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NBA Not Allowed To Post Pictures Of Basketball Players On Website

12:30AM July 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

If you go to NBA.com or any official NBA team website, you won’t see any pictures of current basketball players, no Kobe, Lebron, Durant, nobody. Why? It’s because the NBA isn’t allowed to post pictures of any of their players. More »

Entertainment

How Those Awesome Time Traveling NBA Commercials Are Made

10:00AM March 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

If you’ve watched any basketball games this past season, you might have noticed some really great commercials that showed current NBA stars in their earlier life (in high school, college, etc) interacting with people from “the future” (or 2011). It’s amazing when you see 2005 version of Kevin Durant “react” to the fact that he’ll be playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder (a non-existant team at that point). Or 2011 people telling the young players how great they’ll grow up to be. More »

Entertainment

Apple TV Can Be The Cable-less Future Sports Fans Dream Of

5:00AM March 11, 2011 | Casey Chan

For a die hard sports fan, it’s a sad, tough life without cable. You need it to watch all the games you can! Hell, it’s really the only reason why I still fork over a $US100 every month to money-garbing Time Warner these days. But with Apple TV now being able to stream MLB.tv and NBA League Pass? I’m cutting my cable subscription and going to get an Apple TV ASAP. More »

Entertainment

YouTube’s In Talks To Show NBA, NHL Games Live

6:21AM February 23, 2011 | Jason Chen

YouTube is currently negotiating with the NBA and the NHL to show live games, something that’s a bit harder to find for free online. They’re talking with “most pro sports leagues”, which means not all. Sorry billiards fans. [Businessweek]

The NBA Banned This Shoe For Being Too Awesome

9:00AM October 20, 2010 | Brian Barrett

For the first time ever, the NBA has banned a sneaker for creating an “unfair competitive advantage.” So wait—does this mean Heelys are kosher? More »

Cameras

Santa LeBron Gifts Unsuspecting Teammates With Flip Mino HD Cams

2:40AM May 6, 2009 | John Mahoney

It’s probably just the latest of King James’s half-hourly endorsement contract fulfillments, but it’s still slightly weird to see the ‘Bron at the 2009 MVP rostrum pulling Flip cams out of a Best Buy bag.

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Software

Android App of the Week: NBA Game Time Tracks the Playoffs

3:00AM April 11, 2009 | John Mahoney

NBA’s official Game Time app has hit the Market, just in time for the playoffs. On top of scores, stats and schedules, it can use Android’s multitasking to track scores in real time.

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Gaming

NBA All Stars and Their Custom PS3s

3:20AM February 19, 2009 | John Mahoney

Sony cranked out some personalised PlayStation 3 consoles for an NBA All Star weekend party, further reminding we hop-less whities, with our silly stock PS3s, that we are not pro ballers.

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