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For as much work as Santa Claus put in last night, the sports world was undeniably quiet on Christmas Eve. Yeah, we were all busy watching Elf for the fifth time this week, and you were probably finishing off your seventh cheesecake of the holidays. But the NBA? College basketball? They were silent. We’re about a quarter of the way into the NBA season, and nothing is decided yet. Read More »

One of the most entertaining games of the season went down at the Barclays last night — and this was before Red Bull’s Midnight Run Finals took center stage on the floor. Joe Johnson was shipped out of Atlanta this summer and you sensed the Hawks fans just shrugged or celebrated when they got the news. Read More »

Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant — when they’re both at their best as they were Friday night against the Lakers — don’t resemble so much a one-two punch combo as much as they do two flamethrowers. In the first half Westbrook’s 27 points and five three-pointers scorched Los Angeles at home by doing those characteristically “Russell” plays — in a good way. Read More »

The first week of December has come back around, which means it’s time for us to begin our weekly Race to the MVP Ladder. At the beginning of November, we gave you our opinion on the top ten candidates for the Maurice Podoloff trophy. A lot can change in a matter of a month, and over the course of a full season, there’s no telling what could happen. Although it’s early, this season has been a competitive one so far. Read More »

Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green weren’t in Miami for Thursday’s nationally televised game. After 36 minutes of the big, bad Heat playing neck-and-neck with the Spurs’ second unit, the Heat’s biggest star showed up in a big way to stop the messing around. LeBron James wasn’t a miracle worker all night — ESPN reported San Antonio’s motley crew outscored Miami by one in LeBron’s 39 minutes of PT — but in the final eight minutes he was like a conductor. Read More »

The aftermath of the fight that spilled into the stands from Wednesday’s Brooklyn-Boston game is a two-game suspension for Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo. Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge told WEEI in Boston about the suspension today on a radio show, calling the move “a little bit excessive” by the NBA. If any other suspensions are to come out of the fight, none has been announced yet. Read More »

What a leader encompasses is up for debate, but you can be sure Rajon Rondo‘s tussle with Kris Humphries in last night’s Nets-Celtics game wasn’t it. Was Rondo’s retaliation on Humphries misguided loyalty and a sign he’s not yet ready to assume his role as the Celtics’ on-court leader, or is it just another reminder Rondo isn’t like everyone else? Read More »

With so much softness leaking into the modern game, we’re always anxious to annoint the next great rivalry. Where is the next Bulls-Knicks going to come from? Or the next Sacramento-Los Angeles? Everyone loves when players get a little nasty, and last night in Boston, the Celtics and Nets put on the first real throwdown of the season. Late in the first half, the Celtics weren’t getting any foul calls, and were getting run off their own floor. Read More »

Were you watching Boston/Brooklyn tonight when all hell broke loose? Near the end of the second quarter (with BK putting it on the Celts), Kris Humphries delivered a hard foul on a Kevin Garnett drive to the basket. Rajon Rondo immediately got up in Humphries’ face, shoved him, and then things got nuts. Read More »