Throughout his career NBA center Shaquille Oneal was not only one of the most dominant players in the league, but one of the most outspoken and colorful players as well. On Wednesday the future Hall of Fame center, who won 4 NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat, announced his retirement. While not many people were surprised that the former star was retiring, many people were... 

Heading into the 2011-12 NBA Finals one of the most highly analyzed players was the Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki. Nowitzki, who had been one of the most dominant players in the NBA all season and through the NBA Western Conference Playoffs, was considered the Mavericks best chance of beating the Miami Heat and their three top players, Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. On Tuesday night... 

This weekend is NBA All Star Weekend and while the Celebrities and the Rookies played their game on Friday at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Saturday paved the way for the skills competition. The most anticipated of the skills events are none than the Slam Dunk Contest and this year certainly did not disappoint. Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers is in just his second year but players and... 

Anthony May Stay With The Nuggets The talk on just where Carmelo Anthony could playing basketball in the NBA in the future has been big with some saying that he is close to signing with the New Jersey Nets. February 24th is the trade deadline in the NBA and with two weeks left until the deadline, there are more signs pointing towards ‘Melo staying right where he is at and that it is with Denver. Carmelo... 

The New Jersey Nets happen to be in heavy trade talks with several teams right now in order to help rebuild the franchise that was contending in the NBA Finals at the beginning of the decade. The team already acquired some great pieces like new head coach Avery Johnson and potential superstar small forward Travis Outlaw. Avery Johnson has the best overall winning percentage of any active NBA coach... 

Jayson Williams, who at one point of his career was a star power forward and center with the New Jersey Nets, began the next chapter of his life on Tuesday. Unfortunately for Williams, this chapter will not be as glamorous as his life was when he was an NBA star. Williams just began the start of a five year prison sentence. The five year prison sentence stems from a 2002 shooting death that involved... 

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas plead guilty in court to the charge of owning and brandishing an illegal firearm. Arenas said it was all a joke that ended up going horribly wrong. The guilty plea to this charge for someone with a clean record like Arenas has carries a maximum prison sentence of up to five years. It looks like Arenas could be looking at a six month prison term as a part of... 

The wife of Houston Rockets star center Yao Ming is reportedly pregnant. Yao and his wife Ye Li have been married for over two years and are very excited about the chance to have their first child. Ye Li was also a basketball star on the Chinese national team and at six feet two inches, there is a good chance that the baby will be very tall as well given Yao’s stature as well. Yao sent out a... 

Brandon Jennings, the young, star point guard for the Milwaukee Bucks who has been tearing up the league as an NBA rookie has now been fined by the National Basketball Association for a violation of their Twitter policy. Jennings tweeted too son after a game The fine Jennings received was similar to the one that former Bucks player and current Pistons forward Charlie Vilanueva got last season for using... 

Ron Artest drank cognac during halftime of Chicago Bulls games, the Lakers forward tells the Sporting News. According to Artest, “I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime. I (kept it) in my locker. I’d just walk to the liquor store (near the stadium) and get it.” A former teammate who commented anonymously thinks Artest is just telling tales. “That’s just Ron being...