basketball

The Big East snagged a record 11 spots for the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, including a one seed in the Southeast region for Pittsburgh, who had been the Big East's  regular season champions. Rounding out the top seeds were the defending NCAA champions Duke Blue Devils in the West, Ohio State in the East, and Kansas in the  Southwest.

Did you watch the All-Star game and the dunk contest this weekend? Impressive! Here are some highlights from Saturday night's slam dunk contest, where Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers defeated JaVale McGee with 68% of the votes.

A gallery featuring some of the highlights of Sunday's NBA All-Star Game. The West, led by Kobe Bryant won 148-143 against the Lebron James-led East team. With approximately 9.1 million viewers, it was the highest rated NBA All-Star Game since 2003, when Michael Jordan made his last appearance...

This video is blowing up the Web, so I thought I'd share it on the site. UConn Football quarterback Johnny McEntee shows his skills in the offseason. Some of these seem impossible to do; many think his shots are fake, but I just think he's got a lot of time on his hands so he's tried all of these more than once...

When celebrities want to extend their 15 minutes of fame, most of them usually get their own reality show, where cameras follow them around on a day-to-day basis to capture how they live their lives (like the Kardashians, Kendra, Jersey Shore, etc.) However, it looks like basketball superstar LeBron James wants to switch things up.

Ever seen the one where Matt LeBlanc play baseball (with a chimpanzee)? Or how about the basketball player who dresses in drag so he can play in the WNBA. Maybe someday, we’ll be able to explain how these horrible sports movie concepts made it onto the big screen (and people actually paid money to watch them).

I dare you to try this one at home...