Has the shine worn off LeBron James in Cleveland? From the latest development from Cleveland city leaders and Nike, it appears that’s a possibility.

The CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER reports today the Cleveland Planning Commission refused to approve a 10-story mural of James on a downtown building because it was “overt” advertising. Of course, that didn’t stop […]

This play is really all you need to know about the New Jersey Nets this season.

But that Larry Frank, he can coach ‘em up! At least according to every NBA media member I’ve seen and heard from the last six weeks: “It’s not his fault, he has nothing to do with it!”

Yesterday the remaining remnants of 29-year-old Reunion Arena, the former home of the Dallas Mavericks, were imploded.

It wasn’t the typical fun-to-watch implosion, where demolition crews dynamited the entire structure. Instead, massive support columns were taken down one-by-one until the arena roof collapsed. Still pretty cool though.
Future plans for the site? The DALLAS MORNING NEWS reports, […]

Moon landing skeptics, out of my sight!

With my recent discovery of these formerly classified, plasticene-based slippers, I’ve finally irrefutable evidence Homo sapiens once traipsed the lunar landscape.

Only thing uglier than those shoes:

Is in Steve Phillips’ passenger seat

Rick Majerus. On his laptop. Alone.

Middle seat to Auckland - between Jim Gray & Pat O’Brien

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It’s official, the economy has now recovered. How do I know? The Bad Idea Dept. is fully restocked. Introducing the NBA’s officially-licensed(?) champagne:

Something called “Les Jeux Ltd.” is supposedly rolling out the release of the bottles with this post on the company’s Myspace page: “Get your bottle(s) now before the premier. The first shipment just […]

Nightmare loss for the Lakers last night, as the Rockets took down Kobe & Co. @ Staples thanks to the offense of Aaron Brooks, Chase Buddinger and David Anderson and former Laker Trevor Ariza locking down a injury-plagued Bryant like no one has in recent memory.

That doesn’t mean though that former Rocket Ron Artest wasn’t […]

Today we got the news that LeBron James wants to doff his #23 in order to facilitate the number being retired by the league. Instead, James claims he will soon switch to #6. James says the move isn’t about marketing or merch, it’s about remembrance. About honoring the legacy of Michael Jordan.

One small problem: #6 […]

I was at the Lakers-Suns game last night. Sat right behind George Lopez. Saw Ray Liotta (cheer), Jesse Jackson (boo), David Geffen, Jack, Steve Kerr. You’ll be happy to know Khloe was once again buried behind basket opposite Lakers bench. Best part: Tex Winter is back permanently, stationed behind Phil & Co.

This happened about 15 […]

Byron Scott was fired yesterday as coach of the New Orleans Hornets, replaced by someone named Jeff Bower, a guy with no previous head coaching experience at any level.

More interesting is Bower’s top assistant hire: Tim Floyd.
You remember Floyd was caught in the middle of a catfight in a crappy SoCal casino out on I-10 […]

So this seems like a good way to start the day — a story about a former NBA first-round draft pick who rides around in a HumVee. Not too impressive, until you realize the vehicle is located in Iraq, and the former baller in question — Tim James — has been deployed there in the […]