Michael Jordan gave perhaps one of the more polarizing Hall of Fame acceptance speeches, maybe ever, on Friday, and there has been plenty of reaction to Jordan’s parting words. Peter King loved it; Adrian Wojnarowski did not. Regardless of your feelings about Jordan’s “this is why I succeeded” speech, one person in particular [...]

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What we have here is the Q and A session from Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame inception speech, all 21 minutes of it. What follows are some of my middling thoughts about the joy he gave me watching him play.

Yes, basketball is in its “downtime” period, but thanks to joy of YouTube — not to mention, a million Steven Spielberg wanna-bes running around — combined with various basketball summer camps, the NBA’s summer league and some pro-am leagues of note, there’s always footage to share. This time, we have video from one of [...]

There’s a lot that’s been said about the death of perhaps the greatest entertainer of the modern era, and how it impacted the sports world. Most of this talk was, as is the increasing norm, reduced to Twitter updates. Then there are the inescapable memorials from CNN and the like. Unfortunately, they [...]

Has Charlie Murphy surpassed his brother on the “cool points” scale? If the Rick James story didn’t make that a resounding yes, perhaps Leroy Smith will. Who is Leroy Smith? He’s the guy who wants you to Get Your Basketball On. Oh, and he’s also the guy that’s single-handedly responsible for [...]

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Here’s a nice find by Awful Announcing demonstrating the Disney brand’s creativity when it comes to promoting the NBA Finals. Coming from a person who is beginning to despise the Kobe/LeBron meme, it’s nice to see the folks at ESPN/ABC/Disney get this one right. Granted, if the Lakers and Cleveland [...]