Earlier this week, we linked to a clip of LeBron James on the Daily Show.  He was there to promote his new book, “Shooting Stars,” co-written with Buzz Bissinger. Well, today, we present the other half of that equation. Mr. Bissinger was kind enough to answer a few questions about LeBron’s upbringing, his future, and yes.. the author’s run-in with Will Leitch last year.

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Remember Tamir Goodman? He was  the “Jewish Jordan,” who was going to be the greatest basketball player in the history of the University of Maryland, until Gary Williams told him he would have to play during the Sabbath.

Well, that didn’t work out so much:

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Did I just hear that right? Steve Smith telling Jake Delhomme in the nicest way possible that he stinks as a quarterback and then covering it up by saying he loves the Panthers quaterback as a person. Can we consider that a backhanded compliment?

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If you watched the VMAs on Sunday (or if you read the news at least once this week) you probably heard about Kanye West blowing up Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech. Now Kanye is making it personal and taking out his anger on Sports Crackle Pop.

If you want Kanye to get upset and blow up your site too, just go to this url and swap in your own domain: http://kanyelicio.us/http://sportscracklepop.com

The web editor for Yankees.com sure has great taste in movies. Check out his headline below.

And here’s the intro to the greatest movie ever:

This might be the cutest thing in sports EVER. It happened last night at the Phillies game. A fan makes a great catch on a foul ball hit by Jason Werth and hands the ball off to his young daughter. She immediately realizes that it wasn’t a Dora the Explorer doll and sends the ball back to where it came from. Pw3ned Brad Lidge!

Who could this be?

“This NBA all star was seen going into his hotel room with two women while his B-list television actress significant other was nowhere to be seen.”

There are not that many NBA stars dating/married television actresses nowadays. Rick Fox and Eliza Dushku? Tony Parker and Eva Longoria? Who else? The possibilities are far from endless.

This lump on Jesse Carlson’s head will make pitchers think twice before throwing at Jorge Posada. Don’t F with the Jorge!

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The Miami Heat are the latest franchise to face the fiscal realities of an economic downturn.

Miami Heat basketball operations employees have accepted up to a 20 percent pay cut in order to avoid layoffs.

The cuts affect everyone in the department, including team president Pat Riley, head coach Erik Spoelstra, assistant coaches, scouts and others. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel first reported the salary reduction in its Tuesday editions. Continue Reading

What does a company do when they have a bunch of spare Michael Vick action figure pieces laying around? You put them together to create Matt Leinart. Can the former USC star get a little respect?

-H/T Lucho