Nets Fire Head Coach Avery Johnson Where Does Brooklyn Go From Here

All Star and Olympic point guard Deron Williams once didn't see eye to eye with Jerry Sloan while in Utah. Many insiders believe Williams was the reason Sloan retired from coaching a few years ago. Fast forward to Brooklyn the Nets 1st season in the burrough, now Avery Johnson has be relieved of his coach duties. PJ Carlesimo has taken over on an interim basis. Since last week firing the nets have won their last two games to get over .500. Williams was the 1st to say his hands are clean and if management asked him about Avery, he would say Johnson should stay. Williams earlier in the month of December said he was struggling offensively due to Johnson offensive style. Clearly with a new building the Barclay Center and additions like Joe Johnson their are high expectations for these Nets. Let's see who will become the head coach and how the team will respond going forward. Ultimately it comes down to can they compete with the likes of Miami, during the NBA Playoffs.

LA Clippers 15 Game Winning Streak And Counting

2012-13 LA Clippers are streaking ! Led by All Star point guard Chris Paul the Clippers have ripped up 15 straight wins at the time of this article and have the NBA's best record. Meanwhile their cross town rivals are currently a .500 team. Back in the 2007-08 NBA season the Houston Rockets won 22 consecutive games only to exit the NBA Playoffs in round one. During the Clippers current winning streak most victories have been by double digits. At this paste can the Clippers compete with the likes of Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Memphis, Lakers and other Western Conference foes come playoff time ? Can Chris Paul lead the Clippers to the NBA Finals ? Obviously as be approach January it's plenty of basketball left to be played, so only time will tell. This team loves to run in transition and during the postseason it's more of a half court grind it out style, especially with each passing round. Nevertheless the Clippers has the NBA's attention. Let the good times roll !

Khalif Wyatt & Anthony Lee Career High Leads Temple Over #3 Syracuse At MSG

Coming off a brutal home loss vs. Canisius where Temple blew a lead they would travel to New York City for the Gotham City Classic. The opponent waiting for them 3rd ranked and 10-0 Syracuse. The Orange in their previous game, gave head coach Jim Boeheim his 900th career victory. Early on vs. Temple holding a double digit lead it looked like Syracuse would give him 901. Not so fast aided by Wyatt 1st half which keep the Owls in the game offensively and only down two at halftime. Temple got key 1st and 2nd half 3 point shooting from Jack O'Brien and Scottie Randall both players hit 2 critical 3's apiece before halftime and late in the game. Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson kept balls alive on the offensive glass throughout the game. Anthony Lee was a force inside with 21 points a career high. Syracuse going forward must shoot better on the free line, which hurt them vs. Temple especially point guard Michael Carter-Williams 6/15 from the stripe. Temple last season upset Duke and the list goes on and on over the past 5 seasons of top ten opponents that they have victories over.

Cowboys For The 4th Time Since 2008 Decide Their Playoff Fate In Week 17 vs. Redskins NFC East Championship Game

During NFL Week 16 RG3 returned to action as Washington went on the road to beat Philadelphia. Meanwhile at home Tony Romo and the Cowboys would go down in defeat vs. New Orleans in overtime. NBC will flex the regular season finale at FedEx Field between the Cowboys and Indians for the NFC East title which includes a 1st round home game. Here's the scenario, even if Washington goes down they have a chance to make the postseason as a Wildcard. Dallas 1st playoff game begins in Landover,MD Sunday night because if they lose they are eliminated. Washington went into Arlington,TX on Thanksgiving and took care of Dallas. Can they do it again ? Since 2008 Dallas playoff or division title fate has been decided on the season last day. In 2008 they were blown out in Philadelphia and didn't make the playoffs. In 2009 Dallas got revenge and blew Philadelphia out winning the division. In 2011 same situation as this season, on the road vs. Giants during Sunday Night football for division title and Dallas did not win. Will history repeat itself or will the Cowboys win the division ?

Bengals Eliminate Steelers In Pittsburgh AFC Playoffs 6 Teams Are Set

Cincinnati will be going to the playoffs in back to back years for the 1st time since the 1980's. They'll be looking for their 1st postseason win since 1990. Sunday the Bengals went into Pittsburgh and gutted out a 3 point victory. Heinz Field played witness to Pittsburgh being eliminated while Cincinnati clinched a playoff birth. Houston, Denver, New England, Baltimore and Indianapolis are in along with the Bengals. Week 17 will basically decide AFC playoff seeding including 1st round byes and home field advantage throughout. Last season the Bengals lost in Houston during AFC Wildcard Weekend. As January approaches Bengals fans will see if their organization can finally get that postseason monkey off their back.

RG3 Eli Romo Down The Stretch They Come For NFC East Title

Similar to the 2011 season, more than likely only one team from the NFC East will qualify for the 2012 postseason. We all know how last season went, the Giants defeated the Cowboys during the final night of the regular season. The rest as they say is history as New York won their 2nd Superbowl since 2007. After 15 weeks of NFL action Washington leads the NFC East with an 8-6 record even though the Giants and Cowboys share identical records, the Redskins are atop due to a better division record. Fans in DC has witnessed the Skins go from 3-6 to a 5 game winning streak, Giants started 6-2 now 2-4 since. Meanwhile Dallas has had an up and down season yet find themselves right there down the stretch. Philadelphia at 4-10 will take on Washington at home and New York away to close out the season. The lowly Eagles could play a role in deciding the winner of the NFC East. Keep in mind Dallas visits Washington during the final week of the regular season, things are mighty interesting to say the least.

Colin Kaepernick + Alex Smith Lead 49ers To 2012 Road Wins @ Lambeau Field + Gillette Stadium

San Francisco was coming off a fantastic 2011 NFL season led by 1st year head coach Jim Harbaugh. The 49ers went on to win the NFC West, defeat the New Orleans Saints in the Divisional Playoffs before falling to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship Game. They would look at the 2012 NFL schedule and see road games in Green Bay and New England. Rewind to September during Week 1, the 49ers led by Alex Smith went into Lambeau Field and left with a win over Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. Week 15 the 49ers held off a huge Patriots comeback from Tom Brady and left Gillette Stadium with a victory led by young quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Around the NFL those are a pair of tough places to win for NFC and AFC road teams yet the 49ers with two different quarterbacks playing two different styles were able to take care of business in those venues. San Francisco is currently positioned for a #2 seed again for the 2nd consecutive postseason, which comes with a bye week. Could the 49ers represent the NFC in New Orleans during the Superbowl in February ? Only time will tell.

KO By JMM Ends Pacquiao Marquez 4

This past Saturday Juan Manuel Marquez ended his 4th fight with Manny Pacquiao in convincing fashion at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Pacaquiao at age 33 was put to sleep by Marquez who is 39 years old. The three previous bouts were slug fest with Pac Man winning 2 of 3 by controversial decisions and Marquez scored a draw in the other. Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach leading up to this 4th bout wanted to prove critics wrong by knocking out Marquez. Instead Manny was the one caught sleeping literally. In boxing the story always goes : fighters get hurt by the punch that they don't see. Marquez indeed landed a hook that Pacquiao didn't see as the Filipino politician landed face first into the canvas. Many questions arouse after the fight. What will the drug test show for both fighters ? In this day and age of doping yon never know. Where does Manny go from here ? Will he fight again ? Will Pac Man and JMM fight for a 5th time ? Only the upcoming months during the new calender year produce answers to those questions.

Air Jordan Sneaker Fans : Don't You Want That Old Thing Back ! You Know The Swoosh Logo

Jordan Brand begin to retro sneakers more often starting 13 years ago in 1999. The Air Jordan IV was re released with the Nike Air logo on the back. Shortly after post year 2000 the Air Jordan IV's and V's were re released and featured the Nike Air logo. Did you know the last Jordan to be re released with Nike Air on the back took place in 2001. Those sneakers were the Air Jordan III's. For the past 11 years during retro releases the III's IV's V's and VI's are came with the Jumpman logo on the back opposed to Nike Air logo. The bigger question is, will the Nike Air logo ever return to those early Jordan releases ? How many of you Air Jordan sneaker fans want that old thing (on the) back ?