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Magic Johnson rips LeBron James

18 October 2011 2:34 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »

Mocking

 LeBron James' playoff woes has become as integral a part of basketball as dribbling or Marv Albert. Stop us if you've heard this one:

A man asks LeBron James for change for a parking meter. LeBron gives the man 75 cents and walks away. The man shouts, "Hey, LeBron! I need a dollar!" LeBron replies "sorry, man, I don't have a fourth quarter."

Boom. But we can't even make a layup so who cares what we say. However, when Los Angeles Laker and all-time great Magic Johnson starts ripping you? That's gotta hurt.

At an on-campus appearance Saturday (Oct. 15) at the University at Albany, Magic starting laying into King James:

"There's going to always be great players in basketball. There's going to always be guys who win championships in the NBA, except LeBron..."

The remarks drew a mixed response, but Magic didn't let up:

"Everybody's always asking, 'Who »

- editorial@zap2it.com

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Marv Albert to Cover NFL for CBS Sports

6 June 2011 12:37 PM, PDT | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »

Longtime sportscaster Marv Albert — best known as the lead announcer on NBC's coverage of the NBA and for his signature calls "Yes!" and "Re-jected!" — is joining CBS Sports to broadcast NFL games, the network announced Monday.

"Marv Albert is recognized throughout sports broadcasting as one of its true legends. Very few in the broadcasting industry can claim his combined accomplishments and remarkable longevity," CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said.

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- Robyn Ross

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TVLine Items: Jim Parsons Visits iCarly, Voice Judges Court Queen, and More News to Know

6 June 2011 11:15 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

The Big Bang Theory‘s Jim Parsons is bringing his personal brand of awesome to Nickelodeon’s iCarly.

The Emmy-winning funnyman will guest star on the tween hit’s fourth season later this year as Caleb, a psych patient who thinks he might actually be from the future — a little Sheldon Cooper-ish (minus the crazy), no? Carly (played by Miranda Cosgrove) and her pals befriend Parsons’ misguided character during a visit to the ward, says EW.com.

Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…

Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton will open The Voice »

- Megan Masters

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Marv Albert Joins 'NFL on CBS'

6 June 2011 11:10 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Marv Albert has joined CBS Sports as a play-by-play announcer for "The NFL on CBS," and will continue as basketball play-by-play announcer for TNT. Albert also does play-by-play for CBS Sports’ and Turner Sports’ coverage of the Ncaa Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Albert was the play-by-play voice for Westwood One Radio’s coverage of Monday Night Football from 2002-09 alongside Boomer Esiason.  "Marv Albert is recognized throughout sports broadcasting as one of its true legends,” said Sean McManus, chairman, of CBS Sports. "Very few in the broadcasting industry can claim his combined »

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Hotel Confidential

5 June 2011 7:24 PM, PDT | The Daily Beast | See recent The Daily Beast news »

Many married men expect sex along with their room service, according to a Newsweek poll. But will the Strauss-Kahn scandal change the rules of the game? Jacob Bernstein and Jesse Ellison investigate the dirty secret about business travel in the current issue of Newsweek.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn won't go down in history as the next president of France, but he may well be remembered as the man who made the "hospitality industry" a lot less hospitable.

Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island

More than a few business travelers think of sex as a hotel amenity, like free shampoo or chocolates on the pillow, and before Strauss-Kahn's perp walk on charges that he sexually assaulted a cleaning woman, most hotels looked the other way. Not anymore. After an Egyptian businessman was carted out of New York's swanky Pierre hotel by the NYPD late »

- Jacob Bernstein & Jesse Ellison

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