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9 Classic Sports Conspiracy Theories
You gotta love the versatility of sports. When things go the way we want, it’s exhilarating, incredible, inspiring, and heartwarming. When things don’t go the way we want, it’s boring, depressing, disenchanting, and heartbreaking. In either case, sports fans tend to lose their minds a little bit. In victory, people jump up and down, hug [...]
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This Day In Sports History (May 16th) — Michael Jordan
It was on this day in 1985 that Michael Jordan was named the NBA rookie of the year. He would beat out the likes of Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, Sam Perkins and Sam Bowie to win the prestigious award. Jordan averaged an incredible 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.4 steals per game that [...]
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11 Pro Athletes Turned Team Owners
Do athletes make good team owners? Well, at the very least, pro athletes (successful ones, anyway) do gain a certain kind of experience that very few people have. They know what it feels like to win and, theoretically, what it takes to win. Moreover, you would think that, having played themselves, they could bridge any [...]
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Gatorade Under Fire For New Michael Jordan Commercial (Video)
On June 11, 1997, Michael Jordan turned in one of the greatest and most memorable athletic performances the history of modern pro sports. I am talking, of course, about Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, more commonly referred to as “the flu game.” Despite suffering from the nausea, aches, pains, and a 103 degree [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 20th) – Michael Jordan
It was on this day in 1986 that Michael Jordan set an NBA playoff record with an incredible 63 points. Jordan broke the mark that was previously held by Elgin Baylor who scored 61 points in the 1962 NBA finals. Jordan was able to play in only 18 regular season games that year due to [...]
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ESPN Commercial Shows How Much It Sucks To Be Named “Michael Jordan” (Video)
If you happen to be the Michael Jordan, life is probably pretty good, as you own six NBA Championship rings, five NBA MVP awards, the Charlotte Bobcats (yes, they suck, but they picked a great year to suck with Anthony Davis entering the draft), and millions of dollars. Unfortunately, there is only one of those [...]
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11 Fantastic Sports Statues
Sports statues are like pizzas: sometimes you don’t know how truly bad one is until you get a taste of the really good stuff. Thus, maybe you checked out our list of bad sports statues yesterday and thought to yourself, “these aren’t that bad, are they?” But they really are bad. And once you see [...]
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This Michael Jordan Portrait Hairstyle Is Amazing! (Video)
Every artist has a preference when it comes to canvases. For Joe Barber of San Antonio’s Razor Sharp Cutz, his preference is the head or any other area of a person’s body where hair is present. I’m not quite sure how many chests, backs, butts or legs he has worked on in the past, but [...]
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Comparing Michael Jordan And Kobe Bryant’s 50+ Point Games (Infographic)
When it comes to scoring points, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are two of the best that the NBA has ever seen. But when it comes to 50+ point games, which of these two prolific scorers has the upper hand? Sure, Kobe’s highest scoring game (81 points) trumps Jordan’s highest scoring game (69 points) by [...]
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9 Athletes You Never Thought You Would See In Another Uniform
Yesterday it was announced that Albert Pujols agreed to a $254 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, finally putting an end to months of speculation about the future of baseball’s greatest slugger. And while I’m glad that the sports world can now finally move on, I must admit that it will [...]
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At 48-Years-Old Michael Jordan Is Still Dunking (Video)
When I’m 48-years-old, I’ll be happy if my knees aren’t completely shot, my liver is still intact and I’m not on my third replacement hip. As for Michael Jordan, in addition to a clean bill of health, he still appears to have his high-flying abilities. He demonstrated some of those abilities in a gym recently, [...]
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This Is The Only Argument We Need LeBron! (Video)
Scottie Pippen and the rest of the LeBron James fan club can now crawl back into the holes they came out of. The mighty Heat have been slain. And LeBron’s NBA Championship count is still stuck at zero. So for those who would still like to make the argument that LeBron is better than Michael [...]
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This Day In Sports History (June 13th) — Chicago Bulls
It was on this day in 1997 that the Chicago Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the finals to win the NBA Championship. It was the Bulls’ fifth championship in franchise history, and their second in the last two seasons. After winning the first two games at home in Chicago and losing [...]
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This Is One Video Scottie Pippen Should Probably Watch (Video)
During an interview with ESPN radio last Friday, Scottie Pippen said that Michael Jordan “is probably the greatest scorer to play the game” but LeBron James “may be the greatest player to ever play the game.” After watching James and the Heat begin the celebration early, only to blow a 15-point fourth quarter lead to [...]
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Sexy Playboy Playmate Francesca Frigo Remakes Retro Air Jordan Commercial (Video)
Nike’s “It’s Gotta Be The Shoes” commercial featuring Michael Jordan and Mars Blackmon (Spike Lee’s alter ego, for those who didn’t know) was a classic. Who can forget Mars grilling Michael with question after question regarding what makes him the best player in the universe, only to have each of his guesses turned down with [...]
