Growing up in Michigan, I disliked Larry Bird and his Boston Celtics a lot. It wasn’t until later in Bird’s career, and after he had retired that I began to look past my prejudice and really appreciate the man’s basketball ability. Bird is the owner of one of my top-3 favorite NBA plays of all [...]

This is what the NBA Playoffs is about. Game four of the Western Conference Semi-Finals was just crazy. Not only did the Oklahoma City Thunder outlast the Memphis Grizzlies 133-123 in triple overtime last night, they had to overcome two huge three-point shots that forced two of those overtimes. (Discuss the NBA Playoffs in our [...]

Danilo Gallinari’s shocking, shirtless interview in which he admits that his game performance was due to his “taking a sheet.” It definitely had me saying “What did he just say?” The video summary says: “An unbelievable interview from Danilo Gallinari of the Denver Nuggets with sports broadcaster Melanie Collins.” Don’t ask me. I have no [...]

The 2011 NBA playoffs is a who’s who, a showcase of the NBA’s best point guards. As of this writing, the the top-scoring guards in the playoffs this year aren’t prolific shooting guards Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen or Dwyane Wade – they’re superstar point guards Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, and Chris Paul. (Discuss NBA Playoffs in [...]

Check out the video of Manu Ginóbili putting out an April Fools joke on Kevin Garnett in the Spur’s 107-97 loss to the Boston Celtics. Ginobili shot just 4-13 in the game and ended with just 9 points. The Spurs slide stretched to six straight games. Kevin Garnett finished the game with 20 points and [...]

The ACB had a crazy finish between Unicaja Malaga and Real Madrid that saw four huge shots in the last 35 seconds of play. With Real Madrid down 63-62, star Argentine play maker Pablo Prigioni launches and hits a huge three about 6-7 feet (2 meters) outside the three, putting up Madrid by two. The [...]

With St. John’s up 2 in the Big East Tournament, the Red Storm’s Justin Brownlee grabbed a loose ball, thought the game was over, took a couple of steps, stepped out of bounds and threw the ball into the stands while the final 1.7 seconds ticked off the clock. The ball should have gone to [...]