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Minnesota Timberwolves Get Desperate & Sign A Player Down The Street

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Yes, that really happened. The Minnesota Timberwolves almost didn’t have enough players to put on the court after Ricky Rubio was listed as out with a sore ankle. So what did the NBA team do? They started searching for anyone who had decent basketball skills, jump in a car and get to the arena before their […]

Sooo, It Looks Like The New York Yankees Are Running Out Of Jersey Numbers

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It must be a tough job to rebuild a team, especially when you don’t have enough jerseys for players to tryout in. Apparently the New York Yankees are encountering a strange problem at spring training this year: they’re running out of jersey numbers. Yes, they are literally running out of numbers to give the players. Seeing how […]

He’s Still Got It: Michael Jordan Joins The Forbes Billionaires Club

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Looks like even a team with a losing history can make you a billionaire. Michael Jordan joined another elite club on Monday by being named to the Forbes Billionaire List. Although the Jordan brand from Nike paid his Airness about $90 million last year, it’s his majority stake in the NBA franchise Charlotte Hornets that […]

Sad News & Players React: Derrick Rose Injures Knee Again & Will Require Surgery

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Whenever an athlete gets injured, it’s always a sad moment. But the latest injury to Derrick Rose is definitely a crushing blow to the Chicago Bulls and the league. According to ESPN, Derrick Rose had said he was experiencing some pain in his right knee early Tuesday. By the end of the day in Chicago, it was announced that Rose had […]

VIDEO: You’d Be Surprised At Who Kobe Bryant Would Build A Team Around

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Kobe Bryant is a pretty arrogant confident player, to say the least. So when Bryant was on Jimmy Kimmel Live the other night and was asked, who he’d pick first to put on his team that couldn’t be himself, you could hear the gears grinding in his head. You know he wanted to say himself, […]

PICS: It Pays To Be Fast As Three Players Win $100k For Fastest 40 Times

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It took these three players less than 4.4 seconds to win $100,000. With the NFL Combine underway and with many players who are just grateful to be there, these particular three players had a little more incentive to perform faster than the others. Trae Waynes, Phillip Dorsett and Kevin White each won $100,000 from their sponsor, […]