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LeBron: I Know I'm 'Not Superior'

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:29:02 CDT

LeBron James was not a happy camper after the Dallas Maverick's win over the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA finals, and he let everyone know about it . In a clarification today, James said the humanity-dissing comments he made may have been misunderstood, and that when it comes...

Herald Runs Ad Praising NBA Champs: Miami Heat!

Tim Karan — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:42:40 CDT

At least Miami Heat fans have one positive newspaper clipping for the scrapbook. The morning after the Heat lost the NBA finals to the Dallas Mavericks, the Miami Herald mistakenly ran a nearly full-page Macy's ad congratulating the Heat on its "win" and offering championship T-shirts and hats. And a...

LeBron James: A King Deposed

Kevin Spak — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:11:38 CDT

Sports columns everywhere are thick with schadenfreude today after LeBron James yet again vanished during the fourth quarter to hand Dallas the NBA title . Here’s what people are saying: LeBron is still royalty, but he’s not a king—he’s “an emperor with no clothes,” writes Mark Heisler of the LA...

LeBron to Former Fans: Your Lives Still Suck

Kevin Spak — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:59:15 CDT

LeBron James gave his detractors a whole new reason to hate him in his post-game press conference last night, essentially telling them that he’d rather have his life than theirs. “At the end of the day, all the people that was rooting on me to fail … they gotta wake...

Why I'm Rooting for LeBron

Luke Kelly-Clyne — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:27:43 CDT

LeBron James and the Miami Heat aren't evil. They're just committed to winning, like any professional sports team, and it's OK to like them. Take it from Robert Weintraub, who defends the honor of the NBA's concocted villain in Slate . "Time for a confession," Weintraub writes. "I'm rooting for the...

Lakers Win NBA Finals

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:40:00 CDT

The Los Angeles Lakers have won their 16th NBA championship, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 of the NBA finals. Kobe Bryant scored 23 points despite 6-of-24 shooting while winning his fifth title with the Lakers, who repeated as NBA champions...

Anita Baker Sings Anthem Like 'Dying Cat'

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:11:16 CDT

Anita Baker sounded less like an eight-time Grammy winner and more like a “dying cat” when she sang the National Anthem at Game 4 of the NBA finals last night. Poor Baker became a trending topic on Twitter, the New York Daily News reports, as shocked fans tweeted things like...

In Obama's Eyes, Jordan Tops Kobe

Matt Cantor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:00:02 CDT

President and Basketballer-in-Chief Obama wasn’t coy when asked whether he preferred Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan: “Oh, Michael,” he told the AP. “I mean, Kobe’s terrific. Don’t get me wrong,” he said. “But I haven’t seen anybody match up with Michael.” Jordan, of course, played for Obama’s hometown Bulls—though...

Forget Red: Jackson Is NBA's Greatest

Matt Cantor — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:51:17 CDT

With his 10th NBA championship win yesterday, Phil Jackson has shattered the record of Red Auerbach, a man who “loathed” Jackson and believed his nine championships as coach could never be surpassed, writes Adrian Wojnarowski on Yahoo. “Roll over Red. Phil Jackson is the greatest coach ever,” Wojnarowski asserts. Jackson...