giddyap and get down

daily dos

fri 3/19/2010

 

In honor of March Madness, Gawker presents the 75 most amazing amateur basketball trick shots caught on video.

 
 

get a grip

daily dos

wed 2/17/2010

 

Wisin & Yandel are reportedly now part owners of Puerto Rican pro basketball team Los Piratas de Quebradillas.

 
 

things you can buy: Charlie Villanueva's look

money

mon 2/8/2010

 
Detroit Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva in a red New Era baseball cap.

Get NBA star Charlie Villanueva's baller look with these items.

Red and Black Hat $35

Detroit Tigers Cap by New Era.

Canary Diamond Earrings $15

Hip Hop Canary Yellow Round CZ Silver Stud Earrings by King Ice.

Black T-Shirt $20

Nike Basketball T-Shirt by Nike.

Rose Gold Pendant $15

Steel Cable Rose Gold Dog Tag Pendant by The China Inventory.

Rose Gold Watch $75

Two-Level Rectangular Stainless Steel Case Rubber Strap Watch by Croton.

Black wristband $1

Blank Silicone Wristband by GOGO.

Black and red shorts $34

Jordan Baseline Durasheen Short by Jordan Brand.

Black ankle socks $11

NBA Logoman No Show Sock by NBA.

Black and red sneakers $88

Air Jordan Fusion AJF 5 by Nike.

For more fashion tips, style news, and celebrity interviews check out The mun2 Look.

 
 

ring leader

daily dos

thu 2/4/2010

 

Alicia Keys, Usher and Shakira have all been tapped to perform at this year's NBA All-Star game in Arlington, Texas.

 
 

getting the band back together

daily dos

thu 1/28/2010

 

Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittendon of the Washington Wizards have been suspended without pay for the rest of the NBA season for bringing guns to an NBA venue. Arenas will miss out on over $7,000,000 in pay.

 
 

spanish or english: sports

peep this

thu 1/21/2010

 
A collage of fans holding signs during a sporting event.

Some words sound cooler in Spanish, some sound cooler in English.
Of the following, which sounds cooler to you?

tacos

Celtic: tac "a nail"

cleats

Old English: cleat "a lump"

pito

Catalunyan Spanish: pitar "whistle"

whistle

Old English: hwistlian " tubular musical instrument"

red

Latin: rete "mesh"

net

Old English: net "mesh"

césped

Catalunyan Spanish: gespa "field"

field

Old English: feld "plain, open land"

cuadrangular

Latin: quattuor "four" + angularis "having corners or angles"

homerun

Old English: ham "dwelling, house" + Germanic: rinnen "to flow, run"

arbitro

Latin: aribter "judge, umpire"

referee

Latin: referre "to carry or bear"

fútbol

Latin: pedis "foot" + Old English: ball "round object"

soccer

English: abbreviation of "association football"

baloncesto

Latin: pello "push, drive, hurl, propel" + Latin cista "receptacle"

basketball

Old English: ball "round object" + Latin bascauda "kettle, table-vessel"

espinilleras

Latin: spina "thorn, back, spine"

shinguards

Old English: scinu "shin" + Middle French garde "guardian, warden, keeper"

casco

Latin: quasare "to strike" + quatere "to shake"

helmet

Old High German: helan "to conceal"

 
 

shredlocks

daily dos

thu 1/7/2010

 

NBA star Gilbert Arenas has been suspended indefinitely without pay after taking a gun into his team's locker room. NBA players are banned from having them inside an NBA facility.

 
 

team sleep

daily dos

mon 1/4/2010

 

NBA players Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittendon of the Washington Wizards are in hot water after allegedly pointing guns at each other during a locker room argument.

 
 

most valuable xmas

daily dos

wed 12/23/2009

 

Nike presents: Lupe Fiasco, KRS-One, Lebron James and Kobe Byrant in a muppet hip-hop holiday basketball challenge.

 
 

pac be with you

daily dos

mon 12/7/2009

 

NBA commissioner David Stern says he thinks it's "a good possibility" a woman could be playing in the NBA within five years.

 
 
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