Basketball

Look at that picture, and take a second to notice the location of three things.

1. The ball

2. The basket

3. Andre Iguodala's eyes

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Boomer, the Indiana Pacers' mascot, shattered a backboard on a dunk during a halftime show at a high school basketball game. It's the best thing to happen to the mascot since figuring out how to pee without taking the suit off.

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Kentucky freshman Vincent Swope sank a half-court shot to win a halftime contest during Saturday's game against South Carolina, he did a victory lap around sold-out Rupp Arena. Organizers of the contest approached Swope in the midst of his celebration with a copy of the contract he'd signed and a video replay of the shot. They said the supermarket chain Kroger might not be willing to pay the $10,000 since Swope appeared to take the shot a few inches beyond the mid-court stripe.

Protest helps half-court shot contest winner claim his prize. Check out the shot below.

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Scoring your first points in the NBA has to be a great feeling, but when the entire arena explodes afterward, that would feel a little bit better.

Piston fans everywhere are a little starved for highlights so far this year, so excuse me for looking across the country for one.

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This dunk is a perfect example of why Al Gore invented the internet!

In a gym full of tens of fans, an amazing play happens, and thanks to Al we all get to watch it!

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Basketball Wives comes to the Mid-Michigan area for the fourth season debuting in February.  Basketball star Charlie Bell's wife, Kenya Bell, will be on the show Basketball Wives Miami in February. 

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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski won his Division 1 Men’s Basketball record 903rd game on Tuesday. According to a Harris Interactive poll, it seems like most people are sharing in the Blue Devils’ success as the highest percentage of Americans pull for this college team.

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Twenty years today, Magic Johnson told the world that he was HIV-positive. Do you remember where you were when this press conference went down? I was 7 years old sitting in my living room with the whole family watching.

Not only has he survived, the former Laker guard has become a major face in the fight against AIDS.

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The title sounds like a great first movie for LeBron James, where maybe he searches the city for the tiny point guard you ripped him at half court and then dunked on him at the other end! LBJ is touring and making new friends with people who have never seen him play and his latest stop was Taiwan for the nation all-star game with some local legends.

OK so he doesn't REALLY get dunked on, but he does look pretty sloppy bringing the ball back up the court after the T.O. (must be the 4th quarter) Anyways LeBron deserves whatever bad things happen to him when on the court because Dan Gilbert said so...check out the LBJ facial below.

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Trick shot videos are popping up all over the internet these days and Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash makes a pretty unbelievable one that combines both his basketball and soccer skills (he was a footie star as a youth, FYI) in this ad for Chinese athletic apparel company Lu You. This definitely isn’t a guy you’d want to play in H-O-R-S-E.

Now the question is, did he make it in one take?

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Dirk Nowitski is the all star forward for the NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks.  He just won the NBA Finals MVP award, and is a world wide star.  That's why it's so surprising to see that he is just now getting some much deserved Internet love.  Now instead of wondering what it would be like to soar like Mike, kids are now aspiring to be like Dirk.

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Students at a High School in Kansas thought they would pull the ultimate prank on a teach by telling him if him made a half court shot blind folded that he'd win tickets to the NCAA Tourney. Only problem was the teach ended up making the shot...So a local reporter came out to do a story on the teach and well let's just say, there must be magic in the gym!

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