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No sport has been more celebrated in the black community than the game of basketball. From the gifted athletes, to the way the players transcended their sport and became celebrities for their athletic talents, basketball, if not America’s game, is black America’s game. Here are nine basketball players who made it so. Related: 25 Reasons […]

Cleveland Cavaliers fans knew things would be bad without LeBron James, but not this bad. Last night the injury-plagued Cavs dropped their NBA record 24th straight game to the Portland Trailblazers, 111-105. The Cavs have not won a game in 2011 and lost the last 34 of 35. The previous record of 23 single-season losses […]

Before handing his old team their 21st  straight defeat this season, LeBron James did not take pleasure in their decline. The Cavaliers have been plagued with injuries and currently hold the NBA’s worst record at 8-39. James spent seven years with the organization before infamously “taking his talents to South Beach.” The backlash from fans […]

After a close loss to the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder Star Kevin Durant called out Chris Bosh for mouthing off during the game. Durant and Bosh received technical fouls in the first quarter for a verbal exchange. When asked about it after the game, Durant, nicknamed “Durantula” didn’t hold his tongue. “I was talking […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, a three-time All-Star MVP, is this year’s leading vote-getter in the NBA All-Star Balloting program. “Black Mamba” earned 2,380,016 of the fan votes. He is joined in the Western Conference starting five by New Orleans Hornets’ Chris Paul (1,281,591), the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant (1,736,728), making his first […]

First word about the injury came in a statement from press secretary Robert Gibbs nearly three hours after the incident saying that Obama was inadvertently struck by someone’s elbow. The individual was not identified. Obama received the stitches under local anesthesia in the doctor’s office on the ground floor White House after he returned home. […]

*Allen Iverson may be headed to the Middle East. After split-second runs with the Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers last season, the former NBA star is reportedly close to signing with Turkish team Besiktas Cola Turka. The one-season deal could net Iverson as much as $2 million, Yahoo! Sports has reported, citing unnamed sources. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=57160

Once upon a time, Allen Iverson was a hot shot rookie fresh out of Georgetown hitting the wood for the Philadelphia 76ers.  He reigned supreme as a guard for the team for an entire decade garnering such distinctions as:  MVP, All-Star, Rookie of the Year, All-Star MVP, some of these a couple times or more.  But it […]

Via EURWEB.com: President Obama tested his basketball skills against several current and former NBA stars in a Sunday afternoon pickup game at Fort McNair in Washington. The group included LeBron James, Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose, Magic Johnson and Bill Russell, according to reports. Kobe Bryant was also there, but didn’t play. […]

LeBron James announced around 9:30pm on ESPN that he’ll join the Miami Heat, where he’ll play alongside NBA superstars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The revelation ends months of speculation about where the former Cleveland Cavliers point guard would end up after he entered free agency this summer. Click below to view photos of Lebron […]

Draft pick Patrick Patterson says he feels “blessed” to play in Houston. Read more