Source: LeBron Will Become Free Agent
A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that LeBron James has decided to opt out of the final two years of his contract with the Miami Heat and become a free agent on July 1.
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A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that LeBron James has decided to opt out of the final two years of his contract with the Miami Heat and become a free agent on July 1.
In the age of me over we ball, Duncan is a corrupt cliche - a winner.We judge stars by rings more than ever. The Heat didn't win; LeBron won. Kobe or Shaq won a decade ago. But when the Spurs win, Duncan is part of a greater whole, lost in a selfless, Vulcan coda.
The question was tough and I really needed to figure this out – who is the best small forward of all time?
Kawhi Leonard scored a career-high 29 points as the San Antonio Spurs made a finals-record 75.8 percent of their shots in the first half in a 111-92 victory over the Miami Heat.
For this list of men, it isn't enough to excel at the sport of their choice. These guys must also excel off the field by dressing in killer clothes, marrying major babes and rubbing shoulders with the elite.
No cramps for Miami's superstar this time. LeBron James scored 35 points and had 10 rebounds as the Heat beat the Spurs by a score of 98-96 to even the NBA Finals.
NHL Players play through broken bones, collapsed lungs and dislocated ribs. The King is sidelined due to cramps ... which has happened more than once.
A look at the stories creating buzz on social media sites like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and others.
Last night, like every NBA night, morphed into a sweaty, LeBron James symposium. And the firewall between factions is rather defined. He's either a chump who cheated his team out of a win, or he's a victim of fate or faulty wiring, a hardwood martyr who can't get a break.
Initially, many involved joked about how the conditions in the sweltering AT&T Center on Thursday for Game 1 of the NBA Finals reminded of sepia-toned memories. When we played poor. When we played outside.
LeBron James is the 11th player in NBA history with 1,000 postseason assists.
Cleveland landed the first pick in the NBA Draft... again. Aside from winning the NBA Draft Lottery, what else is Cleveland #1 at?
Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant has won his first career NBA MVP award, beating out LeBron James, who had won four of the last five.
A look at the top stories from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites.
The Las Vegas rockers offer up a potential song to a star NBA player and discuss how they narrowly averted disaster at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
The player, college, and NBA have suffered greatly in quality of play and players. And for every Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett there has been a conga line of lost causes, teens who toiled in Europe or Asia or worse once their hoop dreams melted into memory.
In This Week's That Thing You Missed watch a brawl break out after fans rush the court during a college hoops game, J.R. Smith pulls more practical jokes on the hardcourt, and Jeff Gordon gets revenge on his biggest critic.
James scored a season-high 42 points, including 8 during a 14-0 fourth quarter run, to help the Heat pull away from the Mavs 117-106 Tuesday night.
Who can fix the Dallas Cowboys? The most famous owner in sports hasn't been able to, but what about their most famous fan? I went to the AAC Tuesday night to speak with Lebron James about his beloved Cowboys.
Six years ago this week, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and several other NBA All-Stars left the comforts of a high-rise hotel in downtown New Orleans for a short, sobering bus ride to a devastated neighborhood a few miles away.
James was announced Thursday as The Associated Press' 2013 Male Athlete of the Year, becoming the third basketball player to capture the award that has been annually awarded since 1931.
The first All-Star voting returns are in, and there aren't really any surprises at the top. LeBron James and Kevin Durant are the top vote-getters. After that, things start to get weird.
November 26, 2013
