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The Los Angeles Lakers are winning big basketball games, and Kobe Bryant continues to sit on the bench. No one is going to suggest that #24 is no longer needed by the Lakers, but it is intriguing to watch this team play without their longtime star. More players are getting involved, the defense is […]
So, courtesy of Jose Lambiet’s Gossip Extra, here are two noteworthy financial news items about Wade and teammate Chris Bosh, who might also play in London, that show they really need everything they can get: First, congrats to Bosh to his recasting the mortgage on his $12.5 million-mansion on Miami Beach’s North Bay Road! Still, […]
THE FACTS: Neither the Heat nor the Bulls wanted to place too much importance on a game that figured to have no bearing on the standings, but it was difficult to argue which one had more on the line. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra conceded that his team was in need of a signature […]
“When a fan called him out on the tweet, he responded: @Evildoer_Esq every time somebody says the word gay u want to get your panties in a bunch relax #whyusoemotional.” His next tweet: “Freedom of speech. I don’t care how much money I make. I should be held to my own standards and not the […]
Much was made about the Boston Celtics‘ easy win over the Miami Heat just over a week ago. A repeat performance, however, could be hard to come by with the next matchup coming in South Beach. Surging Boston tries for an eighth win in 10 games Tuesday night against a Heat team that’s been […]
Reports say Sapp owes more than $6.7 million to creditors and back child support and alimony, according to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in South Florida.Sapp’s $6.45 million in assets includes 240 pairs of Jordan athletic shoes worth almost $6,500, a $2,250 watch and a lion skin rug worth $1,200. He also reported losing his […]
Brittney Griner has been called dominant, transcendent and the best player in the world right now. Get a load of what Notre Dame’s coach said about her. Blocking layups, snagging rebounds, hitting shots over two and three helpless defenders, all season long she towered over the competition. That left Griner with just one more task […]
Brittney Griner made it clear, way in advance: No matter what happened on Tuesday in the NCAA championship game against Notre Dame, she’s returning to Baylor for her senior season. While most male college basketball stars of Griner’s caliber would have left for the NBA after their freshman year, the 6-foot-8 phenom will stay in […]
Do you believe in Magic? For an astounding $2.15 billion dollars, a sum decided Tuesday night, Frank McCourt believes. That’s how much the Los Angeles Dodgers will cost Magic Johnson’s group, the Wall Street Journal reports. Johnson’s consortium beat out two others — one that included St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, and another […]
Won and Done, indeed. Maybe even Over and Out. All that really matters is Kentucky parlayed a roster full of NBA talent into a 67-59 victory Monday night over Kansas for the team’s eighth NCAA basketball title — its first since 1998. Kentucky’s top freshman, Anthony Davis, had a rough shooting night, but John Calipari […]
A group spear-headed by former basketball great Earvin “Magic” Johnson agreed to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team for a record $2 billion, team owner Frank McCourt, capping a two-year drama that started with McCourt’s divorce and wound its way through bankruptcy court. The buyers in addition to Johnson are led by the investment […]
With his victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tiger Woods has finally won another PGA Tour event. Back in February, Phil Mickelson noted that Tiger Woods was almost back to his previous form. Shortly before the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Arnold Palmer confirmed Phil Mickelson’s remarks: Tiger Woods was read to win. Now he has […]