Casting a light where the sun don’t shine
By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard of how Xavier’s Jordan Crawford posterized LeBron James during a pickup game at the LeBron James Skills Academy. You’ve probably also heard about how LeBron had Nike officials that immediately confiscated all video evidence of the two-handed throw down. Luckily there were a few renegade videographers in the [...]
Ron Artest made his Hollywood arrival official last week, signing a three-to-five-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Dark Side is, well, conflicted. You might think that as a long-time Lakers fan I would be elated by the apparent Ariza-upgrade at small forward. A quick review of last year’s stats suggests that Artest is [...]
The tremors, chills, and stomach cramps are already starting for Dark Side, who can’t believe he has to wait until Thursday night for the NBA Finals to start. Dark Side’s already begun looking for methadone clinics and AAU leagues to help ween himself off the junk after the the playoffs conclude. In the mean time, [...]
As you can all tell, Dark Side’s been a little busy lately. It seems his boss thinks there’s a lot of work to do. Dark Side can’t figure out what that has to do with him - but whatever. Dark Side figures this guy pays Dark Side, which lets Dark Side pay the web hosting [...]
Ray Allen showed the kind of class only a nine-time all star can bring to the table when he and Anderson Varejao got tangled up while battling for position after a foul shot during the Cavaliers weekend drubbing of the Celtics. Varajao freed his entangled arm, which caused Allen to go tumbling to the floor. [...]
Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace was suspended for the Pistons’ game against the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night after earning his 16th technical foul of the season in the previous night’s game against Cleveland. Actually, it was more like his 18th technical if you count the two technicals that the league oddly rescinded last [...]
The NBA dropped a $25,000 fine on Mavericks owner and general-pain-in-the-ass Mark Cuban on Sunday for publicly criticizing the officials using the popular social networking platform Twitter after Denver’s win over Dallas on Friday.
Cuban’s “Tweet,” as the kids call it, can still be viewed on his public profile and reads as follows:
“how do they not [...]
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is being investigated for a scuffle with David Hall, a former vice president of Gilbert’s Rock Financial mortgage company. Attendees at a Detroit bar mitzvah witnessed fellow attendees Gilbert and Hall honoring the sacred event by engaging in a nose-to-nose argument. According to the Detroit Free Press, a witness reported [...]
New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey has been suspended one game by the NBA for throwing a ball at referee Gary Zielinski’s feet during the Hornet’s Friday night loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Posey threw the ball after Zielinski called a loose ball foul against Posey as he was fighting for a rebound as [...]
Denver Nuggets center Nene Hilario has been suspended for two games without pay by the NBA after head-butting an opposing player and making contact with an official in Denver’s Monday night loss to the Phoenix Suns.
Nuggets forward Linas Kleiza has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for verbally abusing an official after last Friday’s win [...]