News flash: LeBron James is balding. Charles Barkley, who has not held back whatsoever from criticizing LeBron in the past, detailed the recession of LeBron's hairline (and headband) perfectly with a demonstration on TNT last night. (Don't miss Ernie Johnson's "oh shit, do I look like that too?" look at the 20-second mark.)

While others are defending LeBron over this topic, I'd like to be the one to give kudos to Chuck and the rest of the TNT crew for making light of the situation. Everyone, except maybe LeBron and his two sons, thought it was funny. Plus, when he's doing things like this on a semi-nightly basis, it's nice to know that he's still human.

Four-star football recruit Cassanova McKinzy was all set to go to Clemson University, where the girls are pretty and... well, the girls are pretty until he hit a little snag: there's no Chick-Fil-A on Clemson's campus. While this might not sway most athletes -- many of whom try to resist eating fast food to stay in top shape -- McKinzy was not to be denied his God-given right of convenient, quality chicken sandwiches. He is from Alabama, after all.

...so he committed to Auburn instead.

Now, there are probably many of you reading this who have never experienced Chick-Fil-A in all it's greasy, waffle-fried goodness, but let me assure you: this man truly has his priorities in order. Some recruits want a shot at the pros, others want... well, other things. McKinzy didn't want to rely on Popeyes for his chicken fixin's for the next four years.

And then there's Indiana LSU Notre Dame recruit Gunner Kiel, who is more indecisive than your ex-girlfriend.

Early in last night's Minnesota-Houston game, Luis Scola tried to save the ball from going out of bounds, hitting Kevin Love in the balls in the process. While this is all still speculation, early reports say that Love didn't like it very much.

"It probably hurt, you know? Los huevos son muy delicados," said rookie guard Ricky Rubio.

"He didn't look too happy about it at the time," added Luke Ridnour. "Of course, he could have just been taking a rest on the floor, you know, in the fetal position. It's how he sleeps. He plays a lot of minutes for us, so he deserves the occasional break."

Forward Michael Beasley had a different take on the matter. "I have no idea. I just got really high and watched the coyote and roadrunner on Looney Tunes." When reminded that he was on the floor during the play, Beasley responded by asking if anyone knew where the nearest Taco Bell was.

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I feel like it's necessary to add the "doesn't die" tag onto any sentence that involves flipping a piece of equipment as big as a snowmobile in the air, because you have to be a little crazy to try something like that.

And you have to be extra crazy to try and flip a snowmobile after the dude before you tries to do something similar and has it land on top of him.

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...which is cool, I guess. Check out his crossover on Oklahoma City rookie Reggie Jackson that made me think two things: (1) Nate Robinson plays for Golden State now? and (2) daaaaaammmnnnnnn!

And since I feel bad about the lack of dunkage in a post with Nate Robinson's name in the title, check after the jump for a couple of awesome slams, neither of which feature Dirk Nowitzki's monotonous commentary, unfortunately.

Soccer sucks, right? Not when the USA is making the rest of the world its bitch. You can add soccer player Clint Dempsey to the list of Americans who have told the British where to stick their tea and biscuits. Dempsey joined the likes of Patrick Henry, Jack English, and Billy Bob Thornton (we're assuming) today when he became the first American to score a hat trick in English soccer history.

And to prove that women can do everything that men can do (except drink Dr. Pepper), the women's national team beat the Dominican Republic 14-0 last night. 14-0. In soccer. If that wasn't enough AMERICA, FUCK YEAH for you, forward Abby Wambach's quote after the game shows that this team means business.

"We want to win our group stage. And in order to win our group stage, it might come down to goal differential, so we needed to take care of business."

Jonas Jerebko, please translate for the masses.

We now return you to Pistons basketball, which still sucks.

Sometimes, the obvious just needs to be stated. This is one of those times.

The best part about this sign is that it's completely true. Kobe leads the NBA in shots attempted, and it's not even close. He doesn't have Kwame "Cake Hands" Brown as his starting center anymore either, so it's not like he needs to win games by himself.

Unfortunately, Sign Guy didn't cover all of his bases. There's another legitimate NBA team in Los Angeles for the first time, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dwight Howard has his eyes on playing with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin next season instead. Sorry, Deron Williams.

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I thought I heard this live, but talked myself out of it ("nahh, no way he'd say that ...") Well, Tyson Nash actually said "suck on that" after Pavel Datsyuk's highlight reel attempt was snagged by Coyotes' goalie Mike Smith.

Now, get dizzy with Todd Bertuzzi's game-winner (3:15 mark): 

The Red Wings encore 3-2 shootout win vs. the Coyotes was ESPN's Game of the Week, which featured a story on Jimmy Howard and one of his biggest fans: the daughter of the Detroit Lions' president: 

Jimmy Howard was handed a game-used hockey stick and knew exactly where it was headed. He grabbed a pen, signed the stick and handed it to the 12-year-old girl visiting the Red Wings dressing room, wearing a Howard jersey.

She happened to be the daughter of Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand and reacted about the way you'd expect a girl her age to respond.

"Oh my gosh," she said, stunned, while examining the stick as her father shook his head with a smile. Like Howard, Paige Lewand is a goalie.

"She's not a Calvin Johnson fan, she's a Jimmy Howard fan," Tom Lewand said.

Speaking of the Lions, Mayhew wishes the Lions would have addressed Suh's "cheap shots" sooner. Meh... 

Speaking of Detroit GMs, Dave Dombrowski thinks Prince Fielder is 'not a good fit.' That's because he's a fat vegetarian, but if you're gonna go out and consider signing Johnny Damon (again) or Vladimir Guerrero, you might as well flirt a little with the idea of Cecil's son. Or just go with Ramon Santiago.

Speaking of the 1990s, the Pistons are going to have Vanila Ice perform at halftime on Friday, February 3. Yes, this year, in 2012. And just in case the Heat don't bring enough pain, T-Pain will perform next Wednesday. 

Speaking of pain, look at Yoenis Cespedes put some hurt into a baseball and the heart of an opposing pitcher. 

Speaking of hurt, check out Jacob Turner's weenus. 

Speaking of weenus, Mel Kiper thinks Denard Robinson is a Top 2 wide receiver. Denard Robinson is a frail running quarterback. 

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For what it's worth, I thought this play was pretty sweet at the time, squinting at the court from my seat a thousand rows above. Still, JaVale McGee made an oops when he threw himself an alley-oop off the backboard during yesterday's Wizards-Rockets game.

McGee's play was definitely out of line, but the reprimand he's receiving for this is largely due to his team's poor performance. No one would be talking about this if the Wizards were 6-6 or if they had come back to win the game. Of course, McGee making Samuel Dalembert look like Hakeem Olajuwon (20 points on 9-11 shooting) played a big role in the loss.

Here is what head coach (for now) Flip Saunders had to say on the matter.

"Maybe I'm too old-school, but save that for the All-Star Game. That right there is where we have to get to where we identify with meat and potato basketball. Playing hard, setting screens, playing the right way, and not highlight-type play. We've said this many times. We have some players that look for highlights instead of substance."

To put this in context, Saunders pulled McGee right after the dunk and he sat on the bench for the rest of the game. Instead of putting in McGee for a potential stretch run in the 4th quarter, Saunders rolled with pretty much the same tired lineup for the entire 4th quarter and the Wizards were steamrolled inside. Above all, it's good to see that Flip is still running an undisciplined locker room in DC.

On second thought, do it again, JaVale. Do it all you want.

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I could probably post something like this every day of the week, but the Clippers aren't always on national TV and NBA League Pass costs a bajillion dollars. Rant aside, check out this pseudo-basketball porn from Blake Griffin.

And here's the one that got me all hot and bothered on Twitter.

The best part about this? The game isn't even over yet. The Clippers currently lead the Lakers by 4 in the 3rd quarter, so check it out if Tim Tebow's completion percentage didn't already put you to sleep.

[SB Nation]