No, you didn’t read that headline wrong. Miami Heat forward LeBron James is being considered for TIME‘s Person of the Year award—an honor that’s been bestowed upon everyone from Gandhi (1930) and Franklin D. Roosevelt …

If you’ve seen his latest television special ad, you know that LeBron James is reaching for any support he can regain from those from which he has fallen from grace. The ad, of course, features …

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 …

With Beats by Dre recently dropping new editions of their headphones and adidas also releasing audio products, it’s only right Skullcandy headphones step it up, too. Skullcandy has announced it’s new partnership with the NBA, …

On the heels of one of the highest-rated NBA Finals in television history, which was followed by the biggest and craziest off-seasons the league has ever seen, all would seem well for professional basketball. However, …

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh aren’t the only NBA players who have to show that all the work they did this offseason (both on and off the court) paid off. Sure, they’ll have …

Athletic Propulsion Labs craft shoes with the sole purpose of making the user jump higher. The shoe makes use of a 150-page patent which deploys a spring-loading system in the heel and forefoot to …

Apparently, it isn’t enough the NFL players’ union cannot see eye-to-eye with the franchise owners, a spat that will very likely lead to a lockout next season. Now, the NBA has a problem of its …

With ESPN’s latest “30 for 30” piece focusing on the friendship of two of the first European NBA stars—Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic (R.I.P.)—and how the Yugoslavian civil war tore it apart, we thought it’d …

Sometimes, I wish the “wrap-it-up” button from Chappelle’s Show really existed. Because there are a few people that I think could really benefit from it right now.
Person 1: LL Cool J. When is the last …

They’re old, more often than not they’re crying and complaining, their best player starts fights with guys a foot shorter than him and one of their latest signings has a reputation for burning bridges whenever …

The NBA 2K series has been clobbering the competition since its inception back in 1999. Ever since the Dreamcast days, NBA 2K has been slowly snatching away fans from Electronic Arts’ NBA Live series. The …

Even though saying “no comment” to a probing question usually means “I have no opinion on this particular issue, but I’m most likely guilty,” maybe that’s what Delonte West should have said when he was …

Psssssttttttt…Don’t look now, but the National Basketball Association’s season is right around the corner. While the sports world focuses on the start of the NFL season and the end of the MLB season, the NBA …

If the season opener was any indication, there are serious problems in store for the National Football League. In case you missed it, both the Vikings and the Saints took to the field in protest—minutes …

It was good to see Team USA win the FIBA gold medal for the first time since 1994, wasn’t it? Perhaps you were too busy with the start of the NFL season to notice that …

Los Angeles Laker and NBA champion Ron Artest has decided to do the unthinkable. A few months after winning the ring he wanted so bad he reportedly went into Kobe Bryant‘s shower to ask for …

Fixing a match in a professional sport is no joke. Besides the most obvious (and important) casualty—the sanctity of the game being played—there’s also the millions of dollars which are lost (and for a select …

The NBA dunk contest has been somewhat lame since Vince Carter redefined what can be done with a basketball once airborne. Even though super athletes like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant could bring …

ABC’s super-popular series Dancing With The Stars is returning for its 11th season and, as usual, everyone is buzzing about the celebs rumored to be grooving and two-stepping this time around. Brandy has been in …