Tag Archives: NBA
-
30 Celebrities Spotted At The 2012 NBA Playoffs
A few weeks ago we brought you a list of the notable celebrity sightings from the 2012 NHL Playoffs. And while that crop of A-listers (or in some cases, B- or C- listers) was pretty impressive for the relatively blue-collar NHL, it’s nothing compared to today’s list of celebrities spotted at the 2012 NBA Playoffs. [...]
-
Coming Soon: Chinese Sci-Fi Movie Starring Dwight Howard And Carmelo Anthony (Video)
How much would you pay to watch an amazing Chinese virtual reality sci-fi movie starring Dwight Howard and Carmelo Anthony that is basically just a feature-length commercial for the NBA? Twenty-five bucks? Fifty bucks? Well, start saving, because this long-awaited Chinese NBA film is finally going to happen. You may (but probably don’t) recall that [...]
-
Check Out This Awesome Spoof Of LeBron James’s Lost Home Movies (Video)
Remember when most sports fans liked LeBron James? Think hard. You’ll probably have to go all the way back to the spring of 2010, when he was just this really good basketball player with almost unprecedented athleticism who crashed into the NBA right out of high school and led his hapless hometown basketball team to [...]
-
This Day In Sports History (June 15th) – Detroit Pistons
It was on this day in 2004 that the Detroit Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers 100-87 in Game 5 to win the NBA championship. The win gave the Pistons their third title in franchise history, and first since they won back-to-back championships in 1989 and 1990. The Lakers entered the series as the favorite, [...]
-
Mike Tyson Sings Song About LeBron James On Jimmy Kimmel Live (Video)
Are you ready for four words you probably never thought you’d see together in one sentence? Well, here you go: Mike Tyson, comic genius. Seriously, back when Iron Mike was just famous for punching the crap out of people—Michael Spinks, Glass Joe, his various wives and girlfriends—you probably never imagined seeing him performing parodies of [...]
-
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 [...]
-
This Day In Sports History (June 12th) — Los Angeles Lakers
It was on this day in 2002 that the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship. They would do so by defeating the New Jersey Nets 113-107 in Game Four of the NBA Finals. The Lakers entered the 2001-02 NBA season having won the last two NBA Championships. And with the likes of Kobe Bryant, [...]
-
Much-Hyped “Dream Team” Documentary Airs This Wednesday (Video)
Hey, remember the Dream Team? You do? Well sorry, but you’re old. This summer, the 2012 London Olympics will mark the Dream Team’s 20th anniversary. In case you’re not old and have no idea what the Dream Team is, I’m talking about the 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball team. It was a big deal [...]
-
Mayor Of Boston Praises “KJ” And “Hondo” For Their Stellar Play (Video)
Move over Brad Doty. You’ve got some company in the Boston Celtics’ KJ and Hondo. Last month a person whose job is reporting sports for Fox Los Angeles made headlines when she demonstrated a shocking inability to say anything right. Well, actually, she got the first part right, calling the Kings the hottest team in [...]
-
Despite Loss, Young Miami Heat Fan Still Impressed by His Team’s Effort (Video)
We always tell kids, “it’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game.” And I’ll be damned if they don’t believe us. Last night in Miami, after the Heat suffered a heartbreaking home loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals (they were up by 13 [...]
-
Instructional Video Uses Jeremy Lin to Teach Taiwanese People English (Video)
Ever since Jeremy Lin burst onto the scene and took the world by storm this past February, people have debated whether or not it’s racist to make a big deal about the fact that he’s Chinese. (Well, ethnically Chinese, anyway. The guy’s parents are from Taiwan and he was actually born in Los Angeles.) Now, [...]
-
Chris Bosh Was Making Some Strange Faces During Last Night’s Miami-Boston Game (Video)
Well, if there’s one person who was thrilled to hear about Rajon Rondo’s inflammatory “crybabies” accusation—which he fired off during a halftime interview on ESPN during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals last night—it was Chris Bosh. That may seem strange to you, since Rondo plays for the Celtics and Bosh plays for the [...]
-
Watch LeBron James Miss A Wide Open Dunk (Video)
Like most people, we love making fun of the Miami Heat. From their flopping antics to their questionable choices of attire, they always seem to give us something to laugh (at them, not with them) about. However, with Miami seemingly destined to reach their second NBA Finals in a row after taking a 2-0 lead [...]
-
Fans Brawl During Spurs-Thunder Game 2 (Video)
Two games into the Western Conference Finals, tensions have yet to boil over on the court between the players of the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder, but the same cannot be said for the fans in the stands. With the Spurs leading 92-76 heading into the fourth quarter of Game Two last [...]
-
New Orleans Hurricanes Of NBA D-League Brawl With Chinese Basketball Team (Video)
Last year it was the Georgetown Hoyas that were brawling the Bayi Rockets of China during their Goodwill Exhibition Tour. Yesterday, it was the New Orleans Hurricanes of the NBA’s D-League that were attempting to assert their physical dominance over their Chinese opponents, the Zhejiang Lions. You think it’s about time American basketball teams stop [...]
