Category Archive: Ballertained

LAWSUIT: Bobcats Asst. Charles Oakley Sues Vegas Hotel

Rewind to May 2010. Las Vegas, Nevada. The Aria Resort and Casino. Former NBA player and current Charlotte Bobcats Assistant Coach Charles Oakley suffered a broken arm at the hands of hotel security.

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Steelers Polamalu Earns USC Degree

Ball players often leave school early to pursue their professional sports dreams.  Many of them promise to return to campus to complete their degree. Friday, Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu kept that promise and graduated from the University of Southern California with a history degree. Even on such an important day in his life, Polamalu …

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Maxim’s Hot 100 Includes Several Baller’s Loves [PICS]

  Maxim Magazine’s annual Hot 100 issue is out and among the list of 2011 beauties are Gabrielle Union, Ciara, and Kim Kardashian. What do these women have in common? They are all dating a professional athlete. Not the same athlete, silly!

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Mike Wilbon Blasts Bernard Hopkins for McNabb Comments; McNabb’s Agent Releases Statement

Leave it to ESPN’s Mike Wilbon to speak truth to power and ignorance. This time he blew ignorance (Bernard Hopkins) out the water…. Bernard Hopkins may never live down his loathsome comments about Donovan McNabb. It was an embarrassing moment that has tarnished the boxer’s reputation.

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Bernard Hopkins Questions Donovan McNabb’s Blackness

Why do you think McNabb felt he was betrayed? Because McNabb is the guy in the house, while everybody else is on the field,” Hopkins told the newspaper. “He’s the one who got the extra coat. The extra servings . . . He thought he was one of them.

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Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook Cover Dime Mag

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are making a strong case for greatness in this years NBA Playoffs. Pro basketball in Oklahoma City? No problem. These two young phenoms are turning whispers to shouts as they team to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to its first NBA Championship (speaking of firsts, this is the first time …

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“March Madness” Worth $17M To NCAA

Just how valuable is the term “Mach Madness?” The NCAA understood just how valuable it is when they shelled out millions to have sole control of the trademark. Quietly last October, the association paid $17.2 million to sports and entertainment marketer Intersport to stop using the term “March Madness,” which has been attached to the …

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[VIDEO] Chester Pitts and Raheem Brock Crank Call “Goodell”

Seattle Seahawks linemen Chester Pitts and Raheem Brock have taken to comedy to pass their lockout time.

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