The Houston Rockets have traded Jeremy Lin and a future first-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for cash. The deal shifted Lin’s $15 million salary–with about $8 million counting against the cap–off Houston’s books for 2014-2015, allowing the team
We live in a cynical age, an age in which we project and predict based on criteria that include salary caps, mid-level exceptions, biannual exceptions, and even Larry Bird exceptions. We predict what athletes will do based on what other
In response to the news about LeBron James making the decision to return to Cleveland, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest took time to remind reporters that President Obama was a big fan of the NBA basketball star. Earnest had
This time, like the last time, LeBron drags out the decision. But it’s the enormous ego of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, not that of the best basketball player on the planet, that prolongs the drama. “If it wasn’t for
The Brooklyn Nets will pay an NBA-record $90.57 million in luxury-tax penalties to the rest of the NBA teams for their gargantuan 2013-2014 payroll. Team owner Mikhail Prokhorov boasts a net worth exceeding $10 billion. Based in large part on
A day after describing his wife as so gentle as not to harm a fly, Donald Sterling continued to invoke the animal kingdom in court on Wednesday in reference to his bride. “Stay away from me, you pig,” Sterling angrily,
Former NBA player Rick Brunson, 42, arrested on June 25 and charged with aggravated battery and attempted sexual assault, allegedly gave the name “Patrick Ewing” in a massage appointment on April 2. The masseuse alleges that the faux-Pat Ewing attempted to
How did Donald Sterling do on the witness stand? It depends on who you ask at ESPN. Sterling talking in circles, doesn’t understand questions, challenging Fields to ”stand up and be a man”…no longer funny, just sad — Bill Plaschke
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert called former player LeBron James’s departure from Cleveland “narcissistic” and a “shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own.” Now he wants James in a Cleveland tank-top again. Despite the very
Everynew installment of the World Cup tournament resurrects the debate on the popularityof soccer in the United States. Even NBAgreat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recently weighed in on the strange sports pro-con controversy.is suddenly inspired to rise once more and proclaim, ‘Onward
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the potentially record-breaking $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers hanging in the balance, a trial beginning Monday will focus on whether Donald Sterling’s estranged wife had the authority under terms of a family
Americans hear a familiar refrain: this World Cup will finally conquer America for soccer. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, old enough to remember Pele’s 1970s swansong with the New York Cosmos sparking such bold declarations, isn’t buying it. In an article at Time,
Mario “Il Falco” Ferri wasn’t as daring as Fan Man or as visually arresting as Morganna. But for putting the spectacle in spectator sport, he deserves the praise of the planet. In his latest stunt, Ferri raced onto the field uninvited
The very week that the new owners of the Milwaukee Bucks hired Jason Kidd as a coach before informing Larry Drew that he had been fired, the Houston Rockets have descended the NBA disrespect to a new level. The team
The U.S. makes it to the knockout round in Brazil, Americans get knocked out at Wimbledon, and the national pastime returns to normalcy. Soccer Evangelists The United States plays in the most important soccer game in the nation’s history today.
Nik Stauskas was one of the hottest players in the NBA Draft Thursday, impressing scouts enough to move from a possible 2nd-round pick to the No. 8 selection. He could have been an even bigger winner if the Sacramento Kings
Prior to the last two NBA Drafts I have visited team offices, sent draftee info and built databases for teams, and worked with projection guru Rob Lowe to calculate how many wins each player would be worth to an NBA
Philadelphia’s nickname conjures up the city’s past. Its roster moves evoke the future–the distant future. Sometimes the Philadelphia 76ers confuse themselves for the Delaware 87ers, their D-League affiliate. The 76ers seem to be always developing, never arriving as the finished
Hating on someone’s draft pick is like hating on someone’s lottery ticket. You literally have no idea what its real value is until you cash it. There’s every chance that you could end up laughing at a future Hall of
The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Kansas shooting guard/small forward Andrew Wiggins with the first pick in the NBA Draft. The Canadian player–the second year in a row that Cleveland has taken a Great White North product first–averaged 17.1 points a game
It’s not often the New York Knicks work out a trade where they actually have draft picks coming back to them. It’s been par for the Knickerbocker course, over seemingly the last eternity, that they’re the ones constantly in the
LeBron James opted out of his contract with the Miami Heat on Tuesday in a move that, despite the media attention it will get, should surprise no one. Whether LeBronintended to stay in Miami, or intended to legitimately test the
LeBron James has informed the Miami Heat that he will exercise the option to terminate his contract, ESPN’s Chris Broussard reports. The superstar becomes an unrestricted free agent on June 30. James looked to make $20 million next year with
Soccer dominates the sports world once every four years. It’s rarer than a blue moon. Enjoy it while it lasts. If the United States manages to last in the World Cup, the game’s limited time in the limelight may not
Former Baylor star Isaiah Austin, 20, projected as a first-round pick in the upcoming NBA draft, has been diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, a life-threatening condition affecting his heart. He says he will not play basketball again. Austin, who is 7’1″,
