David Stern’s vision for the NBA becoming an international staple has led to the creation of Ene•bé•a, a Spanish-language website of nba.com that informs Latinos about the league in depth with interviews, scores, and stats. For the past few years, the NBA has reached out to the Spanish speaking community by providing broadcasts in their language. The NBA’s Noche Latina acknowledges NBA fans and players of Hispanic origin, providing them with translations of jerseys from teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs. This year the NBA has stepped up, attempting to create an Ene•bé•a television and internet campaign that will inform Latinos about current events happening in the NBA. Hopefully this is the beginning of a campaign that unites Spanish and English speaking fans and players across the globe.
To learn more about NBA Spanish initiatives, check out Ene•bé•a. MediaPost also has a wonderful article about the Ene•bé•a.
October 12, 2009, BAKERSFIELD – The Bakersfield Jam, an NBA Development League team affiliated with the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers are holding an open tryout this weekend, October 17 and 18 at the Burlingame Sports Center in Burlingame, CA from 9:00 am to 2:00pm on Saturday and 9:00am to 12:00pm on Sunday.
Open tryouts offer up-and-coming athletes the opportunity to showcase their basketball skills in front of the Jam’s coaching staff, led by new head coach Will Voight, along with Read More »
These black/white shorts are from the ARCH Athletics Apparel/Footwear package Chris Burns graciously sent me a few weeks back. The spacious fit and relaxed aesthetics made them my go-to this July. Unlike some of the silky jammies I’ve posted below, these match everything in my wardrobe. . .
I got these in the mail earlier today (Shouts to Troj @ Kay-One!) and had to floss immediately. Admittedly, I haven’t worn a pair of all-mesh shorts in a minute now, but the thorough ventilation on these puppies had me singing, It’s been a long time”, as I hoisted jumpers in the 95 degree heat earlier tonight.
Who else is feeling the extended ribbing along the hemline to form the “X”? Classic? World B.’s “Hot Soup” logo is stitched onto the rear for added flavor.
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Dwight Howard, adidas Basketball and NBA.com have collaborated to donate The Mountain of Muscle’s game worn TS Commander LTs after every Finals matchup. The LT is a lightweight evolution of the ’08 TS Commander and will be worn by Adi’s premier postmen during the 2009-10 season. To learn more about the shoe’s technical merits and conspicuous Stripes, peep this.
Auction Details:
-After each game, Dwight will sign his game worn kicks.
-The signed sneakers will go live on auction at NBA.com.
-Bidding will begin at $1,012 for each pair and will run through June 20th.
-Proceeds will go to a charity of DH’s choice.
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Out now!! “This is Da Move,” the brand new DVD contains 45 minutes of pure freestyle passion from jams all around Europe. The biggest basketball freestyle show has footage from Italy and beyond, more than 250 shows with backstage, road, and art images, to go along with the after-party scene and freestyle camp lessons.
Established in 2000 in the Milan suburbs, “Da Move” has represented in all the biggest Tournaments around Italy and Europe. Read More »
Who’s your team?Who’s your favorite player? Kobe, ‘Bron, or perhaps Brian “The Conundrum” Scalabrine for MVP?
adidas is callng all avid NBA fans to Rep their Brotherhood in their Ultimate Fan Contest. To enter, simply submit your illest photo of you in your team’s gear and provide 100 words on why you love hoops and your favorite squad. The top twenty submissions will move on to the second round where online voters will whittle the pretenders away until the strongest fan is left standing. Winner takes two tickets to Game 3 of the NBA Finals and $500 worth of adidas product. The silver medalist receives $500 worth of Three Stripes swag.
With stat-stuffing playoff debuts like this, a ratchet like this, (The commentator is on some Life Alert steez. Hilarious.) and a highlight reel like this, it’s no surprise that yearling Bulls point guard Derrick Rose conquered the NBA’s coveted Rookie of the Year Award. Rose received 111 first-place votes (574 points) from a panel of 120 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.To commemorate DRose’s accomplishment, The Brand With 3 Stripes released a celebratory “ROY” t-shirt in his honor. The tee is available beginning today at the adidas Sport Performance Store in Chicago at 845 North Michigan Ave, at the United Center and online at NBAStore.com.
Doctor J and the Philadelphia 76ers of the early Eighties are the reason why I love this game. All my italian friends “escaped” (like me, more or less) from football (soccer), were all Lakers or Celtics fans. It was right, Los Angeles and Boston was the great rivalry of the Eighties, but for me The Doctor was the only one who shaked my chair for real. Read More »
