Say “Sky Hook” and you think Kareem. The indefensible shot is tied forever with the man who mastered it. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made millions off the Sky Hook. But should he be making money off of the phrase itself, especially when he’s not the one who came up with it?

It turns out Abdul-Jabbar trademarked the phrase [...]

Old Zen kōan: if something happens involving Charlie Villanueva, and he doesn’t Twitter about it, can it be said to really have happened at all? Regardless, we’ve got to report that the Bucks forward is being sued for assaulting a man at a nightclub last February.

The uploaded PDF of the complaint is missing a [...]

The Worldwide Leader dropped the bomb around midnight that Terrell Owens, whose given name could be Mercurial T. Owens, has been let go by the Dallas Cowboys. Clearly, anticipated chemistry issues with Jon Kitna forced the move. Kitna is on the record as preferring Sweet’n’Low while Owens is all about the Equal.

(”Ha ha ha ha… [...]

This was one of the more highly-anticipated NBA trade deadlines in recent memory, with names like Amare Stoudemire and Raef LaFrentz’ Expiring Contract flying all around. So, of course, it was a given that absolutely nothing of note was going to actually happen.

(2009’s inductee into the Expiring Contract Hall-of-Fame will continue to not play for [...]

Oh, China. You’re good at a lot of things, but accurately documenting the ages of your athletes is not one of them. After the gymnastics debacle back in August, it’s probably not surprising to learn that Nets hoopster Yi Jianlian isn’t really 21.

Although, this time around it looks like the age was underreported, rather than [...]

Hey there, readers! Hope y’all had an enjoyable weekend. How ’bout all those bowl matchups announced? Yeah, I could care less, too. But here’s something we all care deeply about – the SbB Clever Caption Contest!
Today’s slam-dunk subjects are Derek Fisher & Tyronn Lue:

So, what’s exactly happening between the lay-’em-out Laker & the unlucky Buck? [...]

Andrew Bogut is putting his money where his mouth is to try and save basketball in his hometown of Sydney, Australia. FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA is reporting that the Bucks center and former No. 1 overall draft pick is sponsoring one of the remaining six home games for the Sydney Spirit as they struggle to make [...]

Yup, Greg Oden hurt his foot less than three minutes into his first regular season game against the Lakers. That’s not a punchline to a joke, but the sad truth. He played through the first half before throwing in the towel. ESPN.COM reports that Oden suffered a mid-foot sprain, which sounds like a made up [...]

It’s a play on the old “tree falling in a woods” hypothetical scenario: If the NBA holds a preseason and nobody’s around to see it, does it even happen? Last week Brooks posted about the horrid numbers that NBA preseason action in Vegas was getting, but that looks like a ratings bonanza compared to the [...]

• YAHOO’s BALL DON’T LIE showcases the winners of their fun photoshop contest featuring Eddy Curry as an Olympic gymnast.

• ESPN reports that the Milwaukee Bucks will face the Golden State Warriors in two exhibition games in China this October. This would make a lot more sense had Yi Jianlian not been traded to the [...]