With a New Year upon us, it’s always necessary to recount the past year and make – better yet keep – a few promises to ourselves. Likewise, college basketball surely could use a few resolutions for 2011. Here’s a shortlist of what I believe will be the burning questions of the 2011 NCAA hoops scene, all while recapping some of the big storylines from 2010. Read More »

For years, LeBron James has been known as the most exciting athlete in the NBA. Well, some may argue that that changed with the arrival of Blake Griffin. And even though BG missed all of last year, his plays have been so ridiculous this season, that he has enough highlights in three months to compete with anyone’s highlights from the whole calendar year. With that, check out the Top 10 Plays of 2010 from LeBron and Blake, and let us know who comes out on top. We’re probably not the only ones that will be tuning in on Jan. 12 when the two face off for the first time in L.A.

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First it was Aaron Brooks in the preseason. Then it was rookie Eric Bledsoe in November. Last night, it was Jason Kidd‘s turn to swat a Tony Parker layup to closeout 2010. This is a bad trend if you ask me…

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Though situated on the holy grounds of SEC football, the state of Kentucky is just as basketball-obsessed as traditional hotbeds like North Carolina, Indiana and New York. Today marks the latest edition of the Bluegrass State’s marquee matchup: Kentucky vs. Louisville.

The Wildcats are ranked 11th in the Associated Press poll, while the Cardinals are 22nd. Both teams are in contention for respective SEC and Big East conference crowns. Currently, they are two of the most explosive teams in the country. But how do they match up historically? Read More »

No disrespect to Caron Butler — who is one of our favorite guys to work with in the NBA and tougher than your first night in prison — but at this stage in his career, if he is your primary scoring option against a team like the San Antonio Spurs you’ll have to play an almost flawless game to win. Without Dirk Nowitzki (knee) in the lineup on Thursday, the Mavs had to lean on Caron (30 pts) against the Spurs, and they just didn’t play perfect enough to get the W … Meanwhile, the Spurs were overloaded with options. Read More »

The Denver Nuggets (18-13) are in sixth place in a competitive Western Conference. The top seven players in their rotation are averaging between 24.0 points (Carmelo Anthony) and 11.5 points (Ty Lawson) per game. They just got their toughest interior presence (Kenyon Martin) back in the lineup. At the two traditional leadership positions, point guard (Chauncey Billups) and head coach (George Karl), the Nuggets have two of the NBA’s most accomplished and respected veterans, and on the court they have one of the League’s deadliest clutch performers (‘Melo). Read More »

Oftentimes I find it hard to gauge how much I like a shoe without having something to compare it to. So after showing you Jermaine O’Neal‘s exclusive version of the Nike Air Max Closer IV earlier today, check out the model made for Manu Ginobili. Let us know what you think. Read More »

Sports already dominates many people’s lives, but since the emergence of digital sports applications, being a sports fan has been taken to another level. Being a sports fan now is more than just turning on your television and watching your favorite sporting events, then catching up with the rest of the sports world on SportsCenter; the internet now provides a plethora of games, resources and applications to keep sports fans more engaged than ever. Read More »

I know what you’re thinking: “Jermaine O’Neal has only played 10 games this season and has his own shoe?” Well, that’s what you get when you’ve been down with Nike since your days as an MVP candidate. With that said, check out J.O.’s exclusive version of the Nike Air Max Closer IV and let us know what you think. Read More »

If you were to bet before the season started which Eastern Conference rookie would win the Rookie of the Month in November, the odds of Landry Fields winning over the likes of John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, Ed Davis and Greg Monroe were probably a billion to one. But that’s exactly what happened. Currently, Fields ranks fourth among rookies in scoring (10.3 ppg), third in rebounding (7.6 rpg), seventh in assists (1.9 apg) and second in field goal percentage (.515). He’s also started all 31 games for the Knicks this season, and leads all NBA guards in rebounds. Recently, we caught up with Fields to talk about his transition from college to the pros, his first NBA road trip and Pac-10 basketball. Read More »