Even today, most NBA basketball players are finding it hard to believe that LeBron James is only 21.

Heck, they find it even harder to believe that LeBron James started his NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the very young age of 18. Why? Well, having a physique that can make Barry Bonds blush will most certainly do that.

LeBron James is a 21-year-old young man with a towering 6-8, 240-pound frame. Freaky. The Los Angeles Clippers have their centers at 6-8 and LeBron is only playing small forward. Imagine that…

In one of them Team USA practices, LeBron James was untying his laces when he shouted, ‘’I need five bags of ice!’’

Dwyane Wade, one of LeBron’s teammates in the American national basketball team, replied, ‘’That’s because you’re 30 years old!’’

It’s not the first time LeBron’s man, Dwyane Wade, has used the joke. Just a month ago, he made similar comments during the NBA Finals when the topic of James’ frequent text messages came up.

It seems Wade isn’t entirely persuaded that James could be three years his…

The New York Yankees thought PITCHING on the MLB baseball diamond can have them win the AL East.

They were wrong. And after watching the Tampa Bay Devil Rays pound the Yankees, 19-6, with a Randy Johnson pitching for the Bronx Bombers’ cause, it became quite clear what these Yanks’ desperately needed.

A bat.

Just before the MLB baseball trade deadline on Monday, the New York Yankees may have finally signed ‘’the bat,'’ they were looking for. The bat held by now ex-Philadelphia Phillies star, Bobby Abreu.

The New York Yankees had acquired right fielder Bobby Abreu and pitcher Cory Lidle from the Philadelphia Phillies in a trade for four minor leaguers.

Abreu was originally in Philadelphia’s starting lineup for a game against the Florida Marlins, but he was removed about 10 minutes before the first pitch. C.J. Henry, a Class A Charleston shortstop and a former first-round draft pick, and Matt Smith, a Class AAA Columbus left-handed reliever who spent time in the major leagues this season, are two of the players the Phillies will get.

The Yankees retained their prized prospects, Phil Hughes, a Class AA pitcher, and…

Turnovers on the NFL football field are the focus at the Oakland Raiders’ training camp.

Turnover drills. Think it’s important? You be the judge. It’s the very first period of each practice. ‘’It’s a full period geared to getting turnovers, geared to the offense not giving up turnovers,'’ cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said.

He adds, ‘’We have interception drills, fumble drills. This year, everything is like, ‘If you can get there, try to get that ball.”’

Yup, these Oakland Raiders of the proud Silver and Black are just beginning to realize that this is serious business.

Defensive players practice grabbing the ball carrier with one hand and trying to strip with the other. A teammate tries to recover. Offensive players practice recovering fumbles.

The 2005 Raiders needed the practice. It was fortunate that the offense wasn’t particularly turnover prone because when it came to forcing the other team to cough up the ball, the Raiders were helpless.

The most exasperating aspect was the team’s interception total, FIVE. It was historic. No team had picked off that few since the 1982 strike-shortened NFL football season, which consisted of only nine games. In a 16-game season, or even a 14-gamer, nobody had ever had fewer than…

The middle east conflict has a new face. His name is Mel Gibson.

The 50-year-old Oscar winning actor/director has been apprehended by police for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) in Malibu, and blamed the Jews for starting world wars.

Celebrity stalkerati siteTMZ reported that the devout Catholic celebrity shouted anti-Jewish slurs and boasted that he "owned Malibu."

His alleged exact words were: "F….. Jews. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." He then asked the deputy, "Are you a Jew?"  Thus, completely eroding any plans he may have of becoming a representative to the United Nations.

However the  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s woud not confirm this story.

As expected, no matter how it’s true or not, the Jewish community who already hate him for The Passion of The Christ was quick to pound on his "anti-semitic" sentiments.

Of course, we also expected Gibson to apologize for his behavior once he gets sober. In a well-written statement he said he is ashamed of…

Poker takes time, something a powerless king has a lot of.

Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is the King of Nepal, since June 4, 2001, to the present. He was a dictator, seizing total government control in February 2005. Popular pressure caused him to reinstate the Nepalese parliament in April 2006, whereupon he was stripped of all political power and made into a ceremonial monarch.

King Gyanendra turned 59 on July 7 this year, three months after giving up tyranny. So what’s he up to lately? Online poker and blackjack, apparently. Indian newspaper Jana Aastha Weekly reports the emasculated royalty has turned to online gambling to take his mind off his blues.

What sort of blues? The newspaper reveals King Gyanendra suffers from depression, fluctuating blood pressure, and insomnia. Using international credit cards, he’s been prowling the online poker gambling sites and Internet blackjack casinos until three a.m., looking to drown his sorrows in 21’s and Straight Flushes.

Did he try for the World Series of Poker (WSOP)? We have to wonder.

What doesn’t make us wonder as much is why he’s so blue. Nepal King Gyanendra’s rise to power was a tad shady, to say the least. This story involves too many same-sounding names so keep up.

The first time Gyanendra was declared King of…

The icon of the red scarlet Scuderia Ferrari, Michael Schumacher, is ready to take over the F1 world again at the German Grand Prix.

Former F1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher, has fired out a defiant threat to Fernando Alonso, insisting he is ready to conquer the world again. And with a mere 17 points separating Schumi and defending F1 World Champion, Fernando Alonso, it certainly looks like it.

The Ferrari driver returns to home ground this weekend for the 2006 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, buoyed by consecutive wins which have cut Alonso’s lead to 17 points.

He is ready to use home advantage to full effect and pile the pressure on to Renault rival Fernando Alonso. After all, Schumi has just been phenomenal as of late and with the former champion racing in front of his countrymen, Alonso sure has a tough day ahead of him at Hockenheim.

‘’I don’t think that I have to state how charged up we are. I believe that it is clear for all to see. I can sense the same thing from the team. Our competitive spirit has been reawakened and we want the title,’’ Michael Schumacher said.

Schumi adds, ‘’Things can change quickly in Formula One and this means…'’

NFL Monday Night Football is by far, the biggest stage in all of American football.

Well, as far as NFL football regular season action is concerned.

It’s prime time NFL football action and NFL football players give it their all just to have legendary NFL football announcer John Madden scream out, ‘’Touchdown!’’

Yep, it doesn’t get any better than that baby. They can talk about the infamous ‘’Madden Curse’’ all they want but in my opinion, there will be no one better in calling NFL Monday Night Football action than the legendary John Madden.

Now if only he knows the meaning of diet…

Here are some of the best NFL Monday Night Football games of all time.

Dick Anderson intercepts Terry Bradshaw four times (Dec. 3, 1973) - Dolphins beat Steelers, 30-26

O.J. Simpson’s razzle-dazzle 197 yards in defeat (Nov. 17, 1975) - Bengals defeat…

What the heck is up with the New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez?

Surely, he has grown tired of the boos at Yankee Stadium. Well, if there’s one thing that could prove to be good for A-Rod, it could very well be a trip home back to South Florida before the MLB baseball trade deadline and join the Florida Marlins.

A-Rod should think about it. No more jeers of ‘’E-Rod’’ that reverberates through the entire New York Yankees ballpark. He will also be leaving behind, as of this writing, his American League-leading 18 errors, not to mention his troubles at the plate.

Yup, with the Florida Marlins in South Florida, he’ll come to a place where fans will either worship the guy or go snorkeling.

Admittedly, there are already some signs that Alex Rodriguez will be moving by Monday’s trading deadline. Despite a whirl of rumors, New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman says dealing Rodriguez, who grew up in Miami, is ‘’not something even being considered.’’ For their part, the Marlins say they do not anticipate any blockbuster moves.

Well, it’s not quite as daunting as it appears.

The Texas Rangers, who signed the original $252 million deal with…

Yup, we sure have heard a lot of Terrell Owens already.

Terrell Owens this, Terrell Owens that. Yup, there sure are a lot of folks watching Terrell Owens already and the brand new NFL football season has not even started yet. Jeez…

Time-Warner media superpowers are giving the ex-49er / ex-Eagle now Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, T.O., a whole lot more TV time than the product of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s semen.

Sports Illustrated has a six-page article on NFL Football’s biggest blabber mouth.

Even HBO’s Real Sports is featuring a talk between Terrell Owens and Bryant Gumbel. Hell, you just know that Mr. Gumbel is spitting out something serious whenever he steps out from behind the host desk, dusts off the interview skills and gets on with his serious (but funny) look. Yup, no matter how grotesque it is.

Terrell Owens, love him or hate him, one must admit that he makes NFL football THAT much more fun to watch. They tune in every week just to find out what Terrell Owens have in mind.

Yup, just like those suckers who hate on J.J. Jack but visit this very page…

Can Miami Vice, Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, rule the present era?

They are, after all, the viceroys of sex. The drug-busting and rock-and-roll tandem. The hottest cool guys on the planet during the neon ’80s. But can they rule mojo-and-mojitos Miami in the luminaria-lit new century?

The answer gets lost in the sauce of the big-screen version written and directed by Michael Mann, executive producer of the TV classic.

Miami Vice, the movie, is an atmospheric muddle, as gorgeous and unintelligible as raven-haired stunner Gong Li. The legendary Chinese actress is Isabella, the brains and beauty of a drug cartel infiltrated by Our Heroes.

Mustached and soul-patched, Colin Farrell, with his portrayal of Crockett, looks like Davy with the coonskin on his face. Goateed and edged like a topiary, Jamie Foxx and his rendition of Tubbs resembles a metrosexual Malcolm X. Where stubble once reigned, facial hair now runs amok.

And don’t even get me started with Miami’s ‘’other’’ heroes with Shaq’s somewhat fu-man-chu look.

The stylish and unpredictable filmmaker whose credits include The Last of the Mohicans and Ali, conceived his low-light, high-speed…