A few days from now in a small market far, far away? hope will begin anew as the NBA season kicks off on Christmas Day. The new collective bargaining agreement may have brought an end to the lockout but the NBA remains in a state of civil war. The NBA is a house divided and David Stern?s interference in Chris [&hellip

In the two weeks since King James partnered with the Miami Heat, his image has taken an unprecedented pounding for an athlete or celebrity, without a criminal record, drug addiction, declining skills or mistress. ? It’s not hard to solve The Mystery of the Shrinking Reputation.? Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley have each railed against Lebron James’s apparent [&hellip