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Last season the odds were heavily in favor of the new-look Miami Heat becoming NBA champions with the additions of superstar LeBron James, perennial All-Star Chris Bosh and the re-signing of one-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade. With three superstars on the roster and the goal being winning an NBA championship or bust, the Heat were under tremendous pressure to get the job done. Unfortunately, for the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers for the matter, the "Dream Team" fell short in... Read Full Story

With the Oakland Raiders coming off arguably their most successful season in recent memory, a lot of people have started to wonder whether or not this team will continue to improve or turn back into a perennial bottom feeder in the AFC Conference. Now that they have a talented core of young players, the consensus is that the Oakland Raiders can only go up from here, but with their recent history over the last ten years they could easily continue to struggle and finish last in the AFC West... Read Full Story

Coming into the 2011-12 NFL regular season (whenever that might be), the Oakland Raiders will be looking to capitalize on what was the best season in recent memory. Even though Al Davis' team was unable to finally make it back into the playoffs, despite going undefeated in the AFC West division (6-0), this team looked like they had finally turned the corner and were ready to have a breakout year. One of the main reasons for the Oakland Raiders success last season was their dominant running... Read Full Story

The 2011 NFL Draft is rapidly approaching and a lot of people in the Bay Area have been wondering which way controversial owner Al Davis will be going for the Oakland Raiders come draft day. Even though the Raiders are coming off perhaps their best season since their Super Bowl appearance back in 2002 (lost to Tampa Bay Buccaneers), this team still needs to keep their foot on the gas pedal and continue to improve their once storied NFL franchise. With arguably one of the best running games... Read Full Story

The LA Lakers took time out on 3rd April to take part in the 4th Annual Casino Night at Staples center. The Lakers Casino Night is one of the biggest events organised in order to support the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation and the launch of a new OneWest bank credit card. Lakers fans get to have a bit of fun playing interactive games and games of chance with the likes of Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Andrew Bynum, Derek Fisher, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and Phil Jackson. Held in the Lexus Club... Read Full Story

It's that time of year again where the NBA regular season is in its final stretch before the NBA playoffs and college basketball starts comes to a close with March Madness right around the corner. Even though the NBA has dominated the headlines as of late with all the moves that have been made with big-name players like Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks) and Deron Williams (Utah Jazz) changing teams, college basketball will soon be in the spotlight starting with Selection Sunday on March 13... Read Full Story

The two-time defending NBA champions have hit a rough patch as of late losing to both of their fiercest rivals in the Boston Celtics and the San Antonio Spurs. Even though they have lost two games that would have easily rejuvenated this team and hopes of pulling off the repeat, the Lakers lost both games and seem to be on the verge of making a trade to get them back on track. Despite losing to the Celtics and the Spurs, the Lakers able to get back to their winning ways as of late by beating... Read Full Story

The Los Angeles Lakers have now won two straight against the New Jersey Nets (99-92) and the Washington Wizards (103-89), but after their win over the Wizards on Tuesday night in the nation's capital, the two-time defending champs made their first trade of the season by sending sharp shooter Sasha "The Machine" Vujacic to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for veteran bigman Joe Smith. In his seven-year stint with the Los Angeles Lakers, Sasha won two rings and averaged 4.8 ppg, 1.2 apg and 1.7... Read Full Story

The Los Angeles Lakers were coming off a disappointing loss to the Chicago Bulls in which Derrick Rose and company gave the two-time defending champs a bit of a wakeup call, but Phil Jackson's squad was able get back on track with a win over the New Jersey Nets. Even though this was the first game the Lakers would play against their former point guard Jordan Farmar, this game was thought to be nothing more than another easy win for the Lakeshow, but that wasn't the case as the Nets gave the... Read Full Story

At this point in the NBA regular season it would be hard to argue that there are any teams in the league as stacked as the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, but over the past two games against the Denver Nuggets and the Phoenix Suns that dominant team we all saw in the first eight games has failed to show up. Fortunately, this is only the beginning of the NBA regular season and a team as talented as the Lakers can easily turn things around, but this loss to the Suns really... Read Full Story