The Best Beards In Sports

Growing a beard is definitely an art. A lot of guys can grow one but many can pull it off with a look that makes them worthy of the beard. Let's keep it real, some beards just look better than others. Some people were meant to have a beard. I know guys who can't grow one for anything. I recently grew one that my 6 month old daughter can't get enough of. It takes work to pull off the bearded look but it can be done if done right. 

Today at Bull City, we pay homage to the bearded athlete. Today we will take a look at the 5 best beards in basketball. Being that I no longer play ball, I will disqualify myself as a candidate but I would like to add that mine would definitely not have made the top 5 list anyway. Also King James is pictured but that beard failed to make the top 5 as well. Dare I say I was closer to the top 5 than the King.

The List goes like this:

5. Gilbert Arenas – Gilbert is looking like a lost soul but his beard is great.

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Orlando Is Making A Statement: Trading Vince Carter and Rashard Lewis

According to ESPN’s Chris Broussard, the Orlando Magic capped a blockbuster day of wheeling and dealing by trading one franchise cornerstone for another, sending Rashard Lewis to the Washington Wizards for Gilbert Arenas.

That trade followed news of a deal that sent Vince Carter to the Phoenix Suns in a multiplayer deal that returns Hedo Turkoglu to the Magic.

It appears the Magic are trying to make some moves to compete with the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat, and the New York Knicks in the eastern division.

The full details of the deal send Arenas to Orlando for Lewis in a straight up trade. The Magic also sent Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, a 2011 first-round pick and cash considerations to the Phoenix Suns for Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Richardson, and Earl Clark.

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The 10 Best Starting Five's In College Basketball Since 1980

When putting together top 10 lists I always seem to forget about someone or some team. Today at Bull City I am going to do something that I haven’t tried to do exclusively in hoops in a while. I have chopped it up with some of the best basketball minds I know over the past few days and although we didn’t agree on every team I used, we did agree on the majority of them.

I get excited around this time of year as the college basketball teams begin their season with Midnight Madness. Just the fact that they are getting ready for the season is good enough for me because football is still going strong, however around December it's nice to have some basketball on the television during the weekdays.

I feel pretty good about my picks, and the reason I started at 1980 was because it was when I started to have a full understanding of the game and I can still remember a lot of the players from that era in college. You might not agree with the order, but you have to agree that the teams that were chosen were all worthy of top 10 contention.

I know some of you will argue that a couple of the teams didn’t win a championship but we are talking starting fives, not full team play. In a lot of cases teams had solid starting 5’s but they didn't have a strong bench or a good coach so they were unable to win a championship.

T10 - 1993 - 1994 Arkansas Razorbacks – Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman, Corey Beck, Dwight Stewart, Ken Bailey (40 Minutes of Hell)

T10 - 2006 - 2007 Florida Gators -  Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, Taurean Green, and Lee Humphrey **(won the year before with the same 5 players, the only team in NCAA history to ever repeat with the same starting 5)

9 - 1983 - 1984 Georgetown Hoyas – David Wingate, Freddie Brown, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jackson, Reggie Williams.

8 - 1992 - 1993 Michigan Wolverines - Chris Webber, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard and Ray Jackson **(had back to back championship appearances and lost to UNC and Duke)

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