In light of the Shaq-to-Cleveland-to-entice-LeBron-to-stay trade, here’s a little celebratory dance number, provided by King and the Big Aristotle himself. Is this the kind of pregame activities we can expect from Cleveland’s new duo? Better yet, will Shaq’s “I’m staying in the paint” mentality actually make it harder for LeBron to get to [...]

Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy professional basketball without all that San Antonio boredom, guess what? The Spurs have heard your complaints and have responded with a hearty, “We don’t care. We are improving our team to make another title run (or two) and you just have to deal with [...]

After a nice bounce-back-from-Mike-Vick season, the Atlanta Falcons are not content to simply stay the course. Yes, Matt Ryan revitalized the team, and their offense was quite productive. Now, thanks to acquiring Tony Gonzalez (for a second-round pick in 2010) from the determined-to-rebuild Kansas City Chiefs, it could very well move from “productive” [...]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got a new offensive solider today when they traded for Cleveland Browns tight end, Kellen Winslow, Jr. As compensation, the Browns receive some undisclosed draft picks, something Eric Mangini surely covets. Additional picks will certainly help him as he builds the team in his image — although, was trading [...]

Welcome to Motown, Allen. I’m not really sure where you fit with this team, but if the move was made strictly for salary cap issues, then it’s understandable. If not, who knows. If Joe Dumars and Michael Curry expect the shooting-guard-trapped-in-a-point-guard’s-body to run the team, maybe they haven’t been paying attention. [...]

The rudimentary image above me is harbinger of things to come — meaning, Brett Favre has been traded to the New York J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets. Considering where the story was initially headed (Tampa Bay), this is somewhat of a surprise. As of now, the compensation is expected to be a draft pick [...]