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Deadspin spent much of the day looking at outgoing ESPN exec Mark Shapiro, and wonders who his real replacement is. We were going to quietly make a Mario Lopez joke, but it’s too easy.
We’ve been looking everywhere for what Karl Malone was up to with this whole Louisiana mess, and it turns out he’s been […]

The big AOLsports LeBron interview (linkage provided for the mentally deficient) was more startling in its lack of substance that we assumed it would be. We figured that was just a glitch in the ALL-NEW America Online, but an anonymous emailer gives us a different story:
As for LeBron’s Lighting Lemonade, the Bubblicious folks declined AOL’s […]

Regular readers know we love King James, so we were excited that AOLsports had finally posted their in-depth interview with LeBron. We’ll shut up so you can get right to the chat transcript:
aolsports: Awesome! Sounds like you’ve been keeping busy. I’m jealous!
aolsports: Are you itching to get back on the court? Are you […]

[ed.note: We are aware that is Shawn Marion.]
The Boston Globe gets their hands on star guard Paul Pierce to see if he’s cranky or not. He probably should be, what with all the trade rumors this summer, as well a major youth movement (read: learn now, win later) going on with the Celtics.
He openly discusses […]

Thanks to the kick-ass commentors at the freedarko blog for pointing out the full name of Richard Jefferson’s wife/girlfriend: Teresa Lourenco. We’ve gotten email asking if we know who she is, and up until now our response has been something like “please leave us alone. Who asked you to email us?”
No more, however! Teresa Lourenco […]

Like the Clippers, the Warriors are many people’s quiet pick to take a drop in the standings this year, possibly even falling out of the playoffs for the first time in years. It’s an obvious assumption, considering the disastrous performance after the team traded for All-Star guard Baron Davis late last year.
Angry and out of […]

There’s passive aggression, there’s aggression, and then there’s new Knicks Head Drama Queen Larry Brown calling Allan Houston New York’s best player. My god, this is more amazing than we figured possible.
Asked to give his impression of what went wrong for the Knicks last season after they ended December with a 16-13 record, Brown […]

KG has a new foundation to help young adults and students get ahead in business, and guess what - it’s not in Los Angeles.
New uniform alert - Indiana Pacers. We mentioned before it seemed like they did this a lot. These are the 11th version in team history.
Damn, we wish we knew what this is […]

Here’s why we love David Stern, in all his short, scary goodness: without directly becoming involved, he’s firmly solved the Eddy Curry problem. In an interview with SI.com’s Ian Thomsen, the Commish passive-aggressively tells the Bulls to ditch the DNA angle.
Although he agreed that the club should seek as much information as possible, Stern emphasized […]

The media got their first look at the Cavaliers’ refurbished home yesterday, and the early reviews say Dan Gilbert is doing nice work. On his blog, Beacon Journal beat writer Brian Windhurst gives us some details:
So I got a tour of the new Cavs locker room yesterday. It is pretty much now one of […]