Charles Barkley accidentally used a curse word on-air when describing the New York Knicks’ play on TNT’s “Inside the NBA.” During highlights of the Cavaliers’ 119-104 win over New York in Cleveland on Thursday, Barkley used a synonym for excrement in reference to the Knicks.
Category: NBA Basketball
Magic Johnson takes over Lakers; Mitch Kupchak, Jim Buss out
Team owner Jeanie Buss fired general manager Mitch Kupchak on Tuesday and put Johnson in charge of basketball operations. She also removed her brother, Jim, from his job as the Lakers’ executive vice president of basketball operations.
Big hit for Bulls, ‘Benny’s Day Off’ connects online
In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, photo the Chicago Bulls’ mascot Benny the Bull, right, begins his daylong Snapchat video quest by reenacting a scene from the Chicago based movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, with the help of the Bulls’ Luka Dukich, digital content manager, left, Second City’s Billy Bungeroth, the story’s co-director., and Benny’s assistant Tom Sargent at the United Center in Chicago. The story starring Benny is playing out almost in real time on social media on a recent Monday, with scenes posted on Snapchat right after they are recorded throughout the day.
Sam Asano’s Let’s Invent: How we made China wealthy
In the full-court layup drill and three-point contest otherwise known as the 66th NBA All-Star Game, New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis set an All-Star record with 52 points and Oklahoma… In last week’s installment, I stated that I had heard the then Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan speak at Harvard’s commencement,, saying if … (more)
Sam Asano’s Let’s Invent: How we made China wealthy
In the full-court layup drill and three-point contest otherwise known as the 66th NBA All-Star Game, New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis set an All-Star record with 52 points and Oklahoma… In last week’s installment, I stated that I had heard the then Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan speak at Harvard’s commencement,, saying if … (more)
Kevin Durant booed in his first game back in Oklahoma City
It took 54 games, but Kevin Durant finally made his return to Oklahoma City, for the first time as a visiting player. Durant, who famously left the Thunder to join the Golden State Warriors and form one of the greatest assortment of pure talent in NBA history, was booed heavily in his return to OKC.
Knicks legend Charles Oakley got into an ugly altercation…
Former NBA big man and New York Knicks forward Charles Oakley was arrested during the Knicks-Clippers game on Wednesday after a physical altercation. Tweet Embed: A man that looked like Charles Oakley just went after Knicks owner James Dolan.
The Sacramento Kings trolled the struggling Cleveland…
The Sacramento Kings beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, 116-112 in overtime, and after the game they unleashed an unusually aggressive attack on social media. It was the sixth loss in eight games for the suddenly struggling Cavaliers.
Philanthropist Ann Friedman picked to turn D.C.a s Franklin School into a Planet Word.a
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her economic development team have been looking for someone with a fresh vision and a robust balance sheet to restore the deteriorating but historic Franklin School building downtown. Bowser has selected a team led by Friedman, a former elementary school reading instructor who is married to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, to turn the historic former school overlooking Franklin Square into a $50 million museum dedicated to language and linguistics, dubbed Planet Word.
Russell Westbrook hit a ref in the head with the basketball…
This comes less than one week after Westbrook was ejected from a game and he complained about not getting the same treatment other players receive. The latest incident came late in the first quarter against the Charlotte Hornets when the Oklahoma City Thunder called timeout.
Carmelo Anthony was ejected for taking a swing at an Atlanta…
Carmelo Anthony’s night against the Atlanta Hawks came to an early end when he lost his cool and was ejected for taking a swing at the head of Atlanta Hawks swing man Thabo Sefolosha. Sefolosha tried to box out Anthony.