The New Orleans Hornets were in New York Tuesday for a meeting with the Brooklyn Nets and their only appearance in Barclays Center this season. More importantly, it meant Nets center Brook Lopez would be playing host to his twin brother, and Hornets center, Robin. During the third quarter Brook was ... Read More

      As the official statistician of MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, and the WNBA the Elias Sports Bureau provides a look into sports that goes beyond the home run saving grabs, made-for-highlight-reel stiffarms, and ankle breaking crossovers. They sift through the streaks, trends, and numbers to often provide us with interesting and little known bits of information about our ... Read More

Now that the New Orleans franchise formerly known as the Hornets has officially been named the Pelicans (I know, it made us laugh, too) the only thing left to speculate about how they would tie a pelican into their logo. Well wonder no more, as here are official images of the ... Read More

Celtics head coach Doc Rivers has been around the NBA as a player and coach for 27 years. He’s seen most everything. However, on Wednesday night Doc will have to do something he’s never had to do in the NBA—coach against his son, Austin Rivers. Austin is a rookie guard for the ... Read More

  While much of the talk surrounding the New Orleans Hornets lately has been about them possibly becoming the Pelicans, Mosquitos, Swamp Dogs, Bullsharks, or Rougarou rookie Anthony Davis and third-year man Greivis Vásquez are having solid seasons thus far. Vásquez is averaging a career-high 12.6 points and his 8.7 assists per ... Read More

Per a report from Y! Sports, the New Orleans Hornets will be changing their franchise name to the New Orleans Pelicans, possibly as soon as next season: The Hornets also considered the nicknames Krewe (groups of costumed paraders in the annual Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans) and Brass. Louisiana is the ... Read More

    We didn't get to see alot of Anthony Davis during this summer's Olympics but we saw enough during his freshman year at Kentucky to know he's pretty good. In an environment with less pressure (and defense) than the NCAA Tournament or a gold medal game this year's No. 1 draft ... Read More

With ESPN's First Take morning show growing in popularity (for better or for worse), resident personality Skip Bayless has become the apparent villain of sports media. In the spirit of having fun at Bayless' cost, here's video of 2012 NBA no. 1 overall pick Anthony Davis dunking on a cardboard cutout of Skip ... Read More