My Heels Make It To The Final Four!

My Tar Heels are goin' to the Final Four!

No no no. Not that Final Four...

That Final Four!

NIT baby. Madison Square Garden, here we come...... -JSawyer

Happy Birthday to His Airness

Happy birthday to the best to ever lace em up, Michael Jeffrey Jordan.

I thought it only fitting to post a shot of probably my most memorable MJ moment from when he crossed Bryon Russell of the Utah Jazz and then hit the game winning J back in '98. -JSawyer

Blackberry Over iPhone - Holler!!

A few months ago, we reported that the Blackberry Curve was outselling the iPhone, and today, it looks like that trend is continuing.

RIM, the company behind the Blackberry, is leading the way in smartphone sales domestically, beating out the iPhone, the Google Android phones, and the Palm Pre.

But, despite sales being up, RIM (Research In Motion) said Thursday (September 24) that they sold fewer Blackberrys and pulled in less revenue than expected.

The news sent the company's stock tumbling yesterday, but their CEO says they're in good shape.

"This stuff (smartphones and mobile applications) is going much more mainstream," he said during the conference call. "And we are teed up to go much more mainstream. If this crosses over, as I think we are doing, we are in a good position and a very prosperous position."

Still, for the third quarter, which ended on August 29th, RIM earned $475.6 million, compared to profits of $495.5 million for the same period a year ago.

They shipped about 8.3 million BlackBerry devices during the quarter, adding about 3.8 million new subscribers. However, they were expected to add 4 million new subscribers on shipments between 8.5 million and 8.6 million.

What hurt them for the quarterly earnings report was they paid out $112.8 million for a settlement of a patent dispute with Visto.

They hiccup won't stop RIM though. They expect strong sales during the holiday season, especially with new Blackberry models such as the Tour and Curve, both of which debuted during the summer. They're also expected to launch the next version of its touch-screen BlackBerry Storm on Verizon Wireless before the end of the year.

NBA To Issue Twitter Guidelines For Its Players and Personnel (see end for my input)

NBA commissioner David Stern announced last week that the basketball league will be issuing guidelines for Twitter use for its players.

Stern told Yahoo! Sports that the NBA will issue Twitter restrictions for players using the microblogging network.

"You want to make sure that pop culture doesn't intrude on what brought us here, which is the game, and that we show the right respect for the game," Stern said. "We just need to make sure when it's OK to tweet and when it's not OK to tweet, so it, at least, focuses around the game.

"It would look unusual for a guy sitting on the bench to pick up his cell phone, and I think we can agree that he probably shouldn't be writing e-mails. It's not about Twitter; it's about the line of communication. That's what we're focusing on," he continued.

Several players are on Twitter these days, including Shaq, the Cavs' Mo Williams, Oklahoma's Kevin Durant. Orlando's Dwight Howard, the Lakers' Lamar Odom and Derek Fisher, Paul Pierce, the Knicks' Nate Robinson, and Detroit's Charlie Villanueva, among others.

"We're happy to let it play out to see if it merits all the attention that it's getting. We don't want to overreact," Stern explained.

The news comes shortly after the NFL released its own guidelines about social networks like Twitter and Facebook, in which players, coaches and operations personnel are restricted from using the sites from 90 minutes before kickoff to the end of traditional media interviews after games.

Stay tuned on the NBA's restrictions. (Article via ballerstatus.com)

Imagine witnessing the big Shaq Diesel throw down one of his monstrous, rim shaking, two-handed dunks and then trot over to the sideline, pick up his iphone, and tweet all about it to twitternation. Ha ha. I donno about you, but I would absolutely LOVE to see that! Or maybe after T.O. catches his first TD pass as a Bill, QB Trent Edwards busts out his Blackberry, takes a pic of Terrell, and throws it up on twitpic right there before our eyes! Im down... As a matter of fact, I think I'll give David Stern and Roger Goodell a shout ASAP!!!