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The Toronto Raptors are staying ahead of the game at their OVO Athletic Centre with a new high-tech analytics board to help players with data and stats in real time. The board is massive. It takes up the entire wall at their practice facility at nearly 37 metres long. The screen is also the first of its kind across […]
Former NBA player Ben Gordon was arrested at LaGuardia airport on Monday for allegedly punching his 10-year-old son in the head, TMZ reports. The alleged abuse took place at around 8:45 p.m while Gordon and his son were waiting to board a flight to Chicago. According to law enforcement, Gordon shouldn’t have been with his son […]
Draymond Green’s mother, Mary Babers-Green, has never shied away from standing up for her son on social media, so it’s hardly surprising she came to his defense this week following his altercation with Golden State Warriors teammate Jordan Poole. On Tuesday, Draymond’s mom hopped on Twitter to share her thoughts on the incident. As reported by NBC […]
A Dallas woman is dead after her friend opened fire following a pick-up basketball game. Fox 4 reports Asia Womack was killed Monday evening after playing basketball at T.G. Terry Park. According to her family, Womack won the game, at which point the shooter, who they say knew her, shot her five times as she walked home. Womack suffered […]
Draymond Green is reportedly facing disciplinary action over a physical altercation with Jordan Poole. According to the Athletic, the incident took place Wednesday morning during the Golden State Warriors’ practice. Though it’s unclear what led up to the alleged heated exchange, sources told the outlet Green and Poole went chest-to-chest while pushing and shoving each other. Green is said […]
Kyrie Irving’s recent endorsement of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones doesn’t sit well with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Last month, the Brooklyn Nets point guard took to his Instagram Story to share a 2002 video in which Jones rants about secret societies and government overlords. “Never Forget – Alex Jones Tried To Warn Us,” Irving captioned the clip. In his […]
The Washington Wizards of the late-aughts were a traveling circus, what with its rotating cast of oddballs that included Gilbert Arenas, Nick Young, and JaVale McGee. Though the era is best remembered for the 2009 incident in which Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittendon brought loaded guns to the Wizards’ locker room, Swaggy P claims that another gun-related event […]
Former ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols has been hired by Showtime. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nichols is joining Showtime Basketball, where she will serve as host and producer for multiple programs. “I’ve been so fortunate to live my dream job alongside some of the best journalists in the business for more than 25 years, and this […]
Basketball sneakers have come a long way since the first Chuck Taylors in the 1960s. Dunk-mania has been dominating the sneaker game for the longest time, while modern classics like the Air Jordan 31 continue to transcend the court and become cultural linchpins—setting the stage for today’s wealth of performance advancements. And then, of course, there’s the matter […]
Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball revealed the extent of his knee injury during a press conference on Tuesday, and it doesn’t sound good. Ball, who missed the final two months of the 2021-22 NBA season, is expected to undergo arthroscopic debridement in his left knee Wednesday, and described how difficult his everyday life has been. “Literally, I really can’t […]
