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NBA All-Star Saturday Night Recap

Shooting Stars - Team New York beat Team Texas in the final round of the Shooting Stars event. Team New York players: Allan Houston, Cappie Pondexter, and Landry Fields.

Skills Challenge – The 3 finalists in the skills challenge came down to Deron Williams, Tony Parker, and Rajon Rondo. Tony Parker won, beating Deron Williams by 8.6 seconds.

Three-Point Contest – James Jones, Kevin Durant, and Kevin Love were the  three finalists in the three-point contest. The final round came down to the big men, Kevin Durant and Kevin Love. Timberwolves, Kevin Love beat out Kevin Durant, beating him by only 3 points.

Slam Dunk Contest – Jeremy Evans (Utah Jazz) is the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest winner. Evans beat Houston’s Chase Budinger, Minnesota’s Derrick Williams and Indiana’s Paul George. He became the first Jazz player in franchise history to win the title. His best dunk was a two ball alley-oop. Teammate, Gordon Hayward sat in a chair under the goal and tossed two balls up and Evans slammed them both while jumping over Hayward.

 

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J Cole’s Alley-oop from Kevin Hart (Video)

Cole gets up on an alley-oop in the 2012 all-star game, showcasing his frequently mentioned basketball talents. Assist by comedic genius Kevin Hart.

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81pt5i07V1Y

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@araabMUZIK – Cam Newton’s Night Out (Commercial)

Araab Muzik collabs with Under Armour for their newest commercial featuring the NFL’s Offense rookie of the year Cam Newton.

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Manny Ramirez Headed To Oakland

This morning, Manny Ramirez told ESPN’s Pedro Gomez that he has made a deal to play with the Oakland Athletics. Sources say the deal will be worth about $500,000. Due to violating baseball’s drug policy for the second time, Ramirez is due to serve a 50 game suspension without pay. This will be Manny’s 20th season in the MLB, he has a career batting average of .312 with 1,831 RBIs. Ramirez will turn 40 in May, he is currently 14th on the career home run list with 555. Due to the suspension, Ramirez will not be able to play his first game for Oakland until June 2nd against Kansas City.

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J.R. Smith Headed To The Knicks

Former Denver Nugget, J.R. Smith, announced on twitter this morning that he would be joining the New York Knicks. During the lockout Smith signed with a team in China and was ineligible to return to the NBA until his team’s season was finished there. Once Smith is cleared by FIBA he can sign a deal with the Knicks. Knicks coach, Mike D’Antoni, said “Smith would strengthen the Knicks bench, with Landry Fields remaining the starting shooting guard”. 

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Super Bowl XLVI: Patriots and Giants

The conference championships are over and the Patriots and Giants are headed to Indianapolis to play in Super Bowl XLVI on February 5th. The last time either of these teams made it to the Super Bowl was in 2008, when the Patriots and Giants faced off in Super Bowl XLII. The NFC wild-card Giants won that year 17-14, ending the Patriots undefeated season.

AFC Championship: Ravens 20 Patriots 23

Passing: J. Flacco (BAL) – 306 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT                                                          Rushing: B. Green-Ellis(NE) – 15 CAR, 68 YDS, 1 TD                                              Receiving: A. Boldin (BAL) – 6 REC, 101 YDS

NFC Championship: Giants 20 49ers 17                                                                            

Passing: E. Manning (NYG) – 316 YDS, 2 TD                                                                Rushing: F. Gore (SF) – 16 CAR, 74 YDS                                                                    Receiving: V. Cruz (NYG) – 10 REC, 142 YDS

 

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Lil Wayne Involved in Scuffle With NFL Player Dez Bryant

According to Miami New Times, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant was involved in an altercation with rapper Lil Wayne over the weekend. It’s been reported that the altercation occurred at LIV nightclub in Miami, Florida when Wayne began taunting Bryant about his unimpressive performance this season along with his financial and legal issues. A fight broke out from there.

Lil Wayne, nor his camp, have provided a statement yet, but Bryant’s mentor, David Wells, stated that the Cowboys WR had not been arrested, despite earlier reports.

It was originally reported that Bryant was involved in a scuffle with a “famous rapper,” but a Miami Herald reporter received intel from a source close to MBPD that the “famous rapper” was in fact Lil Wayne.

[via MiamiNewTimes]

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Colts Fire Head Coach

The Indianapolis Colts announced today that head coach, Jim Caldwell, has been fired from his head coaching position. This is the second big move the organization has made since the end of the embarrassing 2-14 season. The day after the season ended, owner Jim Irsay fired team vice chairman Bill Polian and Polian’s son, Chris, Colts general manager. JIm Caldwell started his head coaching career by winning his first 14 games, the most in NFL history by a rookie head coach, and leading Indianapolis to the Super Bowl. Caldwell won an AFC South title in his second season. Caldwell was hired as Colts head coach in 2009, he would end his career in Indy with a record of 26-22

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Strikeforce Champ Tests Positive For Steroids

Strikeforce women’s featherweight champion, Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos, tested positive for stanozolol metabolites (steroids) after a 16 second TKO of Hiroko Yamanaka in December. Santos received a one-year suspension, $2,500 fine, and the win against Yamanaka was changed to a “no decision”. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said in his own statement on Strikeforce.com that the promotion has a strong stance against performance enhancing drugs, but reminded fans that Santos still has the right to appeal.

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Heisman Winner Headed To The NFL

Robert Griffin III announced today that he will skip his senior year at Baylor University to declare for the NFL draft. A month and one day after Griffin won the heisman trophy (first player from Baylor to win the heisman) he announced he was leaving. Griffin set or tied 54 school records while playing 41 games at Baylor over the past four seasons. Griffin and heisman runner up, Andrew Luck, are more then likely going to be the first two quarterbacks drafted this April.

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Who’s Your Pick?

The 2012 BCS National Championship game is finally here. The rematch between the two SEC powerhouses, #1 LSU and #2 Alabama, will take place tonight in New Orleans. Who do you think will hoist the BCS trophy tonight? Cast your vote and let us know your pick.

 

 

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Floyd Mayweather’s Jail Time Postponed

Floyd Mayweather has avoided jail time until June 1. The jail time he will be serving is due to a Las Vegas domestic violence case. The case stems from a hair-pulling, punching and arm-twisting argument with Josie Harris, the mother of three of Mayweather’s children, and threats to beat their sons in an argument about Harris dating another man back in September 2010. Mayweather was scheduled to turn himself in today to serve a 90 day sentence, but due to the economic benefits his fights have on Las Vegas the judge agreed to postpone his jail time until after the fight set for May at MGM Grand in Las Vegas against an unnamed opponent.

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