NBA
How the Bobcats Can Beat the Magic
Wil Bradley UFR Sports Talk Though I'm a huge Orlando Magic fan-- Charlotte reigns as one of my favorite cities. So it's fitting that my favorite professional franchise, will begin its attempt at becoming NBA champions with the team from the Queen City. I read Hadarii Jones article about how the Bobcats could pull the upset. He and I agree [...]
ESPN’s No Crossover, Old Story New Faces…
Big Herc said it first. Allen Iverson represented the biggest cultural icon in the NBA since Jordan. People forget that Iverson trumped Kobe Bryant, by being the first pick in the 1996 draft. Many of the general public lack knowledge of Iverson beyond his NBA career. All of us old school Georgetown fans know about his days under John Thompson. [...]
Arenas Begins Sentence For DC Gun Violations
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP)—Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas began serving his sentence Friday night for bringing guns into the team’s locker room. According to Arthur Wallenstein, director of Montgomery County Corrections, Arenas arrived at the Montgomery County jail at 7:40 p.m. Arenas must spend two days there for medical screening and [...]
No Crossover: The Trial Of Allen Iverson
On Valentine’s Day 1993, 17-year-old Bethel High School basketball star Allen Iverson was bowling in Hampton, Va., with five high school friends. It was supposed to be an ordinary evening, but it became a night that defined Iverson’s young life. A quarrel soon erupted into a brawl pitting Iverson’s young black friends against a group of [...]
Lakers/Cavs Finals? Think Again (Part 1-The L.A. Story)
Devon Special to UFR Sports If last season you were sitting in front of your TV and you were drowning in all of the Kobe & LeBron collision hype, you weren’t alone. As a matter of fact, we were all in that same pool my friend! If you didn’t throw up last season, prepare to completely hurl your breakfast, lunch, and dinner this year, [...]
An NBA Executive Wants To Spice Up The Regular Season’s Final Weeks
by Josh Robbins The Orlando Sentinel A routine conversation between a Denver Nuggets executive and a pair of Los Angeles Clippers video coordinators has produced an intriguing proposal that one day could change the NBA's playoff format and add some much-needed spice to the end of the league's regular season. Mark Warkentien, Denver's vice [...]
LA Lakers’ Ron Artest Scores Reality Series
LA Lakers’ controversial forward Ron Artest, who’s known for his eccentric behavior, is taking his antics from the court to the small screen, as he’s developing and producing a reality series about his life, set to be called They Call Me Crazy, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Artest’s life seems more than perfect for reality [...]
Best And Worst For L.A. In First Round: The Experts Weigh In
ESPN Los Angeles By Brian Kamenetzky Despite the terrible road trip, for all practical purposes the Lakers have wrapped up the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs. (If they somehow lose it, what follows becomes a moot point and quite frankly I'll already have hunkered down in my secret underground bunker, waiting for the fallout to [...]
Two Athletes, Two Legal Cases– A Verdict on the Truth
Many people like to dismiss sports as just games. But if you have ever played any type of organized sport, you know many life lessons can be learned on the playing surface. Today, accountability heads the syllabus. Two legal cases have made the news today-- one involving Washington Wizards Guard Gilbert Arenas, the other Yankees third baseman [...]
Dwight Howard: Refs Are Like Cops, I’m Most Wanted
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Magic center Dwight Howard added fuel to his on-going feud with NBA officials, conceding Sunday it's only a matter of time before he receives his 16th technical foul of the season, earning him an automatic one-game suspension without pay. "The refs are like cops, and I'm on the Most Wanted list. My picture is in every cop [...]
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