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On this week’s Load Management podcast, Adam, Chopz, and Zion are joined by two-time NBA champion Kenny Smith to talk about this new virtual hoops camp, JetAcademyCamp.com, working with Charles Barkley and Shaq on Inside the NBA, his thoughts on the NBA restart, his NBA Mt. Rushmore, why he doesn’t have LeBron James and Kobe in his top […]
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 […]
On Monday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Kansas City Chiefs and former MVP/current Super Bowl champion quarterback Patrick Mahomes had come together on a 10-year contract extension. These 10 new years come in addition to the two seasons that Mahomes still had remaining on his current deal, which is to say that both the player […]
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 […]
In a conversation with self-help guru Tony Robbins, former boxer Mike Tyson admitted to forgetting he was due to film scenes for The Hangover thanks to his alcohol and drug use. Around the time of filming his scenes for the 2009 comedy, which starred Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, and Ed Helms, he met with the cast the […]
The Cleveland Indians are the latest sports team to announce their decision to reconsider their controversial name. “We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the basketball team said in a public statement. “Our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the […]
Five-star college basketball recruit Makur Maker has announced his commitment to Howard University. He shared the news online on Friday, writing on Twitter, “I was the 1st to announce my visit to Howard & other started to dream “what if”. I need to make the HBCU movement real so that others will follow. I hope I […]
The NFL is reportedly taking additional steps to express solidarity with the Black community. A source recently told The Undefeated that the league has plans to play “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”—a song commonly known as the Black national anthem—before every 2020 Week 1 game; the first of which will go down Sept. 10 with the Kansas City Chiefs and the […]
Maya Moore fans were shocked this year when they learned she would miss a second consecutive season to focus on criminal justice reform. The Minnesota Lynx star announced she was putting her career on hold to fight for the release Jonathan Irons—a 40-year-old Black man who was wrongly convicted in the late 1990s. “Basketball has […]
Three of the world’s biggest corporations have been asked to terminate their partnerships with the Washington Redskins unless the team changes its controversial name. According to AdWeek, 87 investment firms and shareholders sent three separate letters to Nike, PepsiCo, and FedEx last week, pressuring each of the companies to cut ties with the NFL franchise. […]
