Former NBA player Charles Barkley will host “Saturday Night Live” for a third time on Jan. 7, 2012, NBC announced Monday. He’ll be joined by musical guest Kelly Clarkson, who will also be making her third appearance on the NBC show. In the meantime, you can catch Barkley on Sunday in his day job as an […]
A former National Basketball Association security official is suing the league, alleging that he was fired for warning his superiors that women in the office were being sexually harassed or discriminated against. RELATED: Sandusky’s Last Shot At Redemption Warren Glover, 50, filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court Thursday morning accusing senior N.B.A. […]
NEW ORLEANS— Chris Paul is headed to Los Angeles for real this time — to the Clippers, not the Lakers. The Hornets traded Paul to the Clippers for guard Eric Gordon, forward Al-Farouq Aminu, center Chris Kaman and a first-round draft choice. The deal required the approval of NBA Commissioner David Stern because the Hornets […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan says while the league’s new collective bargaining agreement is a step toward improving competitive balance in the league it is far from perfect. SEE ALSO: Craziest Fingernail Designs Ever Jordan says he opposed the Chris Paul trade to the Los Angeles Lakers because “as a small market (owner) I’m […]
The NBA has stopped Chris Paul from going to Los Angeles once again. The NBA, which owns Chris Paul’s team, The New Orleans Hornets has decided that The Clippers offer for Paul was not substantial enough. The NBA asked that The Clippers include leading scorer, Eric Gordon to a package that already included former All-Star […]
LOS ANGELES-A trade that would send point guard, Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets to the Los Angeles Clippers has been submitted to the NBA for approval. A previous trade that would have sent Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers was nullified by the NBA, which owns the New Orleans Hornets. ESPN reports: […]
A trade that would have sent New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers was vetoed Thursday night N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern. SEE ALSO: Biggest Villains of 2011 According to sources, the three-team deal that also involved the Houston Rockets was vetoed by Stern, who has the authority since the league purchased the Hornets from […]
The New York Daily News is reporting that New Orleans Hornet guard Chris Paul has asked to be traded to the New York Knicks. See also: NBA Players Return, Month After Scheduled Opener While speculation of the deal sounds great for New York sports fans, the Daily News says it is not the likely since the […]
President Barack Obama, who in 1979 won a Hawaii state championship playing basketball for his high school, the Punahou School, really misses NBA basketball. He misses it so much that he’s decided to do something about it. With the NBA lockout threatening to cancel the entire season, last week, the president’s re-election campaign announced that […]
We might not have an NBA season this year. Luckily, we still have thousands of classic moments in NBA history to look back on. While NBA players rarely fight when they do, it is usually entertaining due to their lack of coordination and size. Check out the 5 greatest NBA fights of all-time. 5. Robert […]
NEW YORK (AP) — No KD vs. Kobe, no championship banner in Dallas. The original start date to the NBA season arrived Tuesday with progress still stalled in the negotiations to end the lockout. No further talks have been scheduled, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Players and owners made progress […]
Earl Lloyd was the first Black person to play in the National Basketball Association. Lloyd made his historic debut in the NBA on October 31, 1950, during a time when many American institutions were still segregated. Lloyd is remembered for being a trail-blazer for African-Americans in the NBA. What other contributions did he give to the […]
