Kobe Bryant doesn’t typically sit down for touchy and personal interviews, but he did just that for “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” on Yahoo! Sports that aired early on Sunday. Among the topics discussed includes his ultra-sensitive rape case, his relationship with Phil Jackson, the inability to co-exist with Shaquille O’Neal, his destiny of becoming an NBA star and the possibility of his retirement at the age of 35. Bryant also explains how he managed to score 63 points as an
// The New York Knicks have until midnight ET Tuesday to determine whether Jeremy Lin’s offer sheet from the Houston Rockets is, well, Linsane. The Rockets have offered Lin $25 million over three years. An average salary of $8.3 million is a bit exorbitant for a player with a two-month resume. But when that deal contains a final year of nearly $15 million with huge luxury tax implications, it may even be too steep for Knicks owner Jim Dolan. I discussed the
Blake Griffin, the human highlight film 2.0, is no longer with Team USA due to his knee injury. This means other amazing athletes on the team will have to step up their dunking games for our pleasure, and LeBron James provided a glimpse of it during Saturday’s scrimmage. We’ve seen James steal the ball, give it up to Dwyane Wade in transition, who then throws it back to James for an alley-oop a countless number of times. Now, we get to
New York Knicks starting center and current Olympian Tyson Chandler was recently on the cover of ESPN The Magazine Body Issue, where athletes pose naked for the sake of art (and probably just to strut their stuff). It prompted Jeremy Lin to call him Magic Mike – a male stripper character in the movie “Magic Mike”. Now, you can see the actual process of the photo shoot and the various poses Chandler provided that you may not have seen before. You can also
Kyrie Irving has become a must-watch entertainer, from his acting skills in “Uncle Drew“, his ability as “Coach Kyrie” to the now-infamous clip of him schooling anyone that stood in his path during scrimmage against Team USA. The latest from the reigning rookie of the year is his bold $50,000 one-on-one bet with Kobe Bryant, where some notable trash talking ensued – a battle Bryant clearly won – as you will see in the clip below. Should the game really happen, the
The ESPY Awards are rewarded to athletes by fan vote through polls, and the fans appear to be done with the LeBron James hate based on the results of the winners on Wednesday night, rewarding James with three different trophies – male athlete of the year, best championship performance and best NBA player. Though he wasn’t available at the ceremony due to his obligations to Team USA, he did make an appearance through video to make an acceptance speech. His team,
Word is that Clippers power forward Blake Griffin, who signed a massive contract with the team early on Wednesday, is supposed to spend some time with Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon over the summer to improve on his much-needed post game. Another part of his game that needs heavy work is his outside touch. Too often last season, Griffin hesitated when the ball found him away from the basket due to an inconsistent jump shot and became a liability from 15 feet and out. In
The video is titled “Blake Griffin goes OFF at USAB Scrimmage” and we certainly got a taste of what Griffin can do to the rim over the weekend, but the best highlights in this video may actually have come from Kyrie Irving, who showed some amazing handles that made players such as Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, James Harden and others look like those kids who didn’t know what hit them in the “Uncle Drew” video. Irving had an incredible rookie season, averaging 18.5