A police raid on a home in Redmond, Washington, snared more than guns, drugs and prostitutes. It netted ex-Seattle Sonics player Robert Swift. Robert Swift is one of professional basketball’s cautionary tales. Drafted out of high school in 2004 at
Anti-Israel forces were at work before and during Saturday night’s basketball game in Sacramento featuring the Israeli Maccabi Haifa team against the kcal Sacramento Kings. The Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights fired off missives to the entire corpus of Kings players,
Eye on Sacramento (EOS), a community watchdog organization, has criticized Measure L, also known as the “strong mayor initiative,” in a recent report that called the proposition’s justification “exceedingly weak,” according to local news reports. Measure L, backed by former NBA
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed legislation Friday establishing a sports book in the Garden State. “As I’ve said all along, I am a strong proponent of legalized sports wagering in New Jersey,” the Republican explained in a prepared statement.
NBA legend Michael Jordan doesn’t understand why current NBA superstars LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki lobby for a shortened NBA regular season from its current 82-game schedule. “I love both of those guy,” Jordan remarked, but added that when he
Wednesday, the Ebola Survival Fund released a video featuring actors musicians and politicians asking for public donations to #CrushEbolaNow. The one-minute-and-20-second spot features actor Jeffrey Wright, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, model Naomi Campbell, singer Alicia Keys and former
LeBron James wants $17 million for his Miami manse. He wants a lot more from the NBA. The league’s marquee talent warns NBA owners not to cry poor in the next round of collective bargaining. That “will not fly with
The NBA is expected to announce on Monday that they have reached a nine-year television contract with ESPN and TNT worth a staggering $24 billion. NBA to announce $24 billion/9 year deal w/ ESPN and TNT on Monday. Annual average
The new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers has a new plan. He wants to turn his team into “America’s Team.” Billionaire Steve Ballmer, who Forbes last week tagged as the richest man in sports, plans to forever erase the
The Cleveland Cavaliers opened the offseason facing 60-1 odds to win the 2014-2015 NBA championship. Vegas.com now lists them at 16-5, making the decided underdog the favorite of all 30 NBA teams. Adding a new coach, Kevin Love, and, oh
On Wednesday police were summoned to Donald Sterling’s Beverly Hills home to investigate a possible burglary only to find that the suspect was no other than V. Stiviano. In case anyone has been in a coma for the last six
The Denver Nuggets mascot Rocky made an unauthorized visit to a Colorado Republican event, which included 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, sparking some ire from the Nuggets owners at Kroenke Sports Enterprises. On Tuesday, KSE made a visit to Ken
LOS ANGELES–Lots of folks ride horses in the Los Angeles area, but this past weekend, L.A. got a taste of high-level equine competition usually reserved for the East Coast. L.A. has world-class Thoroughbred racing, but Spruce Meadows in Calgary dominates the world
Jeffrey Taylor suffered through a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad Thursday. Police in East Lansing, Michigan, arrested the Charlotte Hornets forward on domestic violence and other charges early Thursday morning. He made bail. At 7:29 p.m. on Thursday, the East
ATLANTA (AP) — Mayor Kasim Reed said Tuesday he has already talked with six potential buyers of the Atlanta Hawks and expects a sale of the team to move quickly after racially charged comments by owner Bruce Levenson and general
On Sunday, many Vikings fans didn’t let child-abuse charges against Adrian Peterson deter their support for the All Pro running back. Many wore his number 28 jersey to their game against the Patriots at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. One
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who quickly emerged from David Stern’s shadow by exhibiting zero tolerance toward the racism of Donald Sterling, rejects the idea that Atlanta Hawks General Manager Danny Ferry plays as the front office equivalent of the man
Miami Heat forward Luol Deng responded to a scouting report read by Atlanta Hawks general manager Danny Ferry on a conference call among the team’s executives. An owner deemed the description of Deng racially insensitive, and reading it aloud ultimately
An Atlanta Hawks free-agent scouting report, which included an “offensive and racist” remark, triggered the investigation that unveiled Bruce Levenson’s racially insensitive e-mails and led to his decision to sell the team. ESPN has reported that in a June meeting
NEW YORK (AP) — A couple of months before Serena Williams capped her dominant run to a third consecutive U.S. Open championship and 18th major singles title Sunday night, she sat down with coach Patrick Mouratoglou to decipher why the
Call it the Donald Sterling effect. On Sunday, Atlanta Hawks Controlling Owner Bruce Levenson announced that he will sell his interest in the team after self-reporting an “offensive” email from 2012 in which he said that white fans may be
On Thursday, Slovenian NBA guard Goran Dragic accused Australia of tanking against Angola to get a more favorable draw in the FIBA basketball World Cup. Basketball is a beautiful sport, there is no room for fixing the game like today
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has reversed the league’s position on gambling, acknowledging that legalized sports betting is “inevitable.” Only two years ago, in November 2012, former NBA Commissioner David Stern had joined the Department of Justice, the NCAA, NFL, MLB,
Over the weekend, a hacker posted nude photos of actresses including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande, Mila Kunis, Scarlett Johansson, Lea Michele, Christina Aguilera, and Kirsten Dunst, among others. This prompted rightful anger on all sides of the aisle,
For most NBA players, the journey to the big time includes at least a year at a Division I college. Some stay on campus 2-4 years, while others have skipped the whole college game and entered the association straight out
