basketball
Louis Peitzman · 09/03/12 09:43PM
Shaquille O'Neal Earned His Doctorate This Weekend
Caity Weaver · 05/06/12 02:47PMTeenage Girl Continues to Shoot Hoops While In a Coma
Leah Beckmann · 02/22/12 12:20PMMaggie Meier, who went into a coma after suffering a seizure in 2008, was somehow still able to shoot a beach ball through a hoop while in her, to use a Margaret Atwood-ism, fallow state. Meier had played basketball for years, and doctors believe that the motion of shooting a basket was so deeply ingrained in her that she was able to do it without thinking.
Sarah Palin No Longer Afraid of Asians: Linsanity Cured Her
Maureen O'Connor · 02/16/12 06:34PMIn Which a Newsweek Writer Is Romantically Pursued by Shaquille O'Neal: 'I Want u or Rihanna'
Hamilton Nolan · 08/24/11 10:20AMSenator Shares Fantasy About Playing Basketball with Obama
Jim Newell · 07/28/11 03:43PMKansas Sen. Pat Roberts thought it would be a good — again, that's good — idea yesterday to ramble for 10+ minutes yesterday on the Senate floor about his fantasy game of basketball with President Obama, during which they would discuss policy. This is the only way to get the president's attention, he larfed. Hehe, yesiree. What?
Ron Artest is Changing His Name to Metta World Peace
Seth Abramovitch · 06/24/11 12:03AMJason Sudeikis Is Not a Belieber
Matt Cherette · 06/03/11 02:18AMBack in February—when he wasn't cozying up courtside to Rihanna—Justin Bieber participated in the NBA's Celebrity All-Star Game. It seems like SNL's Jason Sudeikis wasn't impressed with Bieber's skills considering he had this to say about his teen opponent on tonight's Jimmy Kimmel Live!: "I didn't even know it was him for the first two quarters, I thought it was a Make-A-Wish situation." [via Vulture]
Kobe Bryant Apologizes for Anti-Gay Outburst
Matt Cherette · 04/13/11 10:42PMAfter he was slapped with a technical foul during a LA Lakers game last night, Kobe Bryant directed a homophobic slur at the referee who made the call, shouting "fucking faggot" at the ref from the bench.
UConn Huskies Win NCAA Title
Seth Abramovitch · 04/04/11 11:47PMPep Band Plays Rebecca Black's "Friday" During March Madness Coverage on CBS
Whitney Jefferson · 03/20/11 03:20PMMormons Suspend Star Basketball Player for Having Sex
Brian Moylan · 03/03/11 06:31PMBrandon Davies, star center for BYU's nationally-ranked basketball team, has been suspended for the rest of the season for breaking the Mormon school's honor code by having pre-marital sex. Davies apologized to his team this week. But the only thing he has to be sorry about is that he didn't pick a better school.
Halftime Show Turns Into a Flash Mob Pillow Fight
Lisa Gagliardi · 03/03/11 02:15PMStudents at a college basketball game took to the floor in a mass pillow fight during halftime. Why? Because they're crazy college kids. Looks like some of the participants got a little overzealous though.
Man Destroys Backboard While Dunking
Preksha Kumar · 02/25/11 01:30PMThis must be every basketball payer's worst nightmare. Hopefully, this guy wasn't seriously injured. But lying stunned on the floor, covered in shards of glass might affect his dunking skills for a while.
Watch Caltech's Basketball Team End 26-Year Long Losing Streak
Leah Beckmann · 02/23/11 01:50PMLast night was an inspiring night in basketball, even if you don't care about basketball. Caltech, a Division III school, ended their 26-year, 310-game losing streak in a defeat over Occidental College. The game ended at 46-45. Go Beavers!
Awkward Celebrity Seat Mates at NBA Games: An Appreciation
Maureen O'Connor · 02/21/11 02:53PMBasketball games are among the best places for spotting celebrities in the wild. Since the famous folk frequent court side seats, the view is often unobstructed; the lighting is good; cameras are welcome; and, due to the magic of assigned seating, they often end up interacting with unexpected members of their flock. Case in point: At last night's NBA All-Stars game, Justin Bieber sat next to Rihanna.
Man Gets Ovation For Smashing Backboard
Lisa Gagliardi · 02/15/11 08:15PMA basketball player gets some applause after breaking a backboard with a slam dunk, but after such a nasty drop those men should have risen to their feet to see if the player needed help.
Basketball Prodigy Dribbles Through ESPN Hallways
Kristina Grosspietsch · 02/11/11 02:20PM12-year-old basketball prodigy Jordan McCabe brought his impressive ball-handling skills to the hallways of ESPN the other day... and no one really cared. For a network dedicated to watching sports, they are surprisingly uninterested.
Utah State Superfan Dresses Like Disney Characters to Distract Competition
Marie Bardi · 02/03/11 06:00PMMeet Wild Bill, a staple at Utah State games who happens to be a big a Disney fan. Here he dresses up like Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast and gets the crowd to distract the opposing team by singing "I'm a Little Teapot" from the stands.