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The NBA Finals are upon us and this basketball showdown signifies one thing: there’s only a few more months before the start of football season.

Along with Kevin Durant and James Harden, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has lead his team to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1996 when the franchise was known as the Seattle Supersonics. His play on the court is elite but his sense of fashion is debatable.

After a couple of rocky years, the New Orleans Hornets now have something to be excited about.

When the Brooklyn Nets unveiled in April their black-and-white logo, which was approved by part owner Jay-Z, it drew a wide range of reactions. Particularly, from New York Post sports columnist Phil Mushnick who felt Jay was “urbanizing” the basketball team.

Last week, boxing champ Manny Pacquiao reacted to President Barack Obama’s recent acceptance of gay marriage by allegedly quoting Bible verses against homosexuality. As a result, a Los Angeles-area shopping mall has banned the the WBO welterweight champion.

While the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals got underway this weekend, the NBA’s Western Conference semifinals had to wait for two series to each get through a seventh game before the next round of the NBA playoffs were set. Here’s a preview of the Western Conference semifinals:

Energy and sports drinks may be a great way to get a pick-me-up, but a new study published in the journal General Dentistry says they may be doing permanent damage to your teeth, as well.

Receiver Mohamed Sanu was the victim of a practical joke on Thursday night when someone called him pretending to be from the Cincinnati Bengals intending to draft him with the 27th pick. The Bengals wound up taking the Rutgers product in the third round and there were no hard feelings toward the kid who had pranked Sanu. But Sanu isn’t the first athlete to be the target of a hoax.

Now that the compressed 66-game NBA regular season has ended, the NBA playoffs will begin Saturday. Here’s a look at the match-ups in the best-of-seven, first round of the NBA playoffs.

Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki released a pop song titled ‘Oxygen’ for charity that has amazed audiences with just how bad it is. The video, also, leaves much to be desired.

State legislatures looking to legalize MMA in New York State are hoping the bill will be passed by June. MMA stands for mixed martial arts. Some people refer to it as cage fighting or simply “UFC” because of the dominance of the “Ultimate Fighting Championship” brand.

According to the title of this YouTube video, they run track different in Hawaii than any other state.  After watching, I can't disagree!  This kid attends the Mid-Pacific Institute (K-12) in Oahu, Hawaii and he has some serious swagger when it comes to sprinting...

Blake Griffin is an absolute MONSTER! Not only did Blake posterize Pau Gasol, he dropped bows on em’. That’s what most would call insult to injury.

Flip flops, sandals, sunshine and baseball are making a return to the Albany area soon!  The Houston Astros minor league affiliate, the Tri-City ValleyCats, kick off their season at Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy on Wednesday, June 20th.

Not all of this past few days’ college basketball action happened at the Final Four. While Kentucky and Kansas were busy advancing to Monday night’s NCAA title game, the nation’s best dunkers gathered on Thursday to crown a champ at the 2012 College Dunk Contest.