The truncated NBA season is finally over. LeBron James and the Miami Heat became champions on Thursday night, and you can find plenty of articles and clips of their celebration below, along with other news. Ken Berger’s story on LeBron James and his journey to his first championship: “Last year, I tried to prove something to everybody,” James said, “and I played with a lot of hate. And that’s not the way I play the game of basketball. I play with
Jeremy Lin and Roy Hibbert joins Jimmy Kimmel Live!; Mike Tyson sings “LeBron James”
Before the start of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Jimmy Kimmel’s show aired early to presumably compensate for scheduling purposes on ABC. During the show, there were a couple of very entertaining NBA segments, which you can check out below: Roy Hibbert and Jeremy Lin play Skype Scavenger Hunt: Kimmel invited Jeremy Lin and Roy Hibbert to play a game of Skype Scavenger Hunt, and the segment did not disappoint. Hibbert showed us that he will soon be married and also
Bernucca Column: Punking vs. Punching
By Chris Bernucca “There’s a lot of woofing going on in the league. Guys do a lot of talking. What I would like to see, since television seems to be promoting everything, is an off-season boxing tournament for NBA players. Let them put on 16-ounce gloves and fight three two-minute rounds. One thing it would do … it would stop a lot of the woofing going on.” – “Pistol” Pete Maravich, in a 1977 Sports Illustrated article My son plays AAU basketball. He’s not