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Picture Of The Day: I’ll Take A Six-Inch Assorted Mr. Griffin
With the NBA lockout now officially over, it appears as though Blake Griffin can quit his job at Subway and return to the hard-court, where we expect him to continue where he left off last season when he provided us with high-flying dunk after high-flying dunk as a rookie. That may be good news to [...]
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NBA Lockout Is Hurting The Escort Industry
The NBA lockout is having a negative effect on many. Players, coaches and referees aren’t the only ones finding themselves out of work. There is also those working at the arenas of these NBA teams, as well as those working in public relations and other departments within each organization that could be finding themselves with [...]
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Jimmy Kimmel Gives Some Ideas For NBA Programming During The Lockout (Video)
With the NBA lockout still in full effect, the people at NBA TV will need to look for ways to fill the holes left in their programing schedule during the season. After all, we can only take so much of those classic replays from the 1980s. Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel recently used [...]
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JaVale McGee And Nick Young Take The Cinnamon Challange (Video)
For those of you who have never taken the cinnamon challenge, I’d strongly advise against it. Sure, eating a spoon full of cinnamon sounds easy and awfully delicious as well, but it isn’t! Trust me! I’ve tried it before and it is actually one of the most unpleasant things I have ever experienced. But for [...]
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The 9 Longest Sports Strikes (And Lockouts) In History
With the NBA and its players association unable to reach a collective bargaining agreement, it looks like the players will be moving to decertify the union so that they may sue the league for anti-trust violations. What does all this mean? It means that we could be looking at the longest labor dispute in North [...]
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Amar’e Stoudemire Is Working At Foot Locker (Video)
Foot Locker is now hiring and that is great news for Amar’e Stoudemire, who just so happens to be without a job during the NBA lockout. Among Stoudemire’s list of credentials are his six All-Star appearances during his previous employment, great conditioning and athletic ability, and an uncanny ability to sell shoes and tickets to [...]
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The History Of Sports Lockouts (Infographic)
With the NBA on the verge of losing their entire 2011-12 season due to a work stoppage, the NFL nearly losing their 2011 season due to a lockout of their own over the summer, and the MLB collective bargaining agreement set to expire in the winter, the issue of lockouts in professional sports has gained [...]
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NBA Lockout: How Did We Get Here? (Infographic)
The NBA lockout is still in full effect, and despite the effort from members on both sides of the conflict to reach an agreement, it does not appear as though they will be getting back on the court anytime soon. But while most basketball fans are focused on the future of the sport and the [...]
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Picture Of The Day: Is That Dwyane Wade?
Many individuals have been negatively affected by the NBA lockout, including Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, who was set to make $15.5-million during the 2011-12 season, but must now settle for a $20/hour wage working in Sears’ automotive section. So for those of you who have a question regarding the battery life of your Ford [...]
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Stephen A. Smith Is Awfully Upset With LeBron James (Video)
Yesterday LeBron James and Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll exchanged Tweets with one another suggesting that LeBron may be looking for employment in the NFL and that he may be a good fit catching balls in a Seattle Seahawks uniform. After James asked ESPN’s John Clayton when the deadline to sign free agents in [...]
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Taiwanese Animation Provides Us With This NBA Lockout Update (Video)
Most of you have probably already heard that NBA Commissioner David Stern has cancelled the entire preseason, as well as the first two weeks of the regular season. Those are a few of the basic facts regarding the NBA lockout, as the owners and players continue to search for a salary structure they can agree [...]
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“Save The NBA Stars” Hotline (Video)
We have always been there to help provide food, clothing and shelter to those in need following tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Our help is needed once again, but this time those in need weren’t victimized by a natural disaster. They were victimized by their own greed and the greed of David Stern and the [...]
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Al Harrington Knocks Reporter Out With One Punch (Video)
Due to an unfortunate labor dispute in the NBA, the players are currently locked out. That means they aren’t getting paid. Obviously, this creates a problem for them, since they are accustomed to a certain standard of living. Without that $150,000 paycheck every week, how can they afford to pay the shark tank cleaners? Luckily, [...]
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The NFL Players Say Thank You To The Fans (Video)
Although we never really missed anything and all the lockout really did was give football fans a bit of a scare, the National Football League Players Association would still like to extend their apologies to the fans and thank them for their support. Among those doing the thanking are Jason Witten, Gary Brackett, Maurice Stovall, [...]
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Picture Of The Day: They’re Back Baby!!!
We usually publish the “Picture of the Day” later on in the day, but today we just couldn’t wait because FOOTBALL’S BACK BABY!!! This image pretty much says it all; Colts center Jeff Satruday hugging Patriots owner Robert Kraft. If a player from the Colts and the owner of the Pats can put their differences [...]
