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J. Cole‘s a little salty. Cole’s manager Ibrahim H. took to Instagram to post an exchange the 4 Your Eyez Only rapper had about a rec league game that went down in North Carolina. Cole was able to secure the win by making a last minute game-winning three pointer. Unfortunately, no one had their phone out to capture […]
Stephen A. Smith has always been a popular face and voice in the world of sports media, but over the past couple years the ESPN personality’s status has reached new heights. Whether it’s his rants on his daily radio show or outbursts on First Take or animated reactions that quickly get turned into memes, Smith […]
With the first of three weekends in the books, the NCAA Tournament has been pretty light on upsets. So maybe your bracket looks pretty clean unless you tried to get cute: Still, having a clean(ish) bracket and being perfect are two radically different things. Though most of the higher seeds beat who they were supposed […]
Kevin Durant might be a free agent at the end of this season, a fact that has teams and individual players across the NBA salivating. And while Durant is currently sitting pretty on a game-altering dynasty of a team, there are players out there who think their less glamorous hardwood outposts might be worth a […]
The Los Angeles Lakers‘ five-year playoff drought was supposed to come to an end once LeBron James came aboard. The confidence of Lakers fans stems from the fact that history has shown us that James doesn’t miss the playoffs. The last time LeBron didn’t compete in postseason play was in his second NBA season, back in 2005. Following a 2018-19 […]
Kevin Durant wants everyone to slow down with all the Dirk Nowitzki retirement talk. When the Warriors superstar was asked about Dirk’s final season, KD rightfully pointed out that the seemingly indestructible big man hasn’t announced that he’s done with the NBA. “Has Dirk retired yet? I feel like everybody’s pushing him out the league,” […]
From misunderstandings with the fans to uncanny losses, the Golden State Warriors have looked more vulnerable than usual in their last season in Oakland. This combined with the drama surrounding the upcoming free agency makes it feel as though the team is losing its collective focus. After losing big on their home court to the […]
It appears LeBron James‘ groin injury was much more severe than he let on. Hours after the Lakers were eliminated from playoff contention, a Los Angeles-area physician shared an Instagram post that shed more light on the All-Star’s condition. Dr. Karen Joubert, owner of Joubert Physical Therapy in Beverly Hills, posted a photo of her standing next to James […]
Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton created a monster on February 2 when he told reporters 80 minutes before tip-off against the Golden State Warriors that LeBron James was going to sit out due to “load management.” Walton believed that James needed the additional rest when he woke up “pretty sore” the morning after the Lakers’ […]
LeBron James has been officially eliminated from the NBA Playoffs for the first time since the 2004-05 season. The Lakers were kaput when the Brooklyn Nets outlasted them, 111-106, on Friday night. This will be the sixth year in a row the Lakers have missed the postseason—a franchise record. This loss also drops the Lakers’ […]