The Denver Nuggets played host to the L.A. Lakers on Friday night in what was a rematch of the 2009 Western Conference Finals.
During the waning moments of the Nuggets’ smug 105-79 win over the defending champs, Denver point guard Ty Lawson headed for the basket and made an unbelievable dunk on the Lakers’ D.J. Mbenga [...]

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The San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili had finally had enough of a pesky bat that invaded the court.
The NBA star took matters into his own hands, literally.  The crowd immediately started chanting “Batman.”
It is unclear at this point whether the bat was killed or merely stunned.  Either way, I’m sure PETA will be chiming in [...]

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OK, it’s time to start taking sides.  Did this guy really make a shot off the third deck at Kyle Field (Texas A&M’s Football Stadium)?
If he did, it’s a pretty sick shot.  We suspect CGI, however…
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World’s Longest Basketball Shot

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Michael Jordan gave an emotional speech during his Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Springfield, Mass. on Friday. It was an ideal setting for a true basketball legend and a fantastic speech by Jordan.
In the speech, Jordan discussed his childhood, the beginning of his basketball career and thanked the people that helped him out [...]

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In September, Michael Jordan is set to be inducted the Basketball Hall of Fame.  Jordan is arguably the greatest basketball player to ever walk the planet.  Gatorade, one of Jordan’s many sponsors, is using this opportunity to create a social media windfall.
The sports drink company has just unveiled a new Facebook app that [...]

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Stephon Marbury hit Ustream the other day.  Big deal, right?  Well, he did it for 24 hours straight.
Marbury is one of the most interesting characters in pro basketball…maybe even a few fries short of a Happy Meal, but it’s refreshing to see that in the NBA today.
With this effort, he interacted in real time [...]

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Nike is now returning video footage that the company confiscated of LeBron James getting dunked on at the NBA star’s recent basketball camp.
Nike said it is giving back videotapes to two journalists who happened to film Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James during a recent pickup game. The company says [...]

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Back at the beginning of July, we told you how a rookie managed to dunk on LeBron James at his LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, OH.  The camp, which is sponsored by Nike, gives promising young high school talent the chance to learn from the best…LeBron, that is.
James Crawford dunked on LeBron and the [...]

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San Antonio Spurs star Richard Jefferson called a last minute timeout on his wedding with dancer, Kesha Ni’Cole Nichols, just hours before their Manhattan wedding on Saturday, July 11, 2009…without even letting the guests know.
Kesha Ni’Cole Nichols at least had time to call her guests but the former New Jersey Nets cager only told a [...]

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Ladies and gentelmen, meet Sun Mingming. At 7 feet, 9 inches tall, he is the world’s second tallest man…and the tallest ever to play professional basketball.
You may have seen Sun Mingming in his guest spot in the movie Rush Hour 3 – or perhaps in the documentary, “Anatomy of a Giant,” that aired on [...]

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