Saturday, February 4th, 2012

You know you’ve got something good going when the bus the hero comes in on explodes 30 seconds into the film.  Directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Kobe Bryant, “Black Mamba” is the 5 and-a-half minute commercial that every 13 year-old NBA fan dreams of.  It’s got heroes and villains, basketball playing super-zombies and Danny [...]

The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.  They…well, they don’t like each other very much.  So when Boston’s Ray Allen broke the record for career 3-pointers early in the game, LA wasn’t exactly going out of their way to congratulate him.  In fact, it might have given the Lakers that little burst of motivation [...]

It’s a situation that has been getting “curiouser and curiouser” by the hour.  Over the past several days, almost half of the NBA has been involved in trade talks with unhappy Denver Nuggets‘ forward Carmelo Anthony.  Teams appear to be playing one against another.  And according to Howard Beck of the New York Times, the [...]

Kevin Garnett is simply amazing.  No current professional sports figure is as adept at alienating other players, teams and fans as this man.  According to CBS, Garnett is staying true to form:
After yesterday’s Lakers/Celtics game, both Yahoo’s Marc Spears and ESPN’s J.A. Adande tweeted that when asked for his autograph, Garnett told [...]

After the Los Angeles Lakers blew out the Cleveland Cavaliers 109 – 87 at the Staples Center Tuesday night, Lebron James had this to say on Twitter.
Crazy. Karma is a b****.. Gets you every time. Its not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!
Obviously, King James had taken exception to the way he [...]

My favorite video basketball game from my childhood, and the most popular arcade basketball game of all-time, NBA JAM is coming back this fall for the Wii, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360.
The game will be sold as NBA JAM for the Wii and will be included with and part of NBA ELITE 11 for Playstation [...]

Sportscasm contributors Joshua Holmes and Matt Williams with their NBA predictions against the line for games being played on November 19, 2009.

Teams/Line
Joshua Holmes
Matt Williams

PHOENIX vs. NEW ORLEANS (+7.5)
PHOENIX
PHOENIX

UTAH vs. SAN ANTONIO (-5.0)
SAN ANTONIO
UTAH

CHICAGO  vs. LAKERS (-9.5)
LAKERS
CHICAGO

Above Results
1-2 (33%)
1-2 (33%)

Year-to-Date Records
39-46 (46%)
36-49 (42%)

We will continue to make picks throughout the year and compete [...]

Sportscasm contributors Joshua Holmes and Matt Williams with their NBA predictions against the line for games being played on November 17, 2009.

Teams/Line
Joshua Holmes
Matt Williams

GOLDEN STATE  vs. CLEVELAND(-14.5)
GOLDEN STATE
CLEVELAND

INDIANA vs. NEW JERSEY (+4.5)
NEW JERSEY
INDIANA

OKLAHOMA CITY vs. MIAMI (-6.5)
OKLAHOMA CITY
MIAMI

CLIPPERS vs. NEW ORLEANS (+2)
NEW ORLEANS
CLIPPERS

PHOENIX vs. HOUSTON (-3.5)
PHOENIX
PHOENIX

TORONTO vs. DENVER (-9)
TORONTO
DENVER

CHICAGO vs. SACRAMENTO (+2.5)
SACRAMENTO
CHICAGO

DETROIT [...]

Sportscasm contributors Joshua Holmes and Matt Williams with their NBA predictions against the line for games being played on November 13, 2009.

Teams/Line
Joshua Holmes
Matt Williams

UTAH  vs. PHILADELPHIA (-2)
UTAH
UTAH

NEW JERSEY vs. ORLANDO (-15.5)
NEW JERSEY
ORLANDO

GOLDEN STATE vs. NEW YORK (-3.5)
NEW YORK
GOLDEN STATE

PORTLAND vs. NEW ORLEANS (+3)
PORTLAND
NEW ORLEANS

DALLAS vs. MINNESOTA (+10.5)
DALLAS
DALLAS

ATLANTA vs. BOSTON (-9)
ATLANTA
BOSTON

HOUSTON vs. SACRAMENTO [...]

Sportscasm contributors Joshua Holmes and Matt Williams with their NBA predictions against the line for games being played on November 12, 2009.

Teams/Line
Joshua Holmes
Matt Williams

CLEVELAND vs. MIAMI (PK)
CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND

PHOENIX vs. LAKERS (+8)
LAKERS
PHOENIX

Above Results
2-0 (100%)
1-1 (50%)

Year-to-Date Records
22-30 (42%)
20-32 (38%)

We will continue to make picks throughout the year and compete head-to-head to see who can correctly [...]