With the best record in the NBA, the Phoenix Suns are rising out of the West. After all, nobody expected them to be 8-1 at the beginning of the season. But the Suns, with a little help from All-Star Steve Nash, are proving everyone wrong.
Tonight, they’ll have a chance to see just how good they really are when they play the defending NBA Champions. The Los Angeles Lakers are currently 6-1, and they are on a mission to repeat.
“When you’re playing the world champs, it’s always a great measuring stick,” said Nash, according to ESPN.com. “Now we go to LA …read more

The Alex Rodriguez divorce drama has simmered down in recent weeks, pleas for the Madonna rumors to be false—in lieu of recent paparazzi pics—notwithstanding.
However, with A-Rod publicly commenting for the first time since the July 7 doomsday filing, we couldn’t resist the urge to take another swipe at our least favorite New York Yankee.
People.com ran an article from which we derived these, the top 5 dumb things the All-Star said (via filed documents) about his split from almost-ex Cynthia Rodriguez:
1. He admits that the marriage is irretrievably broken. Um, ya think? Deep thoughts, people, these are deep thoughts.
2. Because Florida …read more

At the b5media Sports Channel, we are really enjoying the summer. So, what do we do for summer fun? I’m glad you asked …

Ryan from College Fast Break tells us how he enjoys the summer without college basketball.
David from Every Morning Quarterback discusses how summer vacation is over … at least for NFL players.
Jodie at Gossip on Sports chats about how Dwyane Wade almost ruined her day at the beach. Hey, that’s me!
Cherie from Dejuiced talks about her summer fun as baseball leads up to pre-season football and then college football.
Lyndsey at Girls Dig Sports tell us about her good …read more

Fifteen innings of pretty good ball for the American League versus National League All-Stars resulted in sleep loss for the East Coast and the 12th consecutive win for the AL (except for that 2002 tie).
Here are five reasons why the AL came up with a victory yet again:
 1. Ichiro Suzuki’s pre-game F-Bombs. Move over, Bobby Knight. The Seattle Mariners‘ perpetual All-Star has a nifty peptalk ritual for his AL teammates every year.
2. Florida Marlins second baseman and probable never-again All-Star Dan Uggla set—wait for it, this one’s nice and corny—an Ugg-ly record by committing 3 errors in the game.
3. The NL probably isn’t quite accustomed …read more

As entertaining as the Alex Rodriguez reality-tv-show-disguised-as-reality is, the MLB has opted to go with alternate forms of celebrity entertainment for the All-Star events at Yankee Stadium.
Yesterday the league sponsored a free Bon Jovi concert in Central Park. (Digression: We once saw Bon Jovi at a Miami party but totally blew off ’cause we didn’t want to go all fangirl on him).
People.com reports that 3 Doors Down will provide music to swing by (but not, we presume, swing music) tomorrow night for the does-it-or-doesn’t-it-wreck-your-swing Home Run Derby. On Tuesday, Sheryl Crow will kick things off with the national anthem (take that, Lance and …read more

We didn’t see anything like it this year, but the 2007 NBA All-Star break saw Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James, and Dwight Howard bust a move, get jiggy with it, and trip the light fantastic all in one amusing 1m, 53s clip.