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Carmelo Anthony, Culture, Famous Nobodys, NBA, Style - November 30, 2018

Melo remains quiet about NBA future but has sights set on new fashion line The streets wanted more, and Anthony hopes to deliver with his new brand

We’re well-versed with who Carmelo Anthony the NBA athlete is — even if we have no idea where he’s going next and who he’s going to play for. But there’s another passion brewing for Anthony. While he’s figuring out his next move as far as the world of professional basketball is concerned — and no, […]

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Carmelo Anthony, Commentary, Houston Rockets, NBA - November 16, 2018

Is this it for Melo? ‘You’re not going to get better in two weeks, you’re going to get older in two weeks. It’s a young guy’s league.’

HOUSTON – Two former Houston Rockets hung out near the locker rooms after their old team routed the Golden State Warriors 107-86 on Thursday night. One was Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady, the other was former defensive player of the year Marcus Camby. Both have differing opinion on the future of Carmelo Anthony, the 10-time […]

Dominique Wilkins: ‘Father Time don’t wait for no one, man’ The Human Highlight Film can relate to Carmelo Anthony’s struggles to become a role player

Twenty-one years ago, Dominique Wilkins went from “The Human Highlight Film” to a role player coming off the bench only when deemed by others to be necessary. The transition was far from easy — as is the case for every aging NBA superstar. “Father Time don’t wait for no one, man,” Wilkins told The Undefeated. […]

Yeah LeBron, This Ain’t a Good Look [Updated]

After watching the fourth quarter of last night’s explosive Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets game live, and after watching the ensuing fight(s) from approximately 17,000 different angles, the single most entertaining thing is how Chris Paul turns into an impression of Kevin Hart doing an impression of someone…

Hat Tip: Carmelo Anthony Debuts New Collaboration with Goorin Bros.

His first outing with the Houston Rockets may have been less than stellar, but Carmelo Anthony’s other debut seems quite promising. Melo may be best known for his headbands, but the NBA star also loves a hat, as evidenced by his latest collaboration with hat makers Goorin Bros.

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, here are 7 Afro-Latino athletes we love From Carmelo Anthony to Sophina DeJesus, these athletes are proud of their roots

National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, celebrates the histories, accomplishments and contributions of Hispanics and Latinos. Here are seven athletes who have used their platforms to showcase their pride and uplift their communities: Carmelo Anthony NBA superstar and three-time Olympic gold medalist Carmelo Anthony never had the chance to […]

The Timberwolves (don’t) really want to trade Jimmy Butler and other news of the week The Week That Was Sept. 24-27

Monday 09.24.18 Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, foreshadowing what he plans to run their collective names through by December, nicknamed new teammates Lance Stephenson, JaVale McGee, Michael Beasley and Rajon Rondo “MUD” (misunderstood, underappreciated, determined). Former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Isaiah Thomas, more subtle than Stan Kroenke buying a plot of land in Los Angeles, […]

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Carmelo Anthony, Entertainment, Sports - August 13, 2018

Carmelo Anthony Signs 1-year, $2.4 Million Deal with Houston Rockets

HOUSTON (AP) — Carmelo Anthony signed a one-year, $2.4 million deal with the Houston Rockets […]

LeBron James opened a school and other news of the week The Week That Was July 30-Aug. 2

Monday 07.30.18 Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, closing the gap of the “Kobe Bryant” and “Betsy Devos” fandom Venn diagram circles, opened an elementary school in Akron, Ohio, for at-risk children. Michigan football coach and proud spokesperson of the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health Jim Harbaugh once told one of his players […]

Pissed Off Melo has a message for you: ‘I know how to play this game of basketball’ He has never entered an NBA season with this many people writing him off

Last month, Carmelo Anthony posted a picture of himself on Instagram sipping a glass of red wine, looking as if he was living his best life. The caption read: “MOOD. All critics can DUCK SICK.” Not exactly subtle. “Yes, duck sick,” he said, laughing. “And there’s more of that coming.” Anthony has spent a considerable […]

Dwight Howard was traded again and other news of the week The Week That Was June 18-21

Monday 06.18.18 The South Korean national team, playing the race card, swapped jerseys during practices ahead of its World Cup match against Sweden because “it’s very difficult for Westerners to distinguish between Asians.” Washington Capitals head coach Barry Trotz, striking while the iron is engulfed in flames, resigned just weeks after leading the team to […]

What if LeBron’s career had started in the Western Conference? Or if the Miami Heat passed on Wade? These and other mind-bending what-ifs, 15 years after the 2003 NBA draft lottery

The 2018 NBA draft lottery takes place Tuesday night. It’s a loaded class. And while 15 years ago the lottery wasn’t the grandiose event it is now, a season of draft positioning (also known as tanking) on the part of some teams made the May 22, 2003, NBA draft lottery must-see TV. What happened that […]

Daily Dose: 12/15/17 Black Thought is God’s gift to hip-hop fans this Christmas

What up, gang? I’m finally back home. It’s snowing, it’s grimy, but I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi on Friday, so I’m happy. Whys there always huge puddles on the ground under public male urinals? Lol people act like its a contested 3 instead of an open layup — Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) December 14, […]

Many happy — and sometimes unhappy — returns of NBA stars As Paul George and Carmelo Anthony visit their former teams for the first time, Marc J. Spears offers his top eight return games

The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted one of the NBA’s oddest and most emotional return games ever when Kevin Durant played in Oklahoma City for the first time as a Golden State Warrior last season. Thunder fans certainly didn’t make their former NBA MVP feel welcome, as they chanted, “Cupcake” and other nasty things during the […]

Sim Life with ‘NBA LIVE 18’: Thunder at Spurs, Pelicans at Nuggets The game before the game … San Antonio has no answer for OKC, and Davis dominates in Denver

Fresh off a strong showing during Wednesday’s doubleheader, EA Sports’ NBA LIVE 18 has started a new streak after going 2-0, and it now sports a mark of 8-2 on the season for correctly picking winners. Friday night’s games feature Oklahoma City at San Antonio (8 p.m. EST) and, making their first appearances, New Orleans […]

LeBron and his Cavs. #HoodieMelo. Beyoncé. How we successfully reclaimed the hoodie. It’s a hoodie nation, and the spirit of Trayvon lives on

Trayvon Martin wanted a snack. So he threw on a gray hoodie and headed out for some Skittles and a sweet tea. Thirty minutes later, Martin was dead, shot down by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. The story of race, violence and death immediately dominated headlines. But soon the story became that hoodie. The narrative […]

Carmelo Anthony talks Thunder, Puerto Rico and his support for Colin Kaepernick ‘I have to do it and keep the awareness going about the island because it can easily be forgotten’

SACRAMENTO, California — Carmelo Anthony looked quite comfortable at the end of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s practice Monday afternoon as he sat with his legs stretched, ice bags on his knees and his now familiar hoodie over his head as his new teammates got in skill work. The ex-New York Knicks star is enjoying playing […]

Shaq is beefing with Big Shaq and other news of the week The Week That Was Oct. 30-Nov. 2

Monday 10.30.17 Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III, fumbling with the truth like he used to fumble the ball, said the Washington Redskins, who traded three first-round draft picks and a second-rounder to move up to draft him in 2012 and started him for 35 games, weren’t “sold on me.” With hindsight 20-20, or 19-22, […]

How Michael Jordan’s original starting five — from Ray Allen to Michael Finley — became Team Jordan’s first stars Before Russ, Kawhi, Melo, CP3 and Jimmy Buckets, Jordan Brand got its start with All-Stars and future champions

Oct. 15, 1996, will forever be ingrained in Ray Allen’s memory. It was the night he met Michael Jordan for the first time. A young player like Allen viewed Jordan as a god in a league that had already deemed him the greatest of all time. As Jordan chased his fifth NBA title that year, […]

What Had Happened Was: 9/29/17 Oh, you don’t know? We got you.

Game. Blouses. Deals to trade Carmelo Anthony from the New York Knicks to both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston Rockets fell through at the last minute, Anthony told SiriusXM Radio on Thursday. “A deal was done with Houston early,” he said, “then for some reason, whatever happened behind the scenes, it didn’t go through.” Anthony, […]

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Carmelo Anthony, SportsCenter, The Six - September 28, 2017

SC6: Did Melo end up in the best situation? Jemele Hill and Michael Smith are intrigued by the Thunder’s new star trio in the high-powered Western Conference

Dwyane Wade, Kyrie Irving and the Lucky Seven of the NBA offseason These players had the best fortune in a flurry of activity

Dwyane Wade this week went from a young, rebuilding team in Chicago to Cleveland, where he was reunited with LeBron James and has an opportunity to win another NBA championship. Like Wade, several players landed in better-than-expected situations when the 2016-17 season ended, including Carmelo Anthony, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Chris Paul, Kyrie Irving, Gordon […]

What Had Happened Was: 9/25/17 Oh, you didn’t know? We got you.

Game. Blouses. Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade agreed to a buyout agreement with the team, paving the way for the 12-time All-Star to either return to Miami, join friend and former teammate LeBron James in Cleveland or work under famed coach Gregg Popovich in San Antonio. Wade, who signed with his hometown Bulls last season, […]

It took Stephen Curry a while to catch up on the Carmelo Anthony trade Warriors guard had been focused on practice – and a certain tweet

OAKLAND, California – With President Donald Trump’s tweet and the Golden State Warriors’ first practice on his mind, Stephen Curry didn’t learn that Carmelo Anthony was joining Russell Westbrook, Paul George and the Oklahoma City Thunder via trade until hours after it was agreed upon Saturday. “I heard [the trade] happened right before practice, but […]

What Had Happened Was: 9/7/17 Oh, you didn’t know? We got you.

Game. Blouses. Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett accused police officers of racial profiling after cops drew guns and used excessive force on him in the hours after the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight on Aug. 26. On Wednesday, TMZ Sports released a video of the officers putting Bennett in handcuffs, though he’s caught on camera […]

Will Hurricane Harvey prompt NBA players to replicate 2005 Relief Game? Charity game lifted the spirits of Hurricane Katrina survivors

Then-Detroit Pistons star Chauncey Billups and I were nearly in tears from what we saw in a mammoth space inside the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston in September 2005. There were hundreds of cots occupied primarily by mothers resting with young children and the elderly. They were displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina in […]

Daily Dose: 8/25/17 How the Browns’ national anthem protest came together

What’s up, gang, hope your week’s gone well. I’ll be hosting #TheRightTime with Bomani Jones on Friday afternoon from 4-7 p.m. EST on ESPN Radio. There will be quite a lot to discuss heading into this weekend. Thank you April Ryan for asking this racist, "do you want to be Black?" Sometimes you do have […]

Famous Nobodys is a fashion company making moves in the South Bronx Their gear has been worn by Allen Iverson, Chris Rock, DJ Khaled, Carmelo Anthony, others

Remember when fans went nuts when Carmelo Anthony rocked the hybrid New York Yankees and Mets hat at the Mets’ Citi Field stadium last year? Carmelo Anthony is here at Citi Field in a half-Yankees, half-Mets hat. pic.twitter.com/ev7J1j0hsK — Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) May 27, 2016 It did really well, according to one of the designers […]

The 2017-18 NBA schedule is here — these 10 games should be on your radar Mark your calendars for Kyrie’s first game in Cleveland, Rockets at Warriors and so much more

The 2017-18 NBA season schedule was released on Monday with countless storylines. No storyline will be bigger than the yet-to-be-determined fallout of Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving asking for a trade. Wherever the NBA All-Star guard debuts next season and when he plays in Cleveland for the first time will be heavily followed. There […]

Carmelo Anthony goes home to Baltimore for ‘Day of Giving’ Anthony says it’s been an ’emotional roller coaster’ but stays silent about his NBA future

NBA All-Star and, for now, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony made his way back to Baltimore on Wednesday. He didn’t care to speak much about the drama-filled NBA season or the trade rumors. But he was happy to be home in the city that raised him and at the very place that made him, […]

SC6: Would Carmelo be a good fit in Portland? Michael Smith and Jemele Hill discuss if playing alongside Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum would be a viable option for Carmelo Anthony

Scott Perry realizes his dream of becoming an NBA general manager Perry, who joins a short list of black GMs, is charged with turning around the Knicks

Scott Perry, the new general manager of the New York Knicks, went from being unemployed to living out his dream in what felt like a New York minute. Three months ago, the Orlando Magic relieved the then-executive vice president of his duties. Shortly afterward, the Sacramento Kings hired Perry as their executive vice president of […]

The Morning Roast: 7/17/17 Let’s talk about the Knicks, X Games, ‘The Bachelorette’ and contracts

Mina Kimes was back from assignment, Clinton Yates was back from the Midwest and Domonique Foxworth decided to go to McDonald’s for breakfast instead of the usual bagels and coffee. It was a great show. Hour 1 Mina managed to make it to the ESPY Awards, which apparently has a standby list that I didn’t […]

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