Amare Stoudemire has been outspoken about his supposed Jewish roots. He even traveled to Israel to learn more about his heritage. Now there are rumors that Amare Stoudemire is thinking about starting a Hebrew school.

At Amare Stoudemire's Hebrew school, the teaching would focus on the Hebrew language and other aspects of the history of the Jewish people.

With the NBA season getting the green light thanks to the end of the lockout, a quick offseason free agent signing period is set to begin on Dec. 9. Who are the best NBA players in free agency? Here's our top ten NBA free agents:

1. Tyson Chandler
When healthy, Tyson Chandler is a championship caliber defensive force.

We've taken a look at the best teams in the NBA and the worst teams in the NBA. Now let's take a look at the individual awards, starting with the NBA Most Valuable Player award. Here are the early favorites for the 2012 MVP Award.

1. Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
During the lockout, Kevin Durant was busy balling all around the country.

We are starting to get some details of the 66-game NBA season that will take place following the end of the lockout. The season will start on Christmas Day and will run through April 26th. The playoffs will be pushed back and end later than usual.

During the regular season, teams will play conference opponents a total of 48 times.

While NBA Basketball continues to suffer from a frustrating lockout, superstar LeBron James has made headlines visiting Anfield and becoming more attached to Liverpool a club he believes is at the same level as Manchester United.

James recently enjoyed the Reds' 1-1 draw with their bitter rivals at Merseyside and followed up by meeting all members of the team where he is a minority shareholder.

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Thanks to the lockout, it may be several more months before we ever get to see another NBA game (come on guys, if the NFL can figure it out, why can't you?) but Nike wants to remind us all that basketball never stops, even if the pros do.

Yesterday, the NBA owners and NBA players made progress toward ending the lockout by negotiating system details. However, the two sides avoided the main sticking point: the basketball related income (BRI) split. Today, that is exactly what will be discussed.

The players, who received 57% of the BRI in the last CBA, want at least 52% this time.

NBA star Lebron James was among thousands of fans who attended last weekend's Premier League fixture between Liverpool and Manchester United. The Miami Heat forward was clearly excited as was evident by his tweets.

"Just got to Liverpool, England,"

"Riding through the city.

Sorry I've been keeping you waiting, I still really need help writing the MLS Offside. If you or anyone you know is interested, email me at kaufmb@d-e.org. Please.

It was a week of events that just make you go "Jeez". But not in a bad way; this is more of a raised- inflection, lean back when you say it "jeez", as opposed to the head-shaking, disappointing one we're used to.

Liverpool FC: The Reds Will Finish in the Top 4 - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Before culling through their players ahead of the August 31 transfer deadline in the game of divide and conquer, Liverpool FC had exhibited more diligence than any other club to pull themselves together and prove they still subsisted since the start of last year's 2010 – 2011 Premier League season.

The Georgetown Hoyas basketball team was on a tour through China playing hoops against local teams. Unfortunately, it turned violent as Georgetown brawled with a Chinese team on Thursday. You can see the Georgetown brawl video in China below.

According to reports, the game was very rough and tumble with the Chinese team getting most of the calls.

Besiktas, the basketball team in Turkey that signed Deron Williams earlier in the summer, is now negotiating with Kevin Durant. While Besiktas is still trying to sign Kobe Bryant, it appears as if Kevin Durant is their fallback option. And by the sounds of it, the two sides could very well agree to a contract soon.

Stephon Marbury is the biggest NBA star to play in China.The obvious big difference between the NBA and the NFL when it comes to options for where to play is that there are few other tackle football leagues around the world, but dozens of successful basketball leagues. The NFL players have very little chance of making a living playing tackle football outside of the U.

The lockout is over, but fans on talk radio yesterday indicated they are through with supporting the NFL. This is typical rhetoric from distraught fans after lockouts and strikes, except for one factor, there were no games missed. Have fans reached a level of frustration that may carry over and influence a leveling off of popularity?

Checking in on the 1st Place Philly Union | NBC Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Union sit atop the MLS Eastern Conference standings at the mid-point of the season.

His job is to keep Linc jumpin' and Eagles ready to spring to action | Philadelphia Daily News | 07/07/2011
Read about the man who worked with the Union to help make the Real Madrid friendly happen.

This article really isn't for all of you dedicated fans. It is more for those who know about soccer but keep up with other sports instead (People who think the World Cup is the only soccer competition). I encourage you to show this to your friends and family in an effort to convince them to at least watch or go to one game.

The 2011 NBA Draft will be remembered as a sluggish event with unrecognizable athletes being celebrated and then ushered into a league headed towards a lockout. This draft was filled with fanfare, but not anybody worthy of it.
Was this the beginning of something bigger and scarier for the NBA?

We're #136! We're #136! We're #136!

Okay, these figures about the "200 best-paying teams in the world" is a bit of out date as they're based on last season. Hull and Portsmouth are not in the EPL, nor is Siena still in Serie A.

But it's nice to know we pay about the same on salaries that Fiorentina do, right?

#5 - Nobody Wants to See That: For some reason 19-year old Liverpool player Jonjo Shelvey thought it would be a good idea to put a picture of a penis on his Twitter account. Guess what? It's not...shocking I know. Jonjo has apologized using the always convenient, "one of my mates messing around with my phone!

By Tony Edwards – SAN JOSE, CA (Mar 23, 2011) US Soccer Players – What will be the biggest draw at the Oakland Coliseum this year? The Athletics? The Raiders (with the lockout, be careful how you answer)? U2 on its ‘360 Degrees' tour? Right now, the winner would be the Mexican National Team. With no English-language advertising unless you count the electronic billboard along I-880 in front of the Coliseum, more than 48,000 tickets.

Watch this video of Commissioner Don Garber telling Dana Jacobson of ESPN's First Take all the standard cliché answers as well as comporting himself as the leader of a league who will only take what he can get. Garber acts as if everything is going according to plan 15 seasons in while feigning the reality that other sports' failures i.