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Today in sports gear you’re likely never to own: This limited-edition basketball, designed as a charity item by Ralph Lauren. Sales of the balls benefit the LeBron James Family Foundation (which, among other initiatives, supports fitness programs for kids).
But unless your name is, say, Jay-Z, Andy Roddick, or Charlie Rose, you’re not going to be [...]

Jason Kidd has been a selfless player for the USA on and off the court in Beijing by sharing his experience and the basketball.

And he is set to dish out a big handoff if the Americans return to basketball supremacy today by beating Spain for the gold medal.
Kidd promised Elaine Wynn, wife of casino mogul [...]

Style and scoring ability.
This is why Kobe Bryant is the greatest sports icon in China; not Yao Ming, not Yi Jianlian, not even groundbreaking hurdle-champion Liu Xiang.
This was the prevailing sentiment amongst those polled in the sold-out Qizhong Arena in Shanghai that was painted with 24s and 8s.
Since the arrival,

During his freetime,
Kobe being mobbed by [...]

Carlos Arroyo becomes the eighth player who played in the NBA in 2007-08 to sign with a foreign club since free agency commenced July 1st. He will receive an estimated $2.5 million net next season — roughly the equivalent of $5 million NBA salary after taxes.
Just another… one. Is it time for the GM to [...]

When it comes to earnings power in pro sports, the battle of the sexes is anything but close.
Though women have made significant strides, a bulletproof glass ceiling still exists. Proof: The world’s 10 top-earning male athletes out-earned the world’s top-earning female athletes by more than 4-to-1 last year.
Collectively, the male athletes took home an estimated [...]

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These are confirmed as being photos of Gilbert’s pool. And, retroactively, he told the Wizards he was ok with them appearing on blogs. More importantly, it’s crucial to note that this is far from the finished product, that it will eventually look MUCH more impressive, that the project is already far past the point pictured [...]

Shaquille O’Neal took the mic at a NYC club last night, unleashing a freestyle verbal assault directed at his arch-enemy Kobe Bryant — blaming his former teammate for ruining his marriage and imploring him to “Tell me how my ass tastes.”
After spending several verses shredding Kobe apart for losing in the NBA playoffs, Shaq drops [...]

Check it out yo!

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By the Numbers…

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