Articles by Leon Smith
Nightclub/strip club DJ. Based in Sydney, Australia. Veteran journalist. Blogger. Sneaker nut. Gamer. Follow me on Twitter and check out my personal blog and Facebook page.
How ‘bout them Los Angeles Lakers! Now that the Lake Show are on summer vacation (like 23 other NBA teams), their players can work on everyone’s favorite NBA off-season pastime—getting horrible new tattoos.
NBA fans (including DrJays.com—exhibit A, exhibit B) have gone Zach Randolph crazy! After destroying Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs, he’s the NBA’s current flavor of the month. As recently has three years ago …
Earlier this week it seemed like Tony Allen, the Memphis Grizzlies designated defensive stopper, was trying to get the Internet goin’ nutz (© Paul Wall) when he accused San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili of …
The NBA: Where Amazing(ly Bad Calls) Happen. Ever since we can remember, superstars have received the benefit of the doubt in the NBA when it comes to the referee’s whistle and players and fans alike …
When it comes to his public image, Kobe Bryant has made sure he hasn’t put a foot wrong since his nightmare rape allegation of 2003, carefully projecting himself to the masses a pristine family man. …
Moving from city to city is a harsh reality of professional sports. Sometimes when players do it they hear about it for the rest of their careers from their once-loyal, now-hostile fans (ie.: Vince Carter, …
Outside of match-fixers and steroid-users, the next level of “hated athlete” would probably be floppers/divers. You know who we’re talking about—those guys who act like they’ve been hit by an invisible sniper’s bullet when an …
It’s March Madness time, and everyone has NCAA hoops fever. Even your favorite fictional character! Of course, we’re talking about the number one former big-league pitcher who fell on hard times and ended up teaching …
It’s 2011—white guys who can dunk the basketball with flair and authority don’t really raise an eyebrow anymore. We’ve already had a white NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner (Brent Barry in 1996, who pulled off …
If you had to pick one NBA franchise to mess up what should be one of the easiest promotions of the year, and at the same time make themselves look like they’re owned by a …
Where would this NBA season be without the Miami Heat providing us with an endless stream of entertainment? (Even if most of it is unintentional humor due to their superstars opening their mouths before thinking …
Just when you thought it was safe to hear a story on the potential NFL MVP Michael Vick without having to hear about dog fighting, along comes Tucker Carlson and Fox News. Because you know, …
He’s not even halfway through his contract in Turkey and already there are already rumors about where Allen Iverson will end up next. If a few months ago you thought the possibility of “The Answer” …
Usually when face meets elbow, face comes off second best. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case over the past few years in the NBA. Last season the Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki had to …
It’s extremely hard for a sport to infiltrate any country where it’s not already a national pastime, but by crikey Australian actor Russell Crowe is going to give it his best shot when it comes …
Several years ago ESPN journalist Bill Simmons coined the term “the Tyson Zone,” named after Mike Tyson. To make it into the Tyson Zone you had to be known for such ridiculous levels of bizarre …
Sports commentators—and by commentators we mean studio suits and radio show hosts, not the color/play-by-play guys—are generally an insufferable bunch. Most exist purely to make over the top predictions, hoping we ignore the incorrect ones …
Cheer up, Allen Iverson. Sure, you didn’t get offered a NBA contract (actually, he might have, but with a team asking him to come off the bench, and AI wasn’t going to play that role), …
Tuesday night, the Boston Celtics beat up on the Eastern Conference cellar-dwelling Detroit Pistons. This is not news. The Celtics’ Kevin Garnett was the game’s high scorer with 22 points. Also, not news. KG was …
NEWS FLASH: A bunch of newly-rich twentysomethings are really into the artists dominating the Billboard charts/Hot 97 playlist. With the NBA season tipping off this week, Dime Magazine thought it would be interesting to see …
