Caron Butler could not have been a happy camper when he learned that he and Eric Bledsoe were traded by the Los Angeles Clippers to the Phoenix Suns back in early July. At the age of 33, the forward was likely less than interested in playing for a rebuilding team. Perhaps Butler had a word with the Suns organization about being moved to a better situation, because that’s precisely what they’ve been trying to do, according to Gery Woelfel of Racine
The dream for racial equality goes back centuries. In American history, however, its biggest moment was perhaps only decades ago. Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. [Read more…]
When the Phoenix Suns traded Jared Dudley to the Los Angeles Clippers back in early July, they had one thing in mind: start over and rebuild with youth. That goal was seemingly underway, as they received the much-coveted guard Eric Bledsoe in return for the 28-year-old swingman. Bledsoe has captured the attention of plenty around the league with his untapped potential on both ends of the court over the past couple of seasons. Playing behind one of the best point guards in
If you thought that Miley Cyrus galavanting around in (what was supposed to be) a provocative nude-colored two-piece swimsuit was disturbing, you are not familiar with the WWE. World Wrestling Entertainment—formerly known as the WWF (World Wrestling Federation)—has been pushing television boundaries for a couple decades now. In the height of what many modern fans consider wrestling’s zenith, the Attitude Era (from roughly 1996-to-2002), the wrestling juggernaut pushed the boundaries of live-televised content. Don’t believe me? Allow Atlanta Hawks’ forward Mike Scott to
By now, you’ve probably heard about the rumors surrounding the troubled free agent Lamar Odom. The former Sixth Man of the Year has been all over the media in recent days after news broke that he had gone missing due to marital and drug problems. As it turned out, he wasn’t missing, at least according to his agent. Here is the latest update, from ESPN: “Free-agent forward Lamar Odom is in a Los Angeles hotel where friends are trying to get him help for
The 2013 NBA offseason began with news of two greats choosing to hang up their sneakers—Jason Kidd and Grant Hill. Two months into the summer, another marquee player is walking away from the league. Tracy McGrady has announced on ESPN’s First Take that he will be retiring from the NBA. [Read more…]
On the court, Dwyane Wade is an NBA superstar, a Miami Heat legend and three-time NBA champion. But off the court he has had one of the more publicly disclosed relationships in recent NBA memory. He and ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, went through a long, nasty and public legal divorce, which wrapped up in the end of July. It concluded with Wade agreeing to pay Funches $5 million among other details including a a “non-disparage” agreement in which each must refrain from making disparaging remarks
According to several reports by the Hollywood gossip site TMZ, Lamar Odom has been missing for the past 72 hours. The news coming after being confronted by family members earlier in the week about his reported drug addiction. With the sports world buzzing over his demons, Knicks guard JR Smith weighed in on the situation by answering a quick question from a follower. i dont believe itRT @Manny229: @TheRealJRSmith You heard the Lamar Odom rumor? That shit crazy — JR Smith (@TheRealJRSmith) August