NBA-caliber players head overseas; Paradigm shift?

Is the NBA losing it’s grip on the world’s best players? Two surprising hoops stories in as many weeks may be aberrations, or they may signal a major shift in the global market for basketball talent. Brandon Jennings, one of America’s best high school point guards, is bypassing college to play for an Italian [...]

Contest: Name the Oklahoma City NBA Team!

Another contest from American History Y? One of the most appalling sports stories of recent years (and that’s saying a lot) is the way the NBA approved the sale of a great old franchise, the Seattle Supersonics, to a consortium of owners from Oklahoma City who swore up and down that the team would stay [...]

Love-Mayo trade ruins NBA Draft

During last Thursday’s NBA Draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected shooting guard O.J. Mayo of USC with the third pick, and the Memphis Grizzlies took UCLA forward/center Kevin Love with the fifth pick. The teams then swapped the players, with the T-wolves also getting Mike Miller in the deal. Unfortunately, that trade ruined what [...]

Great Sports Quote #1: Ron Artest

“If you’re in a foxhole with somebody, you don’t want to jump out of the foxhole because of some gold.”
Ron Artest, June 2008, on not opting-out of his contract with the Kings.

CELTICS WIN!! New England still better than SoCal.

Last night, the Kelts of Boston posted a 39 point victory in game 6 to take the NBA Finals 4 games to 2 over the Lakers of Los Angeles. Paul Pierce won Finals MVP, Ray Allen quieted his critics and Kevin Garnett is free after years of hearing that he didn’t do as much [...]

Celtics one win away (thanks to James “Parker” Posie)

Last night, the Celtics came back from 18 points down at halftime to beat the Lakers – in LA – and take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Doc Rivers, much maligned for his generally mediocre X’s and O’s coaching, out-gunned Hall of Famer Phil Jackson in the last 20 minutes of the [...]