Dwight Howard Wants To Stay In Orlando Now?

Monday, December 12th, 2011

The ongoing saga of Dwight Howard's future home took another turn on Monday as he hinted that he wouldn't mind staying with the Orlando Magic. Despite everything we've heard about how the superstar center has been pushing for a trade, he may have actually changed his mind and decided that ...

Shaquille O’Neal Fined For Being Funny

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Apparently, the NBA now fines players for having a sense of humor. Shaquille O'Neal has reportedly been fined $35,000 for criticizing officials following Saturday's Celtics-Magic game. Shaq fouled out of the game and apparently wasn't very happy with official Bob Delany. He sounded off following the game to Comcast SportsNet New ...

Vince Carter Already Out Of Favor In Orlando

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

In a story that should surprise no one, Vince Carter has been a complete disappointment since arriving in Orlando this offseason. Carter arrived from New Jersey in a June trade that sent Courtney Lee, Rafer Alston and Tony Battie out of Orlando and brought in Carter and Ryan Anderson. The addition ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By Amanda Pflugrad

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

In honor of the Ducks' curb-stomping of my beloved Trojans, enjoy America's hottest cheerleader, Oregon's Amanda Pflugrad. She's bringing you our absurdly late links that were supposed to be up Saturday morning. Ghoully Girls - Strait Pinkie The newest team in the NBA? - Thunder Treats Dawg Pound Protest: Really, what's the point? ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By Alessandra Ambrosio

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The Web has been blowing up over this week's sightings of Alessandra Ambrosio on the beach. Yeah, I mean, I guess she's alright. Mark McGwire's five-step approach to hitting - Club Seat The top 10 franchises of the past decade - Randall Simon's Sausages The Quandary of JaMarcus Russell - The Legend of ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By UFC 101 and Kenny Florian’s Awesomeness

Friday, August 7th, 2009

No disrespect to BJ Penn, but Kenny Florian is the official MMA fighter of Rumors and Rants for a reason. We'll most definitely be watching the title fight (and Silva/Griffin) on Saturday night...and hopefully gloating on Sunday after Ken-Flo wins hisself the belt. Dear NFL, please reconsider the banishment of Twitter ...

Redick and Morrison Suck, Will Have A Ring

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Here's just a little food for thought. No matter which team wins the NBA Finals this year (nice work boys, keep it up) a player whose career has become a joke will win a title. Either Adam Morrison or J.J. Redick will walk away from this series with a ring. ...

NBA: Homegrown Edition

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you the NBA: Homegrown Edition. And no, that doesn't mean a league where Bonzi Wells, Melo, Damon Stoudemire, Zach Randolph and Darius Miles score by taking bong hits. I'll explain. The NBA Draft Lottery was holding to form on Tuesday. The order was working up until Memphis ...

Please Explain Something To Me…

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Since when did it become impossible to guard Rajon Rondo? I've watched the kid play a lot over the past two seasons, he's not the second coming of Jason Kidd, but for some reason he's looked like it this postseason. Last night Rondo went off for 15 points, 11 rebounds and ...

USC Song Girls And Today’s Other News

Monday, April 20th, 2009

The USC Song Girls got into bikinis and swam around for a good cause...IN MY PANTS! You know what I'm talking about, right fellas? Eh? Eh? High five. Elijah Dukes was benched, fined $500 and threatened with a minor league demotion by the Washington Nationals after he showed up five minutes ...