There’s a reason you don’t see a picture running next to this column. If I were writing about Dwyane Wade, I’d have plenty of photos from the pages of Dime to choose from. Same goes for Kobe, KG, A.I., T-Mac, LeBron and pretty much any other superstar you can think of who has put it […]

High Rizer’s run in Dime #24
Yesterday, right after we told you about the Ball 4 Real tour’s kickoff tomorrow in Seattle, we got word of their latest signee - High Rizer. We’ve known Rizer for a few years now, after meeting him during the taping of the first season of ESPN’s “City Slam,” when he […]

BREAKING: Billy Donovan expected to become Orlando’s next coach. - Orlando Sentinel.
Spurs win. Fans in San Antonio stage an impromptu mosh pit in their basement. - Pounding The Rock.
Chad Johnson has announced that he is planning to race a horse for charity. No word yet if there will be a choreographed man/horse celebration dance. - […]

Microsoft steals Apple’s thunder and looks poised to become the ultimate producer of…restaurant computers. - Gizmodo.com.
“A manager at a fast-food restaurant was shot several times in the arm early Tuesday trying to protect the chili sauce, authorities said.” - Man shoots Wendy’s employee over chili sauce.
In case you’ve been under a rock all day, […]

It’s hit the fan…
It sounds like Kobe Bryant is changing his mind every day. First it was being reported that KB wanted Jerry West in or he was out; then Kobe posted on his own website that he wanted to retire as a Laker; then today the bomb dropped — out of his own mouth […]

The much-anticipated Ball 4 Real tour gets started this Friday in Seattle, WA, and like streetball fans everywhere, we’ll be watching to see how it goes off. If you don’t know the deal already, the B4R tour is made up of lots of dudes you’re familiar with from their previous lives as AND 1 players […]

Adam’s a smart guy, but can he read this?
It’s not even half-over, and 2007 has already been a monumental year for Dime. In February we celebrated our 5th anniversary as a magazine with Issue 31 (the LeBron cover), and later that same month were all over Vegas with our special All-Star issue. This year has […]

This is bananas. A dude named Willie Warren hands out one of the most severe teabags we’ve ever seen. - Dunk of the day.
50 Cent reportedly makes $400 million off of Vitamin Water buyout. Imagine how he can trick out his Segway now… - Hiphopdx.com
You know “that guy” from “that movie”? Chances are he’s on […]

“Where was Larry Hughes? He didn’t play at all in the fourth (22 minutes total), which subjected us to watching Damon Jones trying to handle the ball and meant Gibson was getting Hughes’ minutes.”
That’s what we wrote in today’s Smack after Game 3. Turns out Larry was on the bench for a reason: he suffered […]