Is Steve Ballmer about to bring the Sonics back to Seattle? Yahoo Sports is reporting that a group led by Microsoft’s Ballmer and hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen is in the process of finalizing a deal with the Maloof family – …

NBA Elite 11 has kind of turned into a big joke among the sports gaming community. EA Sports had hoped to reinvent the basketball franchise to take on 2K Sports’ immensely popular NBA 2K series. Needless to say, the project …

Jalen Rose sat down for an interview with Dave Jacoby of Grantland.com and admitted that he made a shocking decision during a 2000 playoffs game. Rose said he was having visible trouble keeping up with Kobe Bryant and felt tremendous …

The basketball and sports community mourn today at the loss of a great and talented player, Dan Roundfield, who died on Monday, August 6th, 2012. Dan Roundfield, a Detroit, Michigan native, was selected twice for Central Michigan University during his …

Luol Deng, the professional basketball star who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls, is the only NBA baller to join Great Britain’s Olympic Team, according to Sports Illustrated. Although two other British-born players — Ben Gordon and Byron Mullens of …

Jason Terry will no longer be a familiar face in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, well, except when the Boston Celtics come to town to play the Dallas Mavericks, Terry’s now-previous team. While the deal has not been finalized, the imminent …

The Charlotte Bobcats took Kentucky’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in last night’s NBA Draft, and while the pick is being highly scrutinized across the webisphere, one thing cannot be mistaken: Kidd-Gilchrist is ready to face the challenge that awaits him in Charlotte. …

Steve Nash, aside from being one of the best known players in the NBA, is something of a soccer aficionado; and so, he holds annual soccer matches for charitable purposes with a mix of professional soccer and NBA players. While …

While last night’s NBA Draft featured a lot of manufactured drama from ESPN as they tried to create something of “Who will have the most picks? Kentucky or North Carolina” rivalry, the big story was when Anthony Davis and Michael …

Pat Cummings, the forward/center who would lace-up with the Dallas Mavericks, the New York Knicks, and the Miami Heat, was found dead at a Greenwich Village apartment in New York on Tuesday afternoon. He was 55. The cause of death …

As you might expect, for the past few hours, ESPN has been completely committed to LeBron James and the Miami Heat winning the NBA Championship. Move over, Euro 2012, this is King James’ house. I get that. What I don’t …

Of course he did. I mean, what else is there to do in South Beach after bringing Miami another championship ring? Party with a throwaway party-rap collective that owes much of their success to a healthy dose of nepotism. No …

While the rest of the world congratulates LeBron James and the Miami Heat for winning the franchise’s second championship–and LeBron’s first–we should take a moment to recognize Mike Miller for his Game 5 marksmanship. In what wound up being the …

Why, porn stars and big booty models, of course. What did you expect? For them to actually follow fans? To quote the Internet, “LOL. Yeah, right.” Armed with the knowledge that the NBA season could very well end tonight, the …

Earlier this week, Mike Tyson made his singing debut on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, singing something that resembled a heartfelt ballad to the current King of the NBA, LeBron James. Once the song hit the wires, good times were …

Jim Rome is fond of Jim Rome. This much is obvious. If you don’t see it, take a look at his head shots, like the one leading this article, and other straight-from-the-media-packet pictures that show up in a “Jim Rome” …

Last night before the NBA Finals tipped, Jimmy Kimmel brought out Mike Tyson to sing a tribute song to LeBron James, and it’s about as incredible as you’d expect. Already known as supremely eloquent speaker, Tyson let the world know …

Yes, I know the NBA isn’t on NBC anymore, but that’s still the best NBA Finals Introduction theme of all time, so I’m using it. Problem? We’re a little over four hours until the Finals tip tonight, and one thing’s …

The 2012 NBA Finals start tonight as the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat square off for the right to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy. As is the case when a popular sports series comes to the surface, the …

You might remember the Kobe Bryant eBay auction from May of this year (2012) where Bryant’s game-worn plastic face mask was offered. The winning bidder wound up paying $67,100 for the right to own the Lakers’ star’s Phantom of the …

Last night, as the Miami Heat exited their home court following their surprising Game 5 loss to the Boston Celtics, they were some words of encouragement that were offered by one of the younger fans in the form of “Good …