Keep an eye on this unfolding story about Cuban using insider information to avoid $750,000 in losses. According to Forbes Magazine, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is one of the richest people in the world, with a net worth at $2.3 billion as of March 2007. Besides the Mavericks, Cuban owns the HDNet cable television channel, Landmark Theaters, a large national chain, and (ironically) a Web site called Sharesleuth.com, which bills itself...

Before I start, I’d like to propose a new NBA rule: players are NOT to make ANY contact with any player of an opposing team AFTER a whistle has blown. If there are players that need separating, there are 3 referees and 4 teammates on each side that can do the job, so there is no need for a player to pose as a “peacemaker” by making contact with or restraining an opposing player. As often as not, that just further provokes...

Today the Rio Grande Vipers drafted Smush Paker. There are 16 teams in the d-league, and Parker went at #14. That boggles the mind. Thirteen teams would rather take a chance on an unknown talent, then acquire a very known quanity in Smush Parker. Once the starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, sharing the back court with the venerable Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker averaged 11.1 points per game, 2.8 assists, and 2.5 rebounds…...