Sunday, May 19th, 2013

It’s been called a courtship of rivals.  The love/hate affair between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the 70s and 80s gave life to the entire NBA and legitimized its place as one of the big four sports leagues in America.  According to Variety:
Aiming for Broadway in 2012, the latest from “Lombardi” scribe Eric [...]

Despite sporting an 18-27 record, trailing the Eastern Conference leading Celtics by 17 games and firing their head coach Jim O’brien, the Indiana Pacers have decided to keep former Celtic great Larry Bird on as team president…at least until the end of the season.  Sports Illustrated reports:
Owner Herb Simon told The Associated Press on Tuesday [...]

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 [...]

Indiana Pacers knucklehead guard Lance Stephenson was arrested on Sunday after shoving his girlfriend Jasmine Williams down a flight of stairs according to Zag’s Blog.
At 5:05 a.m. Sunday morning Coney Island police responded to an assault charge at 621 Avenue Z. Upon the arrival of police, they discovered Stephenson’s girlfriend, Jasmine Williams, who stated that her boyfriend, [...]