One of my favorite thing about religiously following any team in sports is the fact that I live their events just as they do through the span of each year. Their successes become my own, and their failures mine too.

After writing my Best in the West article yesterday, I immediately began to contemplate about the Denver Nuggets and their entire off-season in perspective. While major trades and signings have taken place not only within their Conference, but amongst their division as well, the Denver Nuggets organization have insisted on calmly sitting back in recline and crossing their legs on top of the table.

Things looked great for the Celtics going into the 2008-2009 NBA season. Coming off a thrilling championship, the team appeared to be no less poised to win another title than they were the year before. The situation changed very quickly with the injury of the team's most valuable player, Kevin Garnett.

Sports is such a very common way of leisure and fun that most people would resort to for reducing stress and all the hangovers in life. There are also those who do sports for the purpose of exercise, since it would be a much fun way of getting fit compared to the usual exercises. This is true for some sports " especially those that require a lot of physicality.

The 2008-2009 season ended on a bittersweet note for all fans of the New Orleans Hornets. A promising 2007-2008 campaign left fans with high hopes for the Hornets of 2008-2009, who easily bowed out in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Players in New Orleans seemingly gave up on their coach, and morale was at a low point as the season ended.

Many know, that Stephon Marbury has been making a 24/7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), internet show of his life. So far, on his self-produced show, people have seen him dance, cry, eat vaseline, etc. People are writing him off quickly as insane, troubled, internally damaged, crying for help, and more.

Just as it seemed that Nuggets were unstoppable, blowing past the Hornets and breezing by the Mavericks, they hit a wall (LA). The Lakers were able to derail the Nuggets right in their tracks and moved on to the finals with ease.

Things looked great for the Celtics going into the 2008-2009 NBA season. Coming off a thrilling championship, the team appeared to be no less poised to win another title than they were the year before. The situation changed very quickly with the injury of the team's most valuable player, Kevin Garnett.

After a summer of negotiational back and forth during which both sides indicated at various points that they were far apart and then making progress, the Portland Trailblazers have inked All Star shooting guard Brandon Roy to a five year contract extension. Roy will be in the final year of his rookie contract in the forthcoming NBA season, and securing the services of a player that...

Ben Wallace pictures are all over the place on the Internet and if you do a quick search with Google images, you would definitely be rewarded with a great deal of results. There are many fan sites dedicated to his impressive achievements in the sport of basketball and any search on Google will confirm that.

Chris Paul, arguably the best point guard in the NBA, has chosen to return back to the land in which he won his first gold medal; China.

Apparently, or so we all have been told by sports reporters, bloggers, and the Duke hate base alike, Duke is on a bit of downward slide. Really?

After some tense moments during a 'communication breakdown', both Lamar Odom and the Los Angeles Lakers got what they really wanted all along. The Lakers retained the services of their valuable sixth man, and Odom will return to the team after an intense recruiting pitch from the Miami Heat.

Tattoos have become a way that people have been able to express themselves for millions of years, Allen Iverson tattoos arise a lot of different questions from people. Some may say that he has way too many tattoos and there has to be a point where they stop, and some who love tattoos simply adore the designs that he chooses to put all over his body.

The game of basketball has thrilled and drawn a lot of people all over the world. The reason for this is because basketball is such an exciting game that you would not want to miss a minute, a second or even a millisecond of it. Anything can happen with even a fraction of a second that could ultimately change the games outcome. What makes the game even more exciting are the plays...

What a summer it's been if you're a Dallas Mavericks fan. Let's start off with a smaller name, Quinton Ross. He's an underrated player who should mold nicely with the Mavs' style of play. He'll probably play around 20 minutes per game, but I could see him in a starting role since Carlisle prefers Jason Terry off the bench.

When KB24 and D-Wade are both chasing after you, you can be pretty sure that you're a good NBA player.

For the last three days, I spent my time at the Chris Paul basketball camp in New Orleans, LA. Chris Paul himself came together with some coaches from New Orleans and the suburbs to help all kids interested in basketball with drills, tips, and more.

Recently, Steve Spurrier, South Carolina's college football coach, came out and said that he didn't vote for Florida Gator and former Heisman winner Tim Tebow as the All-SEC QB. He stands alone as the only person in the entire conference to vote for someone other than Tim Tebow.

'Shaq' as he is more commonly known as affectionately amongst his vast array of fans, Shaquille O'Neal is one of the highest achievers in the world of Basketball having won no less than four NBA world championships. He is known especially for his enormous size, marked by his large shoe size of twenty-two.

There are more than 300,000,000 people in the United States and the world population is quickly approaching 7 billion. Our country makes up just 5% of the entire global population, even less. The days of US athletic dominance may soon come to an end for this reason, unless the country wakes up from complacency and positions itself or the future.

You might have heard the word Plyometrics before and wondered what it was. Don't feel bad because a lot of athletes don't have a clue concerning it's meaning either. It's just another way to say jumping exercises. This article will focus on a general overview of Plyometrics.

All you need to do to be a better athlete in the sport you love is learn how to jump higher.

Plyometric training is the little known secret that competitive athletes do not want you to know about, since it gives them an enormous advantage over their competitors. If you desire to increase your speed and explosiveness in movement, plyometric exercises are one of the few that are very effective. Even those who are not competitive athletes can benefit from plyometrics and greatly...

There are tons and tons of jump higher programs that can be accessed through the worldwide web. If you are looking for a jump higher program, it appears that the internet is your best resource. With the hundreds and thousands of jump higher programs posted on the internet, it can be confusing and challenging to select one that would best work for you. In some cases, you might have...