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Sports Buzz Will Ferrell proved himself the best person at announcing starting line-ups during Wednesday's Bulls - Hornets game. Thus, it's only appropriate that the NBA tap Ferrell to make the introductions later this month at the All-Star game. Help us get the league behind this obviously great idea.
Sports Buzz “At forward, No. 9, he collects rare birds and has a pet dolphin named Chachi…” Will Ferrell is in the BIg Easy filming a movie. So naturally, he stopped by tonight's New Orleans Hornets-Chicago Bulls NBA game and spiced up the introductions while announcing each team's starting lineup. (via The Daily What)
Sports Buzz Hop on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon right now, sports fans. At best, the 23-year-old Harvard grad turned starting point guard for the Knicks will help lead the team out of the doldrums of the NBA to compete in the Eastern Conference this year. At worst, he's still a one-man highlight reel.
Sports Buzz These are the best the NBA's had to offer this season… And they're pretty damn amazing.
Sports Buzz One man sat down at his computer and made sure you knew how to pronunce them all… Incorrectly.
Sports Buzz Then he scored 35 points - two of which came when he jumped over John Lucas to finish an alley-oop - and the Heat beat the Bulls by four.
Sports Buzz James hurdles over 5'11 point guard John Lucas during Sunday afternoon's Heat-Bulls matchup. It's really difficult to hate on the Whore of Akron at times like these.
Sports Buzz On the first day of the season, TNT aired the “NBA Forever” commercial, and it was perfect. Since then, a few skilled fans created versions on YouTube showcasing the history of their teams. Are there enough NBA fans with video editing game out there so that every team can get a remix? Note: This is a thinly veiled call-to-action for basketball lovers to make more of these videos immediately.
Sports Buzz Former NBA player Yao Ming is doing great things for pandas. Since his retirement, he's been involved in the creation of “Panda Valley,” a sanctuary in China that assimilates pandas born in captivity back into the wild. (via deadspin.com)
Sports Buzz The mighty Blake Griffin throws down his first overtly punishing dunk of the '11-12 NBA season. The NBA TV commentator on Milwaukee Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova's defensive effort on this play: “Most guys, when they make contact with the guy going to the hoop, it usually deflects the guy.” Not this time.
Sports Buzz The NBA is back, and it had a crazy first week. Here are the things that we've figured out so far.
Sports Buzz A lot of people were happy with this play. Except pretty much everyone he made contact with in the first row.
See Derrick Rose and Michael Jordan play together. See Kobe and Magic take the court side by side. See Larry Bird pass to Ray Allen and Wilt Chamberlin block a Dwight Howard shot. If this beautiful montage doesn't get you excited about the NBA, then nothing ever will. (via deadspin.com)
If you've never wanted to see the NBA logo decapitated, then I don't want to know you.
Get it? Because the union rejected the last offer from the owners and has decided to decertify, which means we will almost certainly have no basketball this season. I can't decide which side of this negotiation I resent more, but this “clever” 404 screen isn't doing the players any favors. (via deadspin.com)
Sports Buzz Realizing that with the NBA lockout opportunities to make fun of Lebron have been few and far between. I miss his goofy antics the most.
Sports Buzz For as long as teenagers have been sad (or at least the last 30 years), The Smiths have been the go-to band when you just need to cry. Well with the first two weeks of the NBA season officially canceled, and it looking less and less like there will be a season at all, the league just needs a good cry.
Celebrity Buzz The new tell-all from Joe McGinniss—The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin—isn't even out yet, but the skeeziest bits are already oozing into the media septic tank. Here are the tabloidiest allegations leveled at Sarah and Todd Palin from The National Enquirer's report on the book.
Sports Buzz That famous dunk by MJ where he took off from the free throw line to defeat Dominique Wilkins in the '88 NBA All-Star slam dunk competition. (via twitter.com)
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