Basketball Stories

When Charles Barkley found out he would only be paid $75,000 if he was was drafted 5th by the Sixers in the 1984 draft; he and his agent cooked up a great idea to tank his draft stock by gaining 30 pounds in two days

a bottle of Michael Jordans Cincoro xxtra anejo costs $1600 but there are plenty of questions about where it's made and what's in it.

Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi were former college team mates and both were first over all draft picks into the WNBA. Like many WNBA players they played in Russia to make an off season paycheck for a team run by a unique oligarch.

Dennis Scott may seem like a pretty boring guy now but in the summer of 1997, he was high on cocaine and hosting a summer camp for a couple hundred kids in the Orlando area. On the last day of camp he had a meltdown after a reporter at the camp asked him if he was on drugs (he was). Then to prove he wasn't on cocaine he starting screaming at the kids "Don’t ask me for an autograph, ask me about the rage inside me” while blaring music with explicit lyrics and throwing thinly-veiled insults at the Magic organization before abruptly leaving his own camp to "meet a friend".

Carmelo Anthony is not only in top 10 for the NBA's all-time scoring list but he's managed to keep his secret families under wraps for most of his NBA career. How many does he have? Who are they? We aren't even sure.

It’s no surprise that professional athletes enjoy a gentleman’s club from time to time. The Gold Club is the story of how far one club would go to be the go to destination for athletes. We dive into what did (allegedly) and didn’t (allegedly) happen at The Gold Club.

When Michael Jordan came out of retirement in 1995, he wore No. 45 rather than his usual 23. But do you know about the time MJ was forced to wear No. 12?

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin had one night stand with then-University of Michigan junior Glen Rice in 1987. The two met in Alaska while Glen was playing in a tournament that Sarah was reporting at.

in 2015, Thabo Sefolosha was leaving a club in New York with teammate Pero Antić and got into a dispute with an officer. The officers broke Thabo's right fibula and caused ligament damage in his leg. He took them to court and won.

today we talk about two Minnesota specific stories:

Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx, who took a year off during the height of her career to help with prison reform, and eventually helped free Jonathan Irons, who'd been put for 50 years at the age 16 for a crime he didn't commit.

Malik Beasley of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who was arrested at his own home after his address was accidentally put on a home walk list and he went on to his lawn with a gun to see why people kept coming into his driveway