Chris Paul can't actually sign his contract extension until July 10th, but his agent confirmed to ESPN Los Angeles that the star point guard verbally agreed to a five-year, $107 million deal to stay with the Clippers. This was pretty much expected once the Clippers landed Doc Rivers as their new coach.
I'M IN!!! #CLIPPERNATION
— Chris Paul (@CP3) July 1, 2013
On the cool though, Dwight Howard met with Mitch Kupchak early on Sunday morning before the Rockets could get their pitch in.
Kevin Durant assured the Oklahoma City fanbase that his partnership with Jay-Z is no indication that he's interested in leaving town.
The Chicago Blackhawks traded forward Dave Bolland to the Toronto Maple Leafs for three draft picks. Bolland scored the Stanley Cup-clinching goal for the Blackhawks against the Boston Bruins.
A fight broke out in a Connecticut diner when someone picked out a guy with a resemblence to Aaron Hernandez. The two guys arrested in the fight told police they were sitting with Hernandez's brother D.J.
Donte Stallworth provides a candid admission of past homophobia, and how life experiences changed his perspective.
Take a look at some of the best video bombs of the NBA season, of course with Chris Bosh starring.
A two-year study by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University details how the Koch brothers have helped derail climate change legislation.
For first time in 19 years, a woman of African decent will be a major face of Prada in a Fall/Winter 2013 advertisement.
A man in Houston was sentenced to death in a case where the jury was told how he was a danger to society because he was a black man. No joke. And of course, Texas has the busiest capital punishment unit in America and executed its 500th inmate since the state's first lethal injection in 1982.
Nineteen firefighters lost their lives fighting a wildfire in Arizona.
Hot97 went in on the BET Awards this morning.
Lil Scrappy is out of rehab and back to working on Merlo's Way.
Chingy came up on a "New Slaves" remix. So if you weren't confused already …
This is Curren$y with "Showroom 2," sequel to a track on The Stoned Immaculate.
