Vince Carter claims NBA offered him, LeBron James, and Kobe Bryant $1 million for Dunk Contest

Vince Carter has disclosed that the NBA once tried to supercharge the Slam Dunk Contest by dangling a $1 million incentive in front of several of its biggest names. Carter said the league approached him, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Tracy McGrady with the financial offer in an effort to restore star appeal to All-Star … Read more

“He said, ‘You S.O.B., you got to me on that Telecaster. You got that so cheap.’” Vince Gill on how he found the instrument he calls “the definitive guitar in my life”

Vince Gill, not surprisingly, owns a lot of guitars — electrics and acoustics. They include the Martin D-28 Herringbone with which he launched his career and a 1959 Les Paul “Burst” with a tragic back story. But the most famous axe and the one he’s most identified with is a 1953 white Fender Telecaster that … Read more