If there is a gambling pool somewhere on which owner will be fined first by the NBA for speaking out on the lockout or for contacting his players, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban must be even money. The odds on Portland Trailblazer general manager Chris Buchanan though, were a bit longer. However, Buchanan nearly cost the Trail Blazers a cool million by saying one word—yeah. Witness a recent interview with Trail Blazers acting General Manager Chad Buchanan. When it was [...]

Now that Plaxico Burress is back in circulation, there has been much said and written about where he will end up. Consensus right now suggests the Philadelphia Eagles will give the former New York Giants star a shot – look how well things worked out with Michael Vick – but, NFL.com reports that Burress says he would definitely give the Chicago Bears a look. “Oh, without question, without a doubt,” Burress said on “The Carmen, Jurko & Harry Show” on [...]

Now that we’re past the All-Star Game and already have one major trade in the books, expect the rumors to really start flying. Front and center in early speculation is talk that the Colorado Rockies could be moving ace Ubaldo Jimenez. The Cincinnati Enquirer echoed a Fox Sports report that Jimenez is on the Reds’ radar. The paper suggests that Cincinnati could put together an attractive package featuring prospects from their deep farm system. But they may want to first [...]

Right about now, Kurt Rambis is probably wishing the ban on contact included the coaches as well as the players. The Minnesota Timberwolves finally made a move that many have seen coming for months and fired Kurt Rambis after two disappointing years as the team’s head coach. “I want to thank Kurt for his contributions to our franchise and wish him the best in his future endeavors,” Wolves president of basketball operations David Kahn said in a statement issued by [...]

It is never to early to look ahead to the future, even though in the case of the NFL, the future is very much in doubt. With that in mind, Rob Rang of CBS Sports raises the question of whether Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck will eventually outpace the current gold standard for skill for NFL signal callers, the Colts’ Peyton Manning: He has the mental aptitude to rival Peyton Manning, evident in his pre-snap reads and audibles to plays more [...]

While multiple NBA players are being linked to European teams during the lockout, Oklahoma City guard Nate Robinson is making very different plans, according to Tzvi Twersky of SLAM. Robinson was credited with the following quotes during an interview with Twersky: I might go play football. Do something that nobody’s tried to do. If I can, I would love to play football a little bit. I’ve been doing a little bit of training. Why wouldn’t you want to have an [...]

If the NFL and NBA lockouts have taught us anything, it’s the players are always going to keep playing. In the NBA, that has been demonstrated by the number of players who have explored their options in foreign leagues. So far, the list of players linked to teams and leagues outside of the United States includes Deron Williams, Zaza Pachulia and Rudy Fernandez, with potentially more in the offing. Another name has just arisen in the conversation: Kevin Durant. Aaron [...]

No, Paul Pierce is not drawing inspiration from Thomas Jane in the HBO series Hung, but has taken to card playing—poker, to be specific. The Boston Celtics veteran is one of the many celebrities that have entered the main event for the World Series of Poker. The tournament started over the weekend and will play till there are only nine left; those nine will return in November for the final table. Apparently Pierce has game at the table as well [...]

Several reports have surfaced lately that claim the 7-foot, 6-inch center from China is going to call it quits in the NBA. Yao Ming, one of the seminal figures in the globalization of the NBA, has decided to retire after nine injury-plagued seasons with the Houston Rockets, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. However, further examination of the claim finds little evidence that Yao Ming is actually retiring. The NBA has stated that they have received no indication from Yao that [...]

Jose Reyes has been one of the most dominant players in baseball for the first half of this season and the best player on one of baseball’s most inconsistent teams.  The questions, however, were never about the type of numbers Reyes could potentially finish the season with, but what uniform would he finish the season with? There has been speculation all season long about the all-star shortstop for the New York Mets and whether or not he would finish the [...]