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The NBA might be restricted to its bubble in Orlando, but that didn’t stop Dwight Howard from finding a way to interact with a young fan. On Saturday, the Lakers center hosted an Instagram Live session. During the stream, he added a few fans including a 14-year-old. The young fan explains that he’s a huge Dwight […]
New Orleans Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson has been hit with an allegation he was paid $400,000 for exclusive marketing rights while he was at Duke University in October 2018. As Daniel Wallach of the Athletic reported on Thursday, Williamson filed a lawsuit against Prime Sports Marketing and Gina Ford in North Carolina. The defendents in the case […]
Iowa State guard Rasir Bolton shared on Twitter Monday that his decision to transfer from Penn State last year was due to a comment from Nittany Lions head coach Patrick Chambers where he referenced that Bolton had a noose around his neck. Bolton said Chambers’ remark was made one day after the coach served a one-game suspension for shoving Penn State’s Myles Dread during a […]
Toronto’s championship anniversary is over, and the Raptors finally know what’s in front of them as they get set to defend their title. The NBA has finally released the schedule for the eight seeding games to be played in Orlando, Florida before the playoffs, and the glass half-full perspective is that the Raptors will be […]
Canada’s been on a wave in the sporting world the last couple years, so we thought, what better way to celebrate than by power ranking the nation’s very best athletic moments? Of course, attempting to distill an entire 150-plus years of sports highlights into a single definitive list of GOATs isn’t easy (not to mention, it’s basically an […]
NBA Rookie of the Year candidate, Ja Morant, was on the wrong end of a social media first storm. On Sunday, Morant took to Twitter where he apologized for posting a picture that offended law enforcement officers. “My post was intended to focus on the bad cops who get away with the murder of unarmed Black […]
A lot has happened since the NBA paused its season. The world is not only battling a global pandemic, but Americans have also been rallying for justice following murders of citizens at the hands of the police—including the death of George Floyd. These issues have created tensions that make some fans and players believe that there is […]
The NBA has created an insolated bubble for the 22 teams that have a strong chance of making the postseason and winning a championship. Despite being far removed from the playoff picture, however, the remaining eight teams are not willing to give up on their season. On Saturday, The Athletic reported that the eight teams that […]
July 30 can’t come soon enough for NBA fans. The big day will mark the resumption of the 2019-2020 NBA season following a months-long suspension forced by the coronavirus pandemic. As the league prepares for the much-anticipated restart, officials have shared a number of key details that game audiences can expect. On Friday night, ESPN aired a one-hour “NBA Countdown” special in […]
Terence Davis Jr. has definitely not been making banana bread during isolation. Before the NBA went on pandemic-prompted hiatus, the Toronto Raptors guard was one of the league’s biggest rookie stories, eking out a spot in the reigning champs’ rotation thanks to his explosive offense. In February, he led all rookies in scoring, topping the […]
