basketball

The pressures of a half-court shot are immense enough with having to worry about sinking said shot, averting an air ball or even making sure the basketball succeeds in making the long flight to the hoop. But this guy, Kevin, appears to have encountered a whole different worry we never saw coming -- like when your ball gets stuck between the hoop and a backboard.

There seems to be a changing of the guard in the NBA. While Kobe Bryant was the man for years, he is getting older, and LeBron James is rising.

Kevin Durant scored 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds, as the United States defeated Spain 107-100 in the gold medal game of men’s basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Sunday.

The Miami Heat advanced to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year by eliminating the Boston Celtics, 101-88, in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday. The Heat will play the Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA’s Western Conference champions, in the 2012 NBA Finals, starting Tuesday night in Oklahoma City.

The NBA Finals are upon us and this basketball showdown signifies one thing: there’s only a few more months before the start of football season.

For years many have claimed that the NBA rigs many of it’s events.  Is there any truth to the speculation? Or are people just bitter when things don’t go their way?

After a couple of rocky years, the New Orleans Hornets now have something to be excited about.

The debate has been going on for years — should Major League Baseball utilize instant replay more often? Would it be a solution, or a problem?