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Hope Of ‘World Peace’ Evaporates With Elbow To James Harden

Ron Artest at his worst was everything that the NBA was trying to avoid with ‘The Brawl’ at The Palace of Auburn Hills in 2005 marking the NBA’s lowest point in all of its history. David Stern deemed fit to give the man formerly known as Ron Artest another shot, a chance to prove to all, and perhaps more importantly …

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Why LeBron James Will Never Be The Best Player In The World

LeBron James is in the midst of one of the most dominant statistical seasons in all of the NBA's 66 years and has clearly surpassed Kobe Bryant as

The joke, it turned out, was on us

Chris Jericho’s Amazing WWE Return

Ever since Chris Jericho was forcefully escorted out of a WWE arena in what feels like too many months ago, fans of the "The Ayatollah of Rock 'n'

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Football, Racism and Luis Suarez

In football, you can intentionally physically hurt another player, you can swear profanities to players and refs alike, you can cheat your way to penalties and game deciding

Sometimes, being locked up is a good thing..

Why The NBA Lockout Is A Good Thing

Call me crazy, but I have a feeling that the NBA lockout will actually end up being a positive development for the sport and league in general. I'm

UFC on FOX ultimately ended up being a poor firs showing for MMA, and the fighters are not necessarily the ones to blame

UFC on FOX: A Disappointing Start For Mainstream MMA

It was a moment MMA fans had been dreaming about ever since the sport took off 18 years ago, but the way it all went down, the UFC's

Miami certainly knew how to gather a lot of heat..

Miami Heat Season In Review – 5 Big Questions Answered

It started with the wildest off-season in sports history and concluded with the most exciting NBA Finals in recent memory. It contained more twists and turns than a

Kobe was somewhat clutch on this given night

Kobe Bryant Clutch Debate Pits Man vs Machine Once Again

Henry Abbott over at TrueHoop has been stirring up drama in the NBA for the past several months with his claims that Kobe Bryant isn't as clutch as

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Sports Media’s Latest Victim: Gilbert Arenas

The sports media has seen a dramatic evolution over the last several decades – to a point where today, it is out of control and Gilbert Arenas has

There are ways to get athletes to 'play harder'

The Dark Art of Improving Athletic Performance

You know what’s a really stupid and really overused sports cliché? Well, all clichés are pretty idiotic but one that particularly annoys me is the saying: “We gave

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Michael Jordan’s Last Shot

It’s been over a decade since we last saw the true MJ. There are days when I watch the current crop of elite NBA players and I get

Does anyone actually want to watch Yao Ming and Dikembe Mutombo stretching?

Top 10 Reasons to Hate the NBA Pre-Season

There’s only one thing worse than trying to sell fake hype in the NBA, its selling fake hype in the preseason. Well this year I learned my lesson

Gold, Silver and Bronze - three metals which have been used to value sports accomplishment

The Olympics Need Some Doping

The Olympics stand as the undisputed biggest event in sports. Part tradtition, part politics-  it is in essence a celebration of humanity on the largest of stages. This

Who's really better we will never know, but we can at least do a better job comparing

Comparing Athletes Across Generations

Anyone seen Rocky Balboa, the (hopefully) final movie in the classic Rocky story played by Sylvester Stallone?It's the one where the current generation boxing champion is pitted in a virtual

Sports and drugs, more alike than you think!

Sports… It’s a Helluva Drug

With the internet, increased media coverage, blogs and other new age trends towards the ultra-wired world we live in today – being a sports fan has changed tremendously

There might be 30 teams in the NBA, but only a few of them enjoy any real excitement or success

Solution For An Exciting NBA Regular Season

Regular Season, the excitment is gone

So the NBA schedule has just been released for the upcoming 2007-2008 season. Couple of quick highlights for me was: Chicago being one

The NBA's trying to appeal to the masses, and that's turning it from a sport into entertainment

NBA: Rated E

Ever since Michael Jordan's third retirement, League Commissioner David Stern has been faced with increasing pressure as fan interest on domestic soil has been consistently on the fall.

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An Open Letter To Gilbert Arenas

Dear Gilbert,I want to start off by letting you know I’ve been a big fan over the past couple of years. Your personality, attitude, outspoken demeanor, the underdog