard Heavily Criticized for Anti-Gay Comments (Video)
Yesterday, journeyman NBA center Jason Collins made history by becoming the first athlete from one of the major pro sports leagues to come out as gay while still active. For the most part, the world reacted positively. Pretty much everyone in mainstream media praised the man’s courage, and some were going as far as calling [...]
