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For Canadian NBA fans, there’s no shortage of reasons to get excited about this weekend’s 69th annual All-Star Game in Chicago. For starters, All-Star Saturday Night is a consistently more enjoyable February holiday than Valentine’s Day. (Come @ me, bro.) There’s more, of course—like Pascal Siakam getting picked to run with the big dogs as […]
Chicago-born artist and actress Jennifer Hudson will perform a special tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant—as well as the seven other people who tragically died in a helicopter crash late last month—to open the 2020 NBA All-Star Game, the league announced on Thursday. The game and performance will take place at Chicago’s United Center on Sunday, Feb. 16. For halftime, another […]
NBA All Star Weekend has become one of the biggest moments of the year for limited sneaker releases. But as it continues to grow even more, the festivities have also become a premier destination for clothing drops as well. Given the heavy amout of creatives from this year’s host city of Chicago, 2020 will be no different. Fans […]
Has Joel Embiid turned heel in Philadelphia? On Monday, Embiid posted a photo of himself on Instagram quieting the Wells Fargo Center crowd with the quote, “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” from Harvey Dent in the 2008 film The Dark Knight. 76ers responded one day later by booing him during player introductions prior to tonight’s game […]
A Washington state high school principal has resigned after referring to Kobe Bryant as a “rapist,” the local NBC affiliate reports. The head principal at Camas High School, Dr. Liza Sejkora, made a Facebook post on the same day Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash. Although she doesn’t mention the NBA […]
Federal investigators have yet to determine the cause of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna; however, they have since announced new findings that rule out engine failure. According to an updated report by the National Transportation Safety Board, officials concluded that the rotors of the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter were turning at the time of […]
Sunday, Feb. 9 will mark two weeks since the untimely passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter accident in Calabasas, California. The passing left the sports world, and millions of others from all walks of life, stunned. Social media tributes have been endless. The Los Angeles Lakers […]
Sixty minutes after the Rockets rolled out their radical basketball philosophy for all to see, it’d be foolish to brand what went down Thursday night at Staples Center as a revelation. But you can’t deny that Houston’s version of small ball—where nobody taller than 6’7” saw any action—worked in its impressive 121-111 victory over the […]
The Philadelphia 76ers are heading into the All-Star break in a state of disarray. The 76ers have lost three consecutive games, and it will be four straight if they lose to the Milwaukee Bucks tonight, the team with the best record in the league, on their home court. The Sixers are tied with the Indiana Pacers for fifth in […]
If you believe Doc Rivers, the Clippers aren’t doing a damn thing before the trade deadline. “I got a feeling it’ll be the same,” the Clippers coach said about what his roster would look like before Wednesday’s game against the Heat and after Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. “But you just never know.” No, you don’t. Not […]
