Here is what you need to know about Kevin Durant, who did the crazy thing everyone is talking about.

The NBA’s defending champion Golden State Warriors survived two opponents this past Monday night. The first was the Oklahoma City Thunder, who nearly dethroned the Warriors before the champs won three straight games to stagger back into the NBA Finals. The second opponent was less formidable but just as obvious: backlash against the team that has been the darlings of basketball for two seasons.

Ted Cruz shocked a nation last night when he became the first man in history to fail at pandering to an Indiana crowd with a reference to Hoosiers.

Last night, noted ball-in-hoop lover Ted Cruz ruined a beloved, classic film for an entire nation in a record-breaking 19 seconds. Never one to miss the chance to “score a touchdown” (also a sports term), former sportscaster Sarah Palin took the opportunity to teach Ted Cruz a thing or two about the game of sports. Play ball!

Last night, “the game” was Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors won 105-97, clinching their first NBA championship since 1975.

While Lil Wayne waits for the interminable legal battle over Tha Carter V to wrap up, he’s killing time by showing up hours late to concerts, having his tour bus shot at by rival Blood factions, and participating in charitable activities. Like this “Stop the Violence” celebrity basketball game, where he nearly incited a brawl by spitting on the ref, according to TMZ.

Recently, the readers of the esteemed Wall Street Journal were given an opportunity to share their opinion on “dunking,” the high-flying activity that has become all the rage of the basketball world.

Sometimes, athletes have to take photos in their uniforms for promotional reasons, but because they're not actually playing anything they just wear normal underwear and then walk into a room and stand in front of a camera and go about their days. Sometimes, because of this, you can see their dicks.

During halftime at last night's Lakers/Pelicans game in New Orleans, large, childlike adult Will Ferrell attempted a shot from half court and missed horribly, hitting a cheerleader in the head with the ball and knocking her over. While everyone surrounded the injured woman, Ferrell tried to take another shot and airballed it. He was then escorted from the stadium by security, with cameras rolling.

"Most high" American president Baracks Obama has spent much of his second term flaunting his ability to disrespect this great nation at home and abroad. It seems that "his highness" is even too good to play real American sports any more. More champagne, your excellency?

In the latest stage of Shaquille O'Neal's career transition from beloved NBA big man to character in a Shaquille O'Neal film, the former center applied to become a reserve police officer in Doral, Florida last week. Preparing for an upcoming role in Kazaam 2: Crime Wizard, is he?

In light of the recent decision by a professional basketball team, comprised of mostly black players, to respond to their boss basically saying “I hate niggers” by turning their shirts inside out the next day at work, I have come to the decision that I agree wholeheartedly with the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and I too do not want black people invited to my events.

Earlier this month, retired private investigator Mary-Kate Olsen was declared the worst Olsen twin of all time by her younger sister Elizabeth. On Friday, Us Weekly reported she is engaged to her boyfriend of "nearly two years," banker Olivier Sarkozy (half-brother of former French president Nicolas).

Vice President Joe Biden is ready to challenge everybody now.

Dozens of commuters missed connections Sunday night when Delta Airlines kicked them off their Gainesville-to-Atlanta flight to accommodate the University of Florida men's hoops team.

The Detroit Pistons’ Dancing Usher has already made something of a name for himself, showing up "randomly" during Dance Cam montages.

So here's a fun fact: Half-court basketball is practically the only sport Mormon missionaries are allowed to play, so they take it pretty seriously (see: Church Ball).

This magnificent specimen of American womanhood, who was photographed flipping off NBA player Joakim Noah at last night's Bulls-Heat game, is so much more than just an angry sports fan. She's also a serial wife and once-accused husband-murderer.

"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay." With those words, published in this week's Sports Illustrated, 12-year pro-basketball veteran Jason Collins just became the "first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport."

The world scratched its head yesterday when it learned that former Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman is in North Korea, spreading a message of world peace via extreme facial piercings and basketball just days after North Korea's latest nuclear test. (And also filming an HBO documentary with the Harlem Globetrotters and VICE.) But the choice of Rodman actually seems inspired if you consider this photo of a young Kim Jong Un Kim Jong-Chul, Kim Jong Un's younger brother, glowering at the camera in Rodman's number 91 Bulls jersey from his days at a Swiss boarding school. The Kim clan are noted basketball fanatics, and all apparently a fondness for the Rodman-era Bulls, reportedly.