Video: Jordan Crawford Dunk On LeBron James

If NBA fans wonder what their favorite players get up to in the off-season, you may now know. According to monolith.com, the Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James, who is the self-proclaimed King of basketball, is spending his heading up a basketball training camp.

Reports say that the camp, known as the LeBron James Skills Academy, is sponsored by NIKE and is there to give high school hotshots a chance to train with the best, LeBron himself. Although word has it, that there could be a new challenger to LeBron’s throne.

Young and budding sophomore Jordan Crawford apparently got the upper hand on LeBron during a pickup game, when he dunked, two handed on the 6-foot-8 Cavaliers superstar. And with the cameras rolling at the time, it was quickly taken care of.

LeBron reportedly called Lynn Merritt, who is NIKE’s Basketball Senior Director over so he could have a few words. Only a few moments later, Merritt approached the cameramen and confiscated the tapes. So unfortunately, we haven’t got the exact video.

But you can watch video footage of Jordan Crawford showing off his skills below.

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Very Hot and Sexy Laura Posada appears on “Baseball Wives” reality show tonight

Fresh from A radio interview in Spanish with 97.9 FM Tuesday morning, Laura Posada breezes along 56th St., into the lobby of the midtown Chambers Hotel, causing plenty of whiplash among the sidewalk traffic. Sporting heels, a short summer dress and a new Anna Wintour-style coif, the wife of the veteran Yankees catcher and the mother of two is making the publicity rounds for her reality TV debut, set to air tonight on the E! network.

"In the beginning, I was a little apprehensive. I wasn't sure if it's something I should do or not," says Posada. "But then (the E! producers) explained what they were trying to do, which is really show what it is, for real, to be a baseball wife."

Baseball fans and curiosity seekers who tune into "True Hollywood Story: Baseball Wives" tonight at 10 p.m. and expect to find scandals galore in the lives of the Posadas or the Hamelses (pitcher Cole Hamels of the Phillies and wife, Heidi) or other baseball families, might be surprised.

"People think that just because you're married to a baseball player, that you're dumb, that you're a gold digger, that you're an ex-stripper," says Laura. "That's not the way it is. I still haven't met that one girl. Most of the girls that I know, that are baseball wives, are super sweet girls. They're successful in their own right. I really hope that after people see this show, they realize that there's a lot more than just what people think baseball wives are."

This past week, the NFL community and its fans were rocked by the death of former Titans and Ravens quarterback Steve McNair. McNair's girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, was found dead alongside McNair in Tennessee - both shot with a handgun purchased by Kazemi - and police are investigating whether the incident was a murder-suicide. It revealed a secret, second life of the popular McNair, a married father of four. Last year, the Daily News exposed a long-term affair of former Yankee pitcher Roger Clemens with the country singer Mindy McCready, and Jorge Posada's current teammate Alex Rodriguez has had no shortage of headlines that reflect his personal life.

Laura Posada sees the bold headlines that sometimes play out in New York tabloids, and she is well aware of the many days that her husband is on the road, where female fans and groupies congregate outside a baseball stadium.

"I'm sure that there are girls like that. I mean, it happens with everything. It happens in sports, with celebrities, with actors, actresses, singers. But it can happen to anybody. It can happen to a normal housewife whose husband is a realtor or a contractor or whatever," she says. "You can't worry about that. I have to live my life and focus on my kids and my family and trust that my husband is going to make the right decisions."


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US vs Brazil FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 Finals

Brazil looked to have ruined the American dream when they met in the group stage, but the USA has discovered a new land of opportunity in the subsequent 10 days.

Their South Africa sojourn threatened to be an embarrassment after the abject 3-0 defeat to Brazil on 18 June. Sunil Gulati, the president of the US Soccer Federation, was inundated with e-mails from angry fans demanding that national coach Bob Bradley be fired. No-one is writing off Bradley's side now.

The US became the first team in Confederations Cup history to qualify from the group stage with three points and a negative goal difference.

They then shocked Spain in the semi-final in arguably their greatest win since the 1-0 defeat of England at the 1950 World Cup. But can they leave the Rainbow Nation with a pot of gold?

No doubt the US will harry Brazil's flair players as they did so effectively against Spain. Modern-day Brazil though are themselves built on a supreme work ethic and have match-winners all over the pitch.

The defending champions are contesting their fourth Confederations Cup final. But if Brazil, a superstitious nation, believe in omens, then victory could come at a price. No Confederations Cup winner has ever gone on to win the next World Cup.

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