The folks at Point 3 Basketball are giving away a basketball dream weekend in Atlanta. The winner will receive tickets to a NCAA Tournament regional finals, an Atlanta Hawks game, a private basketball clinic with a professional trainer and $200 worth of gear.
The only down side? The Hawks will be playing the Nets.
To enter, you just have to "Like" the Point 3 Facebook page and give one sentence as to why you love basketball.
(While you're in the neighborhood, you could hit my Facebook page as well...)
University of Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun will sponsor "CardioRaiser" events on February 26 to raise money for Autism Speaks.
Join Coach Jim Calhoun on Sunday, February 26, 2012 for the inaugural Jim Calhoun CardioRaiser - and workout for Autism Speaks. Test your endurance at Cardio Express in Manchester or Southington as we raise money for this important cause. The registration breakfast begins at 8am and the cardio activities begin at 9am.
Participants will choose from a variety of cardiovascular workouts, including Zumba and spinning, as part of the event
The coach is a long-time supporter of Autism Speaks and other autism-related charities; two of his grandchildren have autism.
The Miami Heat have new alternate uniforms and... well, they're just awful. See for yourself.
Debuting these awful unis and Eddy Curry on the same night made things far too easy for NBA bloggers inclined towards snarky comments. Yes, my first thought was, "I thought black was supposed to be slimming." No, I'm not proud of that.
Other, more clever responses on Twitter likened the new unis to "the uniforms of a summer league team sponsored by a low-level drug dealer" or "something out of the L.A. Gear collection, circa 1988."
Of course, these aren't the only ugly uniforms in today's NBA. Case in point... when it was announced that the Knicks would be playing a home game on Christmas Day this year, one of the first questions many fans asked was, "Does that mean they'll be wearing their green uniforms?" Personally, I'm hoping the Knicks' green-and-orange alternates are retired until Nate "Krypto-Nate" Robinson is back in a New York uniform.
In other words - forever.
And even those might not be the worst. The Dallas Mavericks briefly wore uniforms that appeared to be made out of hefty bags. The Suns unis featured a logo best described as the "exploding armpit basketball." And don't even get me started on Toronto's ridiculous red dinosaur.
Here are a few of my picks for the NBA's most grievous assaults on the eyes. Which are your favorites? Least-favorites?
Image: Eddy Curry at the free-throw line during his Miami Heat debut on Thursday. Getty Images / Mike Ehrmann
Kobe Bryant has been one of the NBA's leading scorers for much of this season. But his ex-wife may have made the biggest score of the year.
Vanessa Bryant will receive roughly $75 million as part of their divorce settlement - roughly half the couple's net worth. That figure includes all three of the couple's Newport Beach mansions. She filed for divorce in December, citing irreconcilable differences... and claiming that Kobe had affairs with as many as 100 women during their ten-year marriage.
The couple reportedly did not have a prenuptial agreement.
Image: Kobe and Vanessa Bryant in happier times, arriving at the wedding of then-teammate Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian. Courtesy Flynet Pictures.
