NBA
Chris Webber Retires a Washington Bullet
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Mottram bros. friend and favorite interview subject C-Webb hangs ‘em up, and, while most remember him as a Wolverine or a King, I’ll always think of him as the last great Bullet. It was he who led the lowly franchise to the ‘97 Playoffs (to get slaughtered by MJ) and got caught high on the […]
Larry Johnson Wears His Sunday Best
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The ‘89-90 and ‘90-91 UNLV Runnin’ Rebls were the greatest college hoops team I ever saw, and Grandmama was the leader of the pack. He was a man/elderly woman among boys, as evidenced by the stats on the back of this card. (Also on the back of this card? A shot at Charlotte’s nightlife, sure to be disputed by […]
So, About That Guy I Work With Who Made the Bobcats Video …
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Ten days ago, I told you about my co-worker, David Arnott, who entered a contest to be the Charlotte Bobcats Ultimate Fan. As you’ll recall, he directed, wrote and produced the shit out of the most awesome folk music video ever created about a sub-.500 Eastern Conference NBA team.
Arnott — along with at least half-a-dozen […]
Dee Brown Is Wearing His Reebok Pump
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008To date, each edition of Cardboard Icons has featured a player from a team I rooted for growing up. This breaks that mold, but I think we all had a little love in our hearts for Dee Brown on that February night in the winter of ‘91. Here’s the king, forever on his thrown, wearing […]
Five All-Time Dunks on Crazy Tall Guys
Thursday, January 10th, 2008By now you’ve probably seen Tyler Hansbrough’s dunk on UNC-Asheville’s 7′7″ Kenny George. If not, let’s go to the videotape …
In that spirit, what follows are four more clips of dudes dunking on dudes listed at 7′4″ or above.
Kobe Looks Tight, Even in Short Shorts
Monday, December 31st, 2007The Lakers wore throwback nut-huggers against Boston (video). That is all. Update: Actually, that’s not all. Lamar Odom wore a Cosby sweater to boot.
(Photo via Getty.)
KG’s ‘Tears of Pain’ Heading to Boston
Monday, July 30th, 2007The Eastern Conference may have a new contender as it seems Kevin Garnett has been dealt to the C’s for Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and a No. 1 pick. That’s quite a package, one that mortgages Boston’s future in exchange for a short-lived shot at glory with KG, […]