Tristan Jones
Tristan Jones is a staff writer for Black Sports Online, the editor-in-chief of the sports blog I Ball For Real (iballforreal.wordpress.com), journalism graduate of Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas and native Houstonian. Follow him on Twitter (@iBallForReal).
Celtics’ Jeff Green Out for Season After Physical Finds Heart Condition
The Boston Celtics announced today that young forward Jeff Green miss the 2011-12 season after team doctors detected an aortic aneurysm during Green’s physical last week. Green underwent additional testing More...
Fans Stiffed Again as NBA Announces League Pass Prices for 2012 Season
In case you were thinking the NBA would disperse to its fans some acts of good will after a five-month lockout that ranged from depressing to pure lunacy, think again. Apparently, while commissioner David Stern More...
Lakers Pull Out of Chris Paul Deal, Trade Odom to Dallas Instead
The first question in all of this, obviously, is: will the Kardashians be bringing Hollywood with them to Texas? The second, and most, important question: is there any way that Dwight Howard is not a Los Angeles More...
Chauncey Billups Amnestied by Knicks Says He Will Cause Troubled if Claimed
The New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks completed sign-and-trade for free agent center Tyson Chandler on Saturday, putting the Knicks further over the cap for 2011-12. To help remedy their cap situation, they More...
NFL Magazine Says Peyton Manning is 2011 Season MVP
Imagine being Aaron Rodgers. Yes, you’re a superstar, Super Bowl MVP quarterback of the defending champion Green Bay Packers, finally removing that southern monkey attached to your back that was one Brett More...
Heath Evans Says Nick Saban Once “Stepped Over Convulsing Player”
University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban has been known for a lot of things during his career as a football coach. He’s been called a brilliant tactician, a master of the defense, and of course, disingenuous More...
New Orleans Hornets May Trade Chris Paul Before Season
Chris Broussard and Marc Stein of ESPN are reporting that word from the New Orleans Hornets organization is that the franchise may trade All-World PG Chris Paul before the 2011-12 season tips off on Christmas Day. More...
Phoenix Suns Will Reportedly Waive Vince Carter Once Lockout Ends
One of the features of the NBA’s soon-to-be approved collective bargaining agreement is the famed amnesty clause, which will allow teams to waive players signed before this season and have their salaries More...
Ndamukong Suh’s Suspension Appeal Denied by NFL
Detroit Lions’ defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh will miss his team’s next two games after the appeal for his suspension for the Stomp Heard Round the World on Thanksgiving. So, to recap, the Suh Stomp More...
Raiders’ Rolando McClain Arrested at Scene of a Shooting in Alabama
Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain was arrested Wednesday evening after a shooting took place in a neighborhood in his native Alabama. McClain, a second-year pick out of Alabama, was reportedly at the scene More...
LeBron James, Kevin Durant Flag Football Match Set for Tonight
What started as an impromptu friendly game of flag football between NBA superstar and college fraternity turned into a friendly challenge between NBA superstar and NBA superstar, which has now morphed into a pre-NBA More...
Report: Chris Paul Would Not Sign Long-Term Extension With the Celtics
After rumors surfaced earlier this week that New Orleans Hornets All-World point guard Chris Paul was being courted by the Boston Celtics, here comes Chris Broussard of ESPN to burst Beantown’s bubble, reporting More...