It’s the day San Antonio Spurs fans never wanted to see. 15-time NBA All-Star, Tim Duncan, has officially announced his retirement after 19 seasons with the organization. Tim Duncan was selected by the San Antonio Spurs as the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. He’s lead the Spurs …
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Forbes Lists Cristiano Ronaldo As 2016’s Highest-Earning Athlete In The World – blogged by @LoveRubyWoo
Each year, Forbes Magazine names the world’s highest earning athletes, an elite group made up of the wealthiest men and women across every major sport. The number one spot has previously been dominated by the likes of Floyd Mayweather and Tiger Woods, but this year, a new face has emerged …
Read More »Lakers Fire Head Coach Byron Scott – blogged by @MsJennyb
After two seasons and following the retirement of the legend Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers have decided to severe ties with head coach Byron Scott. The team announced Sunday night that Scott had been let go. Scott, who spent 11 seasons playing in purple and gold, and also …
Read More »Metta World Peace Weighs In On Lamar Odom’s Visitors
Though Lamar Odom’s condition continues to improve, some of his friends over the years have questioned the motives of those who have stopped by to visit Lamar in the hospital. The latest opinion comes from Metta World Peace, who contrary to Master P, praised Kobe Bryant, but much like P, …
Read More »NBA Pioneer Moses Malone Dies At Age 60 -blogged by @Lexxthatsall
3-time MVP, pro Hall of Famer, and NBA legend Moses Malone has died at the age of 60. The cause of death has not yet been confirmed, but it is being reported by FOX26 that Malone suffered recent heart issues. Malone who played most notably with the Houston Rockets and Philadelphia …
Read More »Russell Westbrook Receives The 2015 Spirit Award At the Sports Spectacular Gala
In addition to maintaining a historic role as a liaison between the sports and fashion arenas, the All-Star Thunder guard scores again! This time, Sports Spectacular proudly honored Russell Westbrook with the Spirit Award presented by Joe Jonas. Hosted by Jim Hill, John Salley, and Kevin Frazier, Sports Spectacular offered fans the chance to …
Read More »Demarcus Cousins makes first ASG appearance
The NBA All-Star reserves were announced Thursday evening via TNT and very quickly it became evident that many of the public’s top picks had been snubbed. But with Kobe Bryant being out of the game and off of the team following surgery on a torn rotator cuff, there proved to …
Read More »COUNTDOWN: Baller Alert’s Top 10 Ballerific Athletes of 2014
Today is the last day of 2014 so it’s only right we round up and count down some of the most Ballerific Ballers of 2014 (No Particular Order) 10 – Mo’Ne Davis – We love Mo’Ne Davis. The young little leaguer has had a tremendous year. She’s killed the cover …
Read More »Fox Reporter Erika Reidt Suspended After Insensitive Eric Garner Comments
Erika Reidt, a hispanic woman who freelances at Fox Deportes, has been suspended after a comment she made on social media. File this one under more minorities who think brown skin problems aren’t still their problems. Under a photo of Kobe Bryant and the Lakers wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” …
Read More »Ballerific Sports! It’s Showtime: Can The Laker’s New Head Coach Lead Them Back To Victory? Posted By: @aarynndenise
The Los Angeles Lakers may have a chance this season with new coach Byron Scott. The former teammate of Magic Johnson, Jamaal Wilkes, and Kobe Bryant (rookie season 96-97) was announced as the team’s head coach this past Tuesday with a plethora of support from former teammates and coaches …
Read More »6 Reasons Why You Should Snag A Rookie Baller
When it comes to snagging Ballers, far too often women focus on the super stars. The problem with this line of thinking, there are far too few star players to go around. What women tend to do is neglect the rookies and since draft season is over and football season …
Read More »Dwight Howard Leaves Los Angeles For Houston
Yesterday, Dwight Howard made quite the spectacle of himself while attempting to determine if he wanted to leave the Los Angeles Lakers for the Houston Rockets or not. Leaving the Lakers would mean that Howard would take a $30mil pay cut but after all of the convincing the Lakers attempted …
Read More »ESPN’s Chris Broussard Says Jason Collins Is A Sinner, ESPN Responds
Regardless of your religious beliefs, you’ve got to know that you’ve got to be very careful of what you say at the work place. The wrong use of words can end up getting you dropped from Reebok like Rick Ross or worse. After Jason Collins made an announcement that he …
Read More »Did CoCo Buy Her Vegas Sidepiece An Aston Martin With Ice-T’s Money?
Oh Coco, say it isn’t so! What started as what Coco says was an innocent photograph has turned into something bigger than I’m sure she would have ever imagined. AP9, the man photographed hugged up with the bootylicious blonde in Vegas on several occasions is getting his Kat Stacks on …
Read More »Baller Spotting Recap: NBA All Star Weekend 2013 (Houston, TX)
We’ve posted over 400 photos from All Star Weekend in the gallery (You can click HERE to see). As you can imagine it was a very eventful and busy weekend for Boss and I. Here are some of our own personal collection of photos while in Houston. This is a small …
Read More »How Much Are Your Favorite NBA Ballers Making This Season
Here’s the list of the top earning NBA Ballers for the 2012 – 2013 Season. Are you surprised by some of the names and figures this season? As usual, Kobe ranks number one. One more reason why Vanessa isn’t going anywhere! I’ll try to highlight all the un-married/un-engaged guys to …
Read More »Team USA Basketball Wins Gold. America Is The Best Country At Sports
Well here’s something to be proud of. The United States has acquired the most medals during he 2012 Olympics in London. Totaling 104, 46 of which are gold, The United States of America is currently the best country at sports. The tally includes the Team USA Basketball team who dominated …
Read More »What’s Your Baller Worth: 2012 NBA Salaries
Thinking about snagging a Baller but need help determining the PAID from the PHONY? Well check out the 2011/2012 list of the NBA’s top earners and see where your Baller falls (For those who watched Anderson, I’ve highlighted all the UN-MARRIED Ballers…ha!) 1. Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers …
Read More »Derrick Rose To Ink $250 Million Deal with Adidas
The 2011 NBA MVP has showed that he has absolutely no intentions on slowing down as he becomes closer to adding a nine figure endorsement deal to his $94M basketball contract. According to my folks over at Karen Civil when the deal goes through, this 10 year endorsement will …
Read More »Chris Paul’s New Team Beats That Other Team He Could’ve Gone To
In their first pre-season game Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers surprisingly grabbed the win against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 114 to 95. Chauncey Billups lead the game with 23 points, Kobe wasn’t far behind with 22 while Chris Paul …
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