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And just like that the NBA Draft is upon us. But let's face it, not many outside of the NBA payroll is familiar with half of the players whose name will be called on Thursday night. Nevertheless, there is always a chance we will see some insane draft night fashion, and we can never hear the terms "explosiveness", and "length" too many times. I always wonder why the NBA doesn't let a little more time pass between the end... more.

For some reason Nike and the various sneaker sites have been previewing the new Air Max Lebron VIII shoe for the better part of the last month. They have been dropping various close-up views of the shoe or blurred out pictures without giving us the view as a whole. Well to this foolishness, I say, "enough". Taking the various fragmented views, I composed a complete composite view of what the new Lebron shoe will look... more.

In what has become a new tradition for the World Cup, it seems that the French National team are hellbent on providing the world with as much entertaining news as possible. You may remember in 1998 when Zinedine Zidane led the host team France over favorite Brazil to capture the title. Then in 2002 the defending champs went three games without scoring a single goal, earning the distinction as the worst ever performance... more.

Watching ESPN's "Sport Reporters" on Sunday, we were moved by the words Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan had on the passing of former NBA player Manute Bol: "I had just watched him block 12 shots in an NBA game. Afterwards Washington Bullets general manager Bob Ferry said to me, "Manute Bol "bleeps" up a game as much as anyone I've ever seen". He was the most unlikely NBA player ever, a 7-foot-seven Dinka tribesman... more.