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*It’s incredibly hard to believe that only a few weeks ago, no one in the world (save for the hardest of the hard-core basketball fans) knew the name of Jeremy Lin. Now, he’s more ubiquitous on Sportscenter than annoying catchphrases. He’s on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Time’s Asian edition. It appears that every [...]
*NBA legend-turned-business mogul, Earvin Magic Johnson, is gearing up for the next phase of his expansive business portfolio – running his own network. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Hall of Famer is preparing for the summer launch of Aspire, a 24-hour channel with a focus on what Johnson called positive, uplifting images of [...]
*After the fire started raging, Anthony Federico, the ESPN editor who was fired after making a racial slur about Jeremy Lin, decided what he said was a mistake. The writer told the New York Daily News that he didn’t know the implications of the word “chink.” “’This had nothing to do with me being cute [...]
*Since the New York Knicks had the good sense to pull a “secret weapon” off the bench a couple weeks ago, the media has been in a frenzy to find out more about the new basketball wonder. Where has he been hiding all this time anyway? Or is the choice of who plays a political [...]
*An ESPN writer got a little out of hand and too comfortable with his job and posted a headline with an ethnic slur. The writer wrote the headline “Chink in the Armor” referencing the New York Knicks’ loss Friday night against the New Orleans Hornets. The verbiage was only up for a little over a [...]
*Now that Evelyn Lozada is getting ready to jump the broom with one of the most talked about NFL stars, Chad Ochocinco of the New England Patriots, it’s almost like she doesn’t quite belong on the infamous realty series, “Basketball Wives.” But she remains since her ex-fiance was former NBA player Antoine Walker. At any [...]
*I guess you can say they are keeping it in Jersey, right?* TMZ is reporting that New York Giants star running back Ahmad Bradshaw is dating the popular Angelina Pivarnick from the show, Jersey Shore. While the Staten Island girl has denied that the two are dating, multiple sources close to TMZ say that they [...]
*With hopes of getting one last shot in the NBA, former All-Star and league MVP Allen Iverson is contemplating playing minor league basketball, reports ESPN. Iverson is willing to play in the Caribbean, in South America or even in the D-League if it gives him a chance to return to the NBA, according to a [...]
*The story of Jeremy Lin is the reason why we watch sports. Anything can happen at any given moment. Last week I sat in my living room in amazement during the New York Knicks game against the New Jersey Nets in which Lin played All Star point guard Deron Williams to a virtual standstill en [...]
*Reggie Bush has set the record straight about reports that he is getting back together with his ex-girlfriend Kim Kardashian. Despite their expensive lunch date last weekend at the Beverly Hills hotel, the NFL star denies that the two are an item. He was ambushed by TMZ on Rodeo Drive Wednesday. When asked the big big [...]
*We don’t even have to say that Floyd Mayweather ain’t no punk. When he has something on his mind, he says it. Recently, in his usual outspoken manner, the boxer tweeted that sensational playing New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is noteworthy. But, he ain’t special. “Jeremy Lin is a good player,” Mayweather tweeted [...]
*Are they back together or is the divorce still on?* According to TMZ, Vanessa Bryant was caught making out with ex-husband Kobe Bryant at the Laker game last night. Vanessa, who filed for divorce nearly two months ago, already secured 3 properties in a divorce settlement and is slated to take close to half of [...]
*LeBron James had enough of the hecklers. During the fourth quarter against the lowly Washington Wizards over the weekend, the Miami Heat superstar got in a fan’s face and threatened to light his ass up. According to NBC Washington’s Sarah Kogod, the fan, a knuckle head named Bob Moore, received an earful from LeBron after [...]
*Actress Nicole Beharie has been added to the cast of “42,” the Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros biopic of baseball’s first black player, Jackie Robinson. Beharie will play the role of Rachel Isum, who married Jackie in 1946 – a year before he broke baseball’s color barrier. Last year the actress starred in Fox Searchlight’s “Shame” with [...]
*Kim Kardashian and her ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush met up at the Beverly Hills Hotel this weekend, fueling speculation the pair have decided to give their relationship another go, reports TMZ. Multiple sources tell the website that the pair were smiling and laughing during a lunch date, but played it cool when numerous fans approached them [...]
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