Basketball

WEST VIRGINIA-WOWKTV Kenneth Ziegler, the father of NBA player O.J. Mayo was charged with attempted murder, possession, obstructing and fleeing in a vehicle and on foot after police officers attempted to accost him. WOWKTV reports: Huntington police arrested Kenneth Ziegler early Thursday morning after a brief chase. Chief Skip Holbrook said Ziegler was observed in […]

New York — A 2007 study on race and refereeing  in the NBA has resurfaced in a respected journal. ESPN Reports: Basically, the more black referees on the court, the better the calls for black players. And the reverse is true for white players. The entire combined effect is fairly limited, around 4 percent, but […]

Los Angeles — In an interview with Yahoo Sports, Kobe Bryant credited Michael Jackson with giving him the discipline and work ethic that has allowed him to become the world championship basketball player he is today: “It sounds weird, I guess, but it’s true: I was really mentored by the preparation of Michael Jackson,” Bryant […]

MIAMI (AP) — If the Miami Heat changing room was polled, LeBron James would not have unanimous support in the race for Time’s Person of the Year. James wouldn’t even vote for himself. Calling it “crazy” just to be on the list of finalists for the award, the NBA’s reigning two-time MVP seemed almost a […]

By Michael Tapia This past summer, Amar’e Stoudemire parted ways with the team that welcomed him into the league wishing to pair up with LeBron James in New York. Knicks GM Donnie Walsh lured the 6’10 big man as part of their efforts to create an attractive team to get James and perhaps another superstar […]

In Jackson, Mississippi, Murrah High School basketball coach, Marlon Dorsey is being sued by three former players who claimed that he physically and verbally abused them. Dorsey has admitted that he paddled the boys and is on administrative leave. There is video of Dorsey paddling a player after he missed a play. RELATED STORIES VIDEO: […]

I can remember growing up mixed there was no basketball player I could relate too. All the Black kids would be Michael Jordan and all the white kids would be Larry Bird. It wasn’t till the nineties when Jason Kidd was drafted. Today there are several biracial players in the NBA. In fact there are […]

John Strickland, also known as “The Franchise” or “Strick” a legend on NYC basketball courts such as the Rucker has died at 38, according to the New York Post. The sad news was spread all over Facebook and Twitter by different members of the city’s streetball community, by which Strickland is revered. They shared stories […]

Kye Alums, formerly known Kay Kay Alums will be the first publicly transgendered college athlete to play Division 1. She will start for the George Washington University woman’s team. Outsports reports: For the last 20 years, Kay-Kay Allums had appeared to the world as female. She was born with the anatomy that other women have. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maurice Lucas, the fierce power forward who helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA title, has died after a long fight with bladder cancer. He was 58. The Trail Blazers said Lucas died Sunday. Lucas, whose No. 20 was retired by the Blazers in 1988, joined Portland in the […]

Celtics guard Delonte West may be cut by the Boston Celtics after a fist fight with teammate, Von Wafer. Hoops World reports. During a three-on-three game with Avery Bradley, Luke Harangody, Semih Erden and assistant coach Tyronn Lue, West began fouling Wafer each time the reserve guard touched the ball. West was increasingly physical to […]

Defending national champion Duke was a runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 men’s basketball poll. At the other end of the Top 25 there was big news Thursday with San Diego State entering the rankings for the first time ever. Duke, on top for a seventh time, has two starters returning […]