Archive for the ‘Sports’

  • ESPN 30 For 30: Michael Jordan – Talks Father’s Death & Baseball [FULL EPISODE]
    Share In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sports world, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball. After leading the Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and taking the Bulls to their third consecutive NBA championship the following year, Jordan was jolted by the murder of his father. Was it the brutal loss of such an anchor in his life...
    by hiphopucit at August 29th, 2010 at 08:08 am
  • Carmelo Anthony Ready To Leave Denver For NY + Tracy McGrady Signs With Detroit
    Share All signs continue to point toward the eventual divorce between Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets. League sources say it is now a matter of when, not if, Anthony and the Nuggets will go their separate ways. Anthony is weighing whether to sign a three-year, $65 million extension offered by the Nuggets. His dilemma, league sources say, is what affords him the...
    by hiphopucit at August 19th, 2010 at 11:08 am
  • Miami Heat Forward Udonis Haslem Arrested For Marijuana Possession
    Share Better luck next time… Miami Heat Forward Udonis Haslem was arrested Sunday afternoon (Aug 15) for riding dirty! According to TMZ, the NBA star was pulled over by Florida Highway Patrol officers for having tinted windows…but was later discovered with less than 20 grams of marijuana in his car. Haslem was arrested and taken into custody and released on bond...
    by hiphopucit at August 17th, 2010 at 08:08 am
  • NBA Legends Charles Barkley – Scottie Pippen & More Weigh In On LeBron James’ “Decision” [VIDEO]
    Share Don’t blame LeBron James for leaving Cleveland. Don’t fit him for a ring yet, either. That was the message at the Hall of Fame on Friday, where James’ move to Miami was a topic among this year’s induction class. With James joining Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, the Heat have become a title favorite. But Karl Malone is sticking with the reigning...
    by hiphopucit at August 14th, 2010 at 11:08 am
  • Shaquille O’Neal’s Press Conference With The Boston Celtics
    Share The Boston Celtics announced Tuesday (Aug 10) that Shaquille O’Neal (pictured above with the team’s head coach, Doc Rivers) will be playing for their team in the upcoming basketball season. The 38-year-old, 7-foot-1, 325-pound basketball player was officially announced as a Celtic at a press conference yesterday morning and he said that the sole reason he...
    by hiphopucit at August 12th, 2010 at 08:08 am
  • Michael Jordan Will Deliver Scottie Pippen’s Induction Speech Into The NBA Hall of Fame [VIDEO]
    Share If you’ve never read David Halberstam’s “Playing for Keeps” or Sam Smith’s “The Jordan Rules” — both about the 1990s Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, duh, and both essential — then you might not know how much Michael Jordan hated Scottie Pippen early in their careers. Jordan realized Pippen’s immense talent, maybe...
    by hiphopucit at August 11th, 2010 at 11:08 am
  • President Barack Obama Hoops With Dwayne Wade – LeBron James – Derrick Rose & More
    Share Balling!! President Barack Obama recently put together a master dream team of current and former NBA stars…and guess who all were included??? Miami Heat’s very own LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Denver Nugget’s Carmelo Anthony...and of course a few greats were thrown in there as well… Bill Russell and Magic Johnson. The crew all gathered together to entertain...
    by hiphopucit at August 10th, 2010 at 08:08 am
  • Shaquille O’Neal Has Officially Signed To The Boston Celtics [VIDEO]
    Share The 7-foot-1, 325-pound center in the twilight of a brilliant career is coming to the Eastern Conference champions, hoping to add to his four NBA titles. O’Neal signed a two-year contract worth about $3 million on Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said on condition of anonymity because no details were released. So this is where Shaq’s...
    by hiphopucit at August 5th, 2010 at 10:08 am
  • LeBron James Thanks His Hometown With Full Page Ad – Doesn’t Mention Cleveland Or The Cavaliers
    Share LeBron James wants his hometown fans in Ohio to know that he doesn’t want any bad blood between them now that he’s playing for the Miami Heat, so he showed his appreciation to his hometown fans in Akron yesterday (Tues. Aug 3) with a full-page newspaper ad in the Akron Beacon Journal. This comes just days before the NBA star makes his first public appearance...
    by hiphopucit at August 4th, 2010 at 07:08 am
  • Brett Favre Plans To Officially Announce His Retirement From The Minnesota Vikings [VIDEO]
    Share Brett Favre has informed the Vikings that he will not return for another season in Minnesota, the Star Tribune reported Tuesday. Favre has sent text messages to teammates saying, “This is it,” league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Neither Favre nor the Vikings have confirmed the news but a press release is expected Tuesday, the sources...
    by hiphopucit at August 3rd, 2010 at 10:08 am