Friday, August 26th, 2011
While some NBA players are playing basketball in various leagues to stay in shape during the current lockout, Kevin Love took a different path. The Minnesota Timberwolves power forward has decided to try his hand at beach volleyball. The early results were not encouraging.
Love and his partner Hans Stolfus participated ...
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
The NBA lockout has hit everyone hard, but while players make millions and can manage during a rough patch, the everyday staff members for organizations don't have it so easy.
The Los Angeles Lakers let go a large portion of their basketball operations staff prior to the lockout as a cost-saving ...
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
In honor of Randy Moss' retirement on Monday, I have decided to run over a traffic cop we here at Rumors and Rants have been inspired to look back at some of the greatest rookie seasons in the history of sports. For this purpose, we'll focus on the four major ...
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
As we've mentioned before, Minnesota Timberwolves general manager David Kahn is a bit of a buffoon. On Tuesday he yet again gave credence to that opinion of him.
During his press conference to announce the firing of Kurt Rambis, Kahn mentioned the names Ricky Rubio and Brad Miller. Normally that wouldn't ...
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
After firing Jennifer Gillom as head coach today, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA have hired Joe "Jellybean" Bryant to take her place. Joe Bryant is better known as "Kobe's Dad" in most sports circles.
Bryant was an assistant coach with the Sparks before being named the head coach back ...
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Former NBA star Antoine Walker has pleaded guilty to one felony count of passing bad checks in the form of unpaid gambling debts in Las Vegas. The 34-year-old Walker will now be put on probation so he can work off the more than $750,000 he owes. The complaint was originally ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
The New York Knicks made a bold move when they shipped half of their active roster to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups. Now the franchise's front office will be paying for that as it tries to fill out a roster without spending much money.
You ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
David Kahn's Minnesota Timberwolves have done it again. The T'wolves had what may have been the most baffling draft night since...well, since their last draft night. Minnesota drafted Derrick Williams with the No. 2 pick, then proceeded to make five separate, equally puzzling trades.
Let's recap them here:
-Acquired Brad Miller, the ...
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
The Detroit Pistons are still searching for a head coach after firing John Kuester on June 5. Several candidates have emerged over the past month, but the Pistons are still yet to hitch their wagon to a new head guy. Now reports have surfaced that claim a Hall of Famer ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
2011 NBA Draft Live Blog
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