After more than a year of anticipation, Ridley Scott’s American Gangster finally debuted in theaters over the weekend. The movie details the rise and fall of real-life Harlem crime boss Frank Lucas, who’s already been immortalized for anyone who keeps up with the street DVD/crime magazine culture, but hasn’t achieved mainstream fame until now.
Lucas began […]

Photo. Tim Tadder
With the exception of a few mid-major names still on the market (Anderson Varejao, Brevin Knight, Matt Barnes, etc.) and a few teams still looking to make moves (Boston, Miami, Lakers, etc.), the NBA’s free agency period for 2007 is all but over. The big names are all off the board, almost every […]

The future of the five?
Remember when big men ran the NBA? In the ’90s, superstars like Hakeem, Ewing, Robinson, Young Shaq and Young ‘Zo had a huge impact on the League’s balance of power (of course, not as much as No. 23), and even second-tier guys like Rik Smits, Brad Daugherty, Vlade and Elden Campbell […]

LeBron’s gotta be No. 1, right?
We were all so quick to anoint LeBron as the best player in the League following the Detroit series that it took a couple San Antonio piecings to bring it back to reality: For starters, is LeBron even the best player at his position in the NBA? The three spot […]

An injustice anywhere…
Earlier today we hit you with some of this year’s playoff surprises. Now it’s time to look at the other side of the coin; the busts of the ‘07 postseason …
Stu Jackson and David Stern
Admit it, guys: You blew it by suspending Amare and Diaw. I’m not saying there should be special […]

Who knew Mac would react like that?
As good as the Mavericks and Suns were all season, it’s not necessarily a big surprise to anyone that the Spurs appear to be cruising towards another championship. Nor is it surprising that the best player in the East (LeBron) carried his team to the Finals. But that doesn’t […]

What can Dirk do for Dallas?
How many times have you heard a ballplayer promise to “add to my game” in the offseason? And how many times does that actually happen? Ninety percent of the players we talk to — NBA, college, high school, every level — speak of becoming more diverse from year-to-year, but those […]

Mike Redd, pondering world domination…
This summer is an important one for USA Basketball … and some of its biggest guns will be locked in the drawer. D-Wade, Arenas, Chris Paul and Paul Pierce are just some of the superstars who won’t be available for Team USA in the ‘07 FIBA Americas tournament, which is a […]

B4R kicks off today in Seattle
We’ve been telling you about it for weeks now, and finally the day is here - the Ball 4 Real World Tour kicks off tonight Seattle.
We got with one of B4R’s stars - Circus - to talk about his game and what he expects to bring to the tour. […]

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 […]