That first month or two on campus as a college freshman is a time to try new things, meet new people and get dunked on by Blake Griffin. OK, so maybe you, I and everyone else only did the first two. When 6-3 Oklahoma freshman guard Buddy Hield challenged the Clippers’ forward into seeing if he could block his dunk this week during Griffin’s visit to his alma mater though, Hield got the challenge he’d asked for. And a facial. Griffin’s surgically repaired knee looks fine. Read More »

Sometimes when you’re putting together an issue it takes on a life of its own. That was definitely the case for Dime #66. Typically this would have been our NBA Preview Issue, looking at all the stars and storylines for the upcoming year. But with the 2011-12 NBA season indefinitely on hold until a new collective bargaining agreement is in place, a central theme began to arise while we were planning. Read More »