All NBA Players Are Not Thugs

Professional athletes are lightning rods for criticism.
When they squander their finances we wonder how they could wasted more money than most of us would earn in several lifetimes.
When they have legal issues we attribute it to the Dumb Jock syndrome and are quick to declare them guilty.
If they fail [...]

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You had to be living under a rock to not know about Lebron James signing with the Miami Heat.
The two-time NBA MVP was the most sought-after player in this year’s free agent class, and he made the announcement on an ESPN special called “The Decision” that was watched by nearly 10 million [...]

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Gilbert Arenas just can’t help himself.
The basketball star, already under investigation for bringing guns to the locker room, made a bad situation worse by imitating gunfire before last night’s game.
This proved to be too much for league commisoner David Stern to handle, and he has suspended Arenas indefinitely without pay.
If the suspension lasts for [...]

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Just when you thought the Tiger Woods scandal was fading away….
The new Vanity Fair boasts a series of previously unpublished photos of Tiger, including this cover shot of him as he’s never appeared before. The pics were taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.
I don’t know what Woods was thinking, but the thugged-out [...]

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We begin 2010 with a late-breaking contender for Most Niggative Moment of 2009.
Last week it was reported that NBA star Gilbert Arenas was caught with guns in his locker. That seemed strange, but the story gets more bizarre.
Thanks to a New York Post exclusive, we now know Arenas pulled a gun on [...]

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