If I was ever going to buy an XFL jersey, it would have been a Rod Smart “He Hate Me” one. Now, for all you Dallas Mavericks fans out there, you can buy your very own Mark Cuban jersey tee with “He Fine Me” on the back and a dollar sign as the number. Priceless. Read More »

Over his 13-year NBA career, Paul Pierce has started in 961 regular season games out of a possible 964 for the Boston Celtics. In the postseason, he’s a perfect 110-for-110. But after losing to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, sending him home for the summer, this somehow got the Celtics brass thinking about what to do with the nine-time All-Star and former NBA Finals MVP. And maybe, just maybe, it’d be better to bring him off the bench. Read More »

Chris Bosh is paid like a superstar. But, there are a lot of people contending that he isn’t one. One of those is Carlos Boozer. Starting Sunday, the two All-Star power forwards will go head-to-head in the Eastern Conference Finals, and figure to be at the center of the most important matchups. Because of that, the smack talk has already started. Read More »

Sorry Joakim Noah, but there was nothing you could do about this. I’m now formally giving Josh Smith a new nickname: “Purple Haze.”

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Celebrate Chicago. You’re back in the Final Four. After 13 years away, the Bulls have a shot once again to get back to the NBA Finals after murdering the Hawks 93-73. You want to know how exciting last night was? It was by far the worst night of the playoffs. Atlanta never really believed, never really showed up to play. That’s bad news against the Bulls. Read More »

Dallas. Oklahoma City. Memphis. Miami. Chicago. Atlanta. If you had told someone six months ago that those teams would be the last six remaining in mid-May of these playoffs, you would’ve been laughed at. The Mavs, Heat and Hawks were full of perennial underachievers who shrunk during the largest moments. The Thunder and Bulls were too young. And the Grizzlies were just awful. Read More »

Just like Alec Baldwin, Celtics fans should want to punch John Krasinski for ending their season.

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You think you know, but you have no idea. Find out how Austin Rivers, the Dime/2K Sports National High School Player Of The Year, transformed from a regular, lovable kid to a cold-blooded basketball assassin, hated on for his dominance and swagger on the court. Read More »

Since we know Steve Nash is starring in his own self-titled documentary, presumably on what it means to be Steve Nash, what other NBA players need their own movie? We’ve heard enough about LeBron and Kobe and Shaq and MJ and Magic and Bird. What about Matt Bonner and his penchant for living the wild life? How about an entire documentary dedicated to the life of James Harden‘s beard? Kendrick Perkins‘ scowl? These are the real stories, the stories that need to be told. Read More »

For most people in America, when they hear CSI, the award-winning CBS crime drama comes to mind. However, for some, CSI stands for the College of Staten Island, a City University of New York (CUNY) affiliate located on New York’s fifth borough. The school has 13,000 students, one of whom is T.J. Tibbs, almost the NBA Draft’s most unlikely participant. Read More »