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The Larry O’ Brien Trophy is the sacred object hoisted up by best team at the end of the NBA season. Larry O’Brien was once the Post Master General for the United States of America and later became the commissioner of the NBA from 1975 to 1983. The trophy that was renamed the Larry O’Brien Trophy  and was originally called the Walter A. Brown Trophy.  They renamed it in honor of Larry O’Brien and the work he did as c

One of the recent things to get attention in mainstream sports, is the idea of custom kicks.  Custom kicks have been around for awhile but with the rising trend of players no longer signing shoe contracts (allowing them to wear what ever shoes they want until the perfect opportunity presents itself) custom kicks are on a rise.  Now with some pro hoopers taking interest, we are starting to see these shoes make their w

Have you ever watched Pawn Stars and seen that awkward exchange when the customer thinks their item is worth WAY more than the store does? That is how the rest of the NBA feels about the Lakers and Pau Gasol right now. Gasol is under contract for 2 years at $19,000,000 per. Short of taking on a bad contract themselves, the Lakers are in a tight situation. The Lakers are desperate for an interior presence and have mad

Sports teams have become members of our families, for better or worse. Just like members of our families, some are welcome, some are merely tolerated and some have names that make you scratch your head. Many of the odd team names are due to team relocation or the period in which they were originally established. What if we had a chance to rename them? I was recently told that making lists are the laziest form of writ

Some of the greatest players in the history of the NBA have worn Los Angeles Lakers uniforms. With so many Hall of Famers having hoisted championship banners for L.A., it’s almost impossible to label one of them the greatest Laker of all time. Jerry West, who won an NBA title, made it to the Finals nine times and was a 14-time all star, would be in the discussion. However, West emphatically gives that title to Kobe B

Now that Black Friday has come and gone most people who participated in the chaos find themselves bruised, beaten, and sore. Well sit back relax and watch some athletes who felt the exact same way you now do. Well kinda… 

In 1958 comic book writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp wanted to give one dimensional comic book characters another side for the reader to see. While coming up with ideas they thought readers would like to see what the opposite of characters did and how they lived. It was with this idea in mind that they came up with the Bizzaro World. They put the idea into motion by having a scientist build a duplicating ray

An old University of Texas football coach loved to use the phrase that “You have to dance with the lady that brung ya”, meaning that what ever play they were using that brought them success they needed to continue to keep using. About 3 years ago The Forest Lab was a fresh clothing company in the Inland Empire trying to make a name for itself in a fast and trendy industry. It was a very difficult job putting out a br

Three weeks ago if I asked the average sports fan who Jeremy Lin was they would have probably come up with something along the lines of a figure skater, or golfer. But now it seems like we can’t escape the Lin-words: Linsane, Linderella, Lincredible, so on and so forth. To me personally, I don’t buy it yet. But thats not to say I don’t like the kid, I mean he is playing extremely well right now and that I do like. Wh

Muhammad Ali is arguably the greatest boxer in history.   Relying on his unbelievably fast foot speed and unorthodox positioning of his hands, held low while fighting, Ali was an extremely tough fighter to beat.  He was given the nickname “The Champ” after, not only dominating his fights but also predicting which round he would win the fight, months before the fight was to be held.  One thing that is amazing to watch