The Houston Rockets met with superstar free agent Dwight Howard Monday in the hopes of luring their long coveted big man to the franchise. However, according to ESPN, the controversial star had a request of the Rockets: add another star
Los Angeles Clippers superstar Chris Paul is expected to agree to terms on a $107 million extension that will keep in him Los Angeles for another five years. Though he cannot sign the contract until July 10, he can agree
(AP) Avalanche make MacKinnon 1st pick of NHL draftBy DAN GELSTONAP Sports WriterNEWARK, N.J.The Colorado Avalanche have selected center Nathan MacKinnon with the first pick of the NHL draft. Colorado executive vice president of hockey operations Joe Sakic made the
The Houston Rockets have been salivating and positioning to get Dwight Howard on their roster for nearly two years, and they are going to waste little time in free agency to make their opening pitch. On Monday, the same day
In response to Hollywood Braces for ObamaCare Regulations: Here’s the funny part. While the Hollywood payroll folks are stewing about the “irksome” nature of the law which they contend was not written with their industry in mind, (haha), the White
The Brooklyn Nets are interested in signing Jason Collins, who came out of the closet more than two months ago. If the Nets sign Collins, he would be celebrated as the first openly-gay player–who came out to the media and
Barack Obama has been reaching out to all sorts of non-government partners in a renewed effort to push his Obamacare law. The President’s latest Obamacare-pushing partner will be the famed women’s magazine, Cosmopolitan. In its fall issues, Cosmo will begin
(AP) President Obama discussed the NBA draft while he was in Senegal on Thursday. At a state dinner, he expressed hope that the Chicago Bulls would draft Senegal’s Gorgui Dieng. Dieng was drafted by Utah, with plans to trade him
An example of the difference between being a great college player and just making the NBA was summed up in a SI/CNN look at preseason Value Add ratings that read, “I’ve been playing around with John Pudner’s new Value Add
The Boston Celtics have reportedly agreed to send Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets in a blockbuster trade that rocked Draft night. The Brooklyn Nets named Jason Kidd as coach, and Thursday suddenly became the best team
It took NBA teams only 22 picks to get the 20 players Breitbart Sports reported would be the most valuable NBA players in Draft previews (click here). The only two times a team picked a player we did not have
Going into Thursday’s NBA Draft (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET), Breitbart Sports completes the most comprehensive scientific projection of how much each players is likely to help his new NBA team. Previous posts have covered which player is the best physical
The Cleveland Cavs were happy to get the #1 pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, but they are still desperate to get rid of it. Essentially acknowledging that there is not a true top pick worthy talent in the entire draft, the
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook helped a Thunder fan successfully propose to his girlfriend last Friday on Twitter. Charlie Bright, a recent Oklahoma grad and Thunder fan, randomly sent Westbrook a message on Facebook asking for his help. “I
A couple of dozen former college basketball players will sign multi-million dollar contracts after the NBA Draft in three days. A report from Americans for Tax Reform reminds them Obamacare will take a big chunk out of those new checks
As part of this summer’s big ObamaCare public relations push, HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, is reportedly in talks with the NFL and NBA to help promote the impending “trainwreck”, which is scheduled to kick in on January 1 of next
On Monday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that she would be working with the National Football League to have the NFL push coverage of Obamacare. This report follows in the wake of reports last week that
The Los Angeles Clippers and the Boston Celtics have reportedly agreed to a deal that will make Doc Rivers the next coach of the Clippers, pending league approval. According to ESPN, “the Clippers will sign Rivers to a three-year, $21
Ten NBA prospects have been reportedly been invited to the green room for the NBA Draft on Thursday. According to ESPN, the invited prospects include: Nerlens Noel Victor Oladipo Otto Porter Alex Len Anthony Bennett Ben McLemore Trey Burke Michael
An owner of a Miami nightclub said he is not going to charge the Miami Heat for their $100,000 champagne tab they ran up on Friday while partying after they won back-to-back titles over the San Antonio Spurs. “I’m not
This week the Richmond Free Press, one of many weekly newspapers around the country that serve a black community, gave rare top sports billing to the NHL to report Seth Jones (center of photo) was expected to be the first
The NBA Finals Game 7 between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat received a 17.7 overnight rating, making it the second-highest rated NBA game in ABC history. According to Nielsen, the game “generated a 44.2 metered market rating in
It’s a league of trash talking, posterizing and bad blood. In fact, even the league’s official website ran a headline in May of this year saying “Trash Talk, Bad Blood Reign in NBA Playoffs.” And indeed, any series involving the
(AP) 5 things of note from the NBA FinalsBy TIM REYNOLDSAP Basketball WriterMIAMIFive things of note from Miami’s seven-game win over San Antonio in the NBA Finals, which ended Thursday night: ___ LEBRON’S MOMENT: LeBron James scored 37 points, grabbed
(AP) Column: LBJ’s ‘Decision’ looks smart in hindsightBy JIM LITKEAP Sports ColumnistChris Bosh told those Heat fans who had left Game 6 early to stay home, and judging strictly by his line in Game 7, he barely bothered to show
