The NBA playoffs start this weekend, but iconic sideline announcer Craig Sager who has been associated with the NBA’s postseason may be watching it from home. His son revealed that Sager has been diagnosed with “acute leukemia” and would be starting
Oscar Robertson famously averaged a triple-double during the 1961-62 season. Jason Collins finishes his much-celebrated 2014 campaign not even averaging a triple-single. The openly-gay center ranks 454 of 482 NBA players in scoring for the 2013-2014 season. He averaged just
If boxing is dead, why did Floyd Mayweather, Jr. earn $73.5 million for just two fights last year? Money, as the boxer aptly goes by, tops ESPN’s list of the world’s highest paid athletes. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, two
Herb Kohl, former senator from Wisconsin, sold the Milwaukee Bucks team to two hedge-fund billionaires. Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens bought the team for $550 million, $145 million more than what Forbes assessed the value of the Bucks. Forbes magazine
A driver ran a red light and plowed into Houston Rockets star Chandler Parson’s SUV before Monday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. The woman then promptly asked the basketball star for an autograph after she caused what could have
The totalitarian rules strike again in the NBA as Dallas Mavericks public-address announcer Sean Heath is suspended for two games for having the nerve to criticize the officiating during the Mavericks and Golden State Warriors on April 1. How dare
At UCLA, Jackie Robinson became an NCAA-champion long jumper, twice led the Pacific Coast Conference in scoring on the basketball court, and earned an All-American nod as a Bruins running back. He hit .097 playing baseball. Sixty-seven years after Jackie
Shabazz Napier did it all. Monday he overcame spectacular plays by Julius Randle and James Young, two players who will go ahead of him in the NBA Draft, to claim his second national title. His performance was so dominant–against such
Two years ago NBC Sports had one big question about Value Add: “[H]ow (is) Shabazz Napier the 11th most valuable player in the country?” “I’m not going to nitpick at the numbers too much,” the sports site continued. “This really
Kentucky coach John Calipari enters the Final Four with a majority-freshman roster. That once would have made Kentucky a lock to return to the Final Four in the coming years. Now it means that Calipari will have to recruit a
LEXINGTON, KY – The updated Value Add rankings for all 96 players still in action are listed below – highlighted by UConn’s Shabazz Napier (#2) and Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky (#12). On Thursday at 7 p.m. Markus Kennedy (SMU, #71) will
Dennis Rodman participated in the Legends of Basketball Tour 2014 in Argentina, which does not appear to be a surprise. He did play the game dressed as a drag queen. VIDEO: Rodman dressed like a drag queen during Legends of
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers snapped their NBA record-tying, 26-game losing streak, routing the Detroit Pistons 123-98 on Saturday night to avoid establishing the longest skid in U.S. major pro sports history. Michael Carter-Williams and Thaddeus Young each scored
HOUSTON (AP) — After the Philadelphia 76ers tied an NBA record with their 26th consecutive loss, one of their youngest voices spoke loudest. Michael Carter-Williams, one of six rookies on the NBA’s youngest team, delivered a pep talk after James
Frank Kaminsky, the Breitbart Sports 1st Team All-American, showed once again why he is by far the best center in college basketball. Baylor was down 5 with 10:22 to play when Kaminsky blocked his first of three shots within 90
Kobe Bryant has his own opinion. Some people don’t like it–the opinion and the fact that it’s his own. The injured Los Angeles Laker told the New Yorker‘s Ben McGrath that the Miami Heat collectively taking Trayvon Martin’s side in
If Syracuse had not missed their final shot against Dayton, all eight of our projected Elite 8 teams would still be alive including our surprise picks of 11-seed Tennessee and 7-seed Connecticut. Perhaps even more impressive, three of the 2014
Two years ago a system built on Value Add projected the 2014 Final Four (see May 20, 2012 post here). Three of the Final Four teams remain from what Value Add projected two years ago. Seven of the teams projected to go to
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Knicks President Phil Jackson watching from a luxury suite high above the court, his new team’s teetering playoff hopes got a big shove from his old team’s incredible offensive show. Xavier Henry scored 22 points,
J.J. Redick, the former Duke basketball star who is now with the Clippers, reportedly harassed his former girlfriend after she signed an abortion contract with him to abort his child in the second trimester of pregnancy. Last year, MediaTakeOut
DALLAS (AP) — Former SMU and NBA basketball player Quinton Ross had to ease the fears of friends and family members after he was erroneously reported dead. Ross lives in the suburbs near Dallas and was attending Monday night’s NIT
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs knew the Philadelphia 76ers were coming in on a long losing streak. They had no intentions of taking it easy on them. Austin Daye had 22 points and Tim Duncan added 19
Los Angeles Lakers guard and superstar Kobe Bryant revealed to ESPN he started his own company Kobe Inc. It will be different than the way Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson grew their names outside of basketball. “I have always had
The impulse to transform what’s special into what’s normal doesn’t make special the norm. It makes special less special. Heavy metal bands with Cookie Monster vocalists discover that loud loses its effect when not juxtaposed with quiet. Brats who enjoy
The CEO and co-founder of the organization that arranged for Dennis Rodman to travel to North Korea to meet with dictator Kim Jong-un and train the country’s basketball team says that Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen rejected offers to travel
