The Cleveland Cavaliers took their nickname from England. They grabbed their new coach from Israel. The Cavaliers have hired Dave Blatt, according to Yahoo! Sports. The four-year deal reportedly could award the NBA rookie coach $20 million. Blatt led Macabbi
Chelsea Handler is getting in bed with streaming giant Netflix. Will the two regret the coupling? Handler, the rowdy comic who hosted Chelsea Lately on E! for several years, will be the star of several projects for Netflix. In 2015,
ESPN reports that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s estranged wife, Shelly Sterling, is scheduled to appear Thursday in court to argue that her husband and his attorneys have threatened, intimidated, and harassed witnesses scheduled to testify in the July
The town of Metarie, Louisiana has seen its fair share of trials, hearings, and odd-ball characters over the years. In 1911, the family of future-crime boss Carlos Marcello settled into a decaying plantation house in Metarie. There the young Capo-to-be
It’s tough to keep a trio together. Larry and Moe had to go through Shemp Howard, Curly Howard, and Joe Besser before finally ending up with Joe Derita. Jack and Janet had the change from Suzanne Sommers to Jenilee Harrison. So,
The Sports gods delivered the World Cup, a US Open, a new keeper of the Stanley Cup, and an old, familiar champion in the NBA this weekend. Popovich Rules the World The San Antonio Spurs lack a representative in the
Wait in line for a week to watch Michael Jordan play basketball in 1985? Maybe. Wait in line for a week to to buy an updated version of his shoes from 1985? Seriously? A group of young men in Royal
Five months before Dave Brat shocked House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Tuesday, conservative political consultant John Pudner’s statistical model had predicted that Brat could get 25,351 votes outside of Henrico County. Brat got 25,296 votes outside of Henrico County on Tuesday, coming
Are relationships more important than wins and profit in the upper levels of the NBA? More than their knack for bolstering their teams in the standings, NBA coaches and executives are being fired for their relationship skills–or lack thereof. After
An anonymous Associated Press source has revealed that Donald Sterling’s lawyers have given a six-figure budget to private investigators to dig up “dirt” on NBA commissioner Adam Silver, former commissioner David Stern, and the other 29 NBA owners. According to
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s team of lawyers has hired four private investigation firms to dig up dirt on the NBA’s former and current commissioners and its 29 other owners, said a person familiar with
Al Michaels, the iconic play-by-play announcer, bluntly told talk-show host Jim Rome that the controversy over the Washington Redskins’ name is “nuts.” Michaels asserted on Rome’s Showtime program that he had spoken to Redskins’ owner Daniel Snyder about the issue
On Wednesday, the California Senate Finance Committee approved new tax legislation intended to specifically target billionaire Donald Sterling, embattled owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Times reports. The legislation would prohibit sport franchise owners from deducting fines
MIAMI (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs have three more chances to grab the championship trophy that slipped away last year. The way they’re dominating the Miami Heat, they might need just one. Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and 14
Toward the end of the first quarter of Thursday’s Game 4 of the NBA Championship between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, conservative columnist Ann Coulter and editor of the Drudge Report Matt Drudge were caught on ABC’s
Tuesday night, during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on ABC, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation aired an ad protesting the nickname of the Washington Redskins. The 60-second spot, which ran in Miami during Game 2 Sunday night, ran in
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver responded to Donald Sterling’s lawsuit to block the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers in a halftime interview during Game 3 of the NBA Finals. “It’s so unfortunate that that’s what we’re talking about,” Silver held.
The mercurial Donald Sterling, who vowed legal action to retain ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers before announcing that he wouldn’t sue, has filed a lawsuit to block the sale of his team to former Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer. Sterling’s
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has pulled his support from a deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and will pursue his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA, his attorney
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has pulled his support from a deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and will pursue his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA, his attorney
During Jimmy Kimmel’s post-NBA championship game special that aired on ABC on Sunday, Kimmel aired a video which he, Psy and Snoop Dogg surprised patrons at a karaoke bar and sang for them…
Last week, Donald Sterling and his wife Shelly agreed to sell the Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. CNN reported on Saturday that $200 million, or 10%, of that sale price will go toward establishing a new
Before Rashad McCants dated Khloe Kardashian (pictured) at the end of his 4-year NBA career, he was in the top 2% of all college basketball players while at UNC. He managed to win an NCAA title and–according to him–get several
When the air conditioning broke in Game 1 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio on Thursday evening, LeBron James had trouble breathing. He eventually cramped, could not move his left leg, had to be carried to the bench, and
While Major League Baseball teams are drafting players they hope will eventually help, the basketball players taken on June 26 can change teams immediately. The Cleveland Cavaliers won 17 games in 2003, then 35, 42 and 50, respectively, the next
