Tag Archives: basketball
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New Rochelle Wins Crazy High School Basketball Game with Unbelievable 55-foot Buzzer-Beater (Video)
On Sunday, the New Rochelle High School boys basketball team played Mount Vernon for the New York State Section 1 Class AA championship. The Mount Vernon Knights, a perennial powerhouse in the state, were the #3 seed and thus the favorites over the #6 seed New Rochelle Hugeunots. However, it was the Hugeunots that emerged [...]
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The 27 Best GIFs from the First Half of the 2012-13 NBA Season
While we actually reached the midway point of the 2012-13 NBA schedule a couple of weeks ago, the event typically viewed as the official midseason break—NBA All-Star Weekend—starts tomorrow night in Houston. So with the festivities almost at hand, it’s the perfect time to take a look back at the season so far. And what [...]
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Michael Jordan: Sports Illustrated "The 50th Cover" Unveiled (Photo)
credit card for credit repair On February 17th of this year (which is this Sunday), Michael Jordan will be celebrating his 50th birthday. As a result, Sports Illustrated is celebrating the occasion by placing Jordan on the cover of next week's issue, which just so happens to be his 50th appearance on the magazine's cover—as [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 14th) — Wilt Chamberlain
It was on this day in 1966 that Wilt Chamberlain broke the NBA’s career scoring record, which was previously held by Bob Pettit at 20,880. Wilt “The Stilt” would eventually finish his career with a total of 31,419 points, which currently ranks him fourth all-time. Since retiring, Chamberlain’s point total has been surpassed by only [...]
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High School Girls Basketball Player Drains Full-Court Bounce-Shot Buzzer-Beater (Video)
Everybody loves a good buzzer-beater. And over the years, we’ve seen just about every kind of buzzer-beater imaginable—the buzzer-beating layup, the buzzer-beating fade-away, the buzzer-beating backwards over-the-head two-hander, and of course the buzzer-beating half-court shot. Well, today we have a new kind of buzzer-beater that we never even knew was a possibility: the full-court bounce-shot [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 11th) — Michael Jordan
It was on this day in 1996 that the 46th NBA All-Star Game was held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Eastern All-Stars won the game 129-118 over the West in front of 36,037 fans, the third largest crowd in All-Star Game history. Michael Jordan would edge out Shaquille O’Neal to take home [...]
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Dwyane Wade Hits LeBron James With a Touchdown Pass (Video)
If LeBron James had decided to stick with football and ditch basketball, there is little doubt that his athleticism would have landed him on an NFL roster. But what position would he play? At 6'8″, 250-pounds, his size makes him a suitable option at defensive end or tight end, but I think most would argue [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 2/4/2013 — LeBron James
LeBron James came oh-so-close to recording his third triple-double of the season during last night's game against the Charlotte Bobcats, but it wasn't his 31 points, eight assists or eight rebounds that impressed us the most. Rather, it was hi how to use your ipad s efficiency on the night that has earned him a [...]
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Bobcats' Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Stretchered Off After Scary Collision (Video)
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is having himself a solid rookie season with the Charlotte Bobcats, averaging 9.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game. But it took a turn for the worst over the weekend. During the fourth quarter of Saturday's road loss to the Houston Rockets, Kidd-Gilchrist leaped into the air to block a Tony [...]
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Charles Barkley Interrupts the Phoenix Weather Forecast (Video)
Charles Barkley has been on television since 2000. In fact, pretty soon his television career on TNT will be longer than his NBA career. So by now, you would expect the guy to be pretty comfortable in front of a camera. And yet, when Chuck stopped by the local ABC affiliate in Phoenix recently to [...]
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LeBron James Awestruck By President Obama During Heat's Visit to the White House (Video)
During the 2012 Olympic Games in London, LeBron James left <a title="Ever Wonder What a WWE Ladder Match Between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama Would Look Like? (Video)" href="http://www.totalprosports.com/2012/1 get your ex back 1/07/barack-obama-us-presidential-election-romney-wwe-fight-video/”>President Barack Obama in awe with a thunderous dunk against Brazil. Earlier today, it was Obama's turn to leave LeBron awestruck during [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/27/2013 — Kobe Bryant
Despite the additions of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash in the offseason, the Los Angeles Lakers have struggled mightily this season, putting together a 17-25 record through their first 42 games of the season. That abysmal record had many suggesting that perhaps the team would be better off if their high-scoring superstar, Kobe Bryant, ditched [...]
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Junior High Kid with Down Syndrome Sinks Two 3-Pointers, Makes SportsCenter Top Ten (Video)
The power of social media is pretty impressive. In Rochester, Michigan, an 8th grader made a couple of three-pointers in a basketball game. Then his classmates started a Twitter campaign to get him on SportsCenter, and the next thing you know, there he is on SportsCenter. That kid’s name is Owner Groesser. He is an [...]
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This Day In Sports History (January 18th) – Robert Parish
It was on this day in 1998 that the Boston Celtics retired the number “00″ formerly worn by center Robert Parish. Parish became the 20th player to have his number retired by the Celtic organization. Robert Parish enjoyed a 21-year Hall-of-Fame career, spending 15 of those seasons with the Celtics. Parish was part of three [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/17/2013 — LeBron James
On Wednesday night, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 20,000 career points. On Thursday night, he began making his ascent towards the 30,000-point plateau with a 39-point effort against the Lakers in Los Angeles. How to win back your ex With Jack Nicholson and plenty of other celebrities in attendance [...]
