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Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia took to Twitter on Monday to share his thoughts about a confrontation between him and Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic. The incident took place during the second quarter of Game 4 on Sunday, when Jokic appeared to elbow Ishbia while attempting to retrieve a loose ball out of bounds. Per […]
Draymond Green got hit with a suspension late Tuesday for an ejection-worthy move during Monday’s playoff game against the Kings. The Golden State power forward stomped on Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis after the latter grabbed his ankle from the floor. Green, 33, will serve a one-game suspension during Game 3 of the Warriors v. Kings series […]
ESPN analyst Jay Williams believes the NBA “missed the mark” in its handling of Ja Morant, who earlier this month was suspended for eight games after brandishing a gun in a video posted on social media. On Thursday, Williams shared his thoughts on Morant’s situation during his ESPN radio show Keyshawn, Jay Will and Max. “Everybody makes mistakes,” Jay said. “I […]
Ja Morant addressed the media on Tuesday for the first time following his eight-game suspension. Earlier this month, the Memphis Grizzlies guard was suspended by the NBA for eight games without pay after brandishing a gun in a video posted on social media on March 4. Morant returned to the team on Monday, and is expected to suit up for the Grizzlies’ matchup […]
ESPN released an excerpt from Ja Morant’s first interview since the Memphis Grizzlies suspended him for flashing a gun on Instagram Live this month. “It’s not who I am. I don’t condone any type of violence, but I take full responsibility for my actions,” Morant told Jalen Rose. “I made a bad mistake. I can see that the image […]
Twitter has taken aim at prominent journalists. According to CNN, the social media platform has suspended the accounts of well-known reporters who have provided critical coverage of the company and its new CEO Elon Musk. The removals reportedly took place on Thursday afternoon, shortly after Twitter banned the account of Jack Sweeney, a Florida college student who used publicly available […]
It appears Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist,” has suspended an account that monitors his private jet. CNBC reports @ElonJet was removed from the platform on Wednesday morning, just days after its owner, 20-year-old college student Jack Sweeney, claimed the account had been limited and restricted. Sweeney reportedly created the account in summer 2020, using publicly available, open-source data to track the […]
Kyrie Irving has been suspended by the Brooklyn Nets. The announcement comes hours after Irving spoke at a media session and, according to a press release from the Nets, “refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge specific hateful material in the film.” Kyrie will need to meet a “series of objective remedial […]
Ime Udoka, the Boston Celtics’ head coach, is reportedly on the brink of being disciplined in a to-be-determined manner for violating team guidelines, details about which are also unclear at this point. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted Wednesday evening, “Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka is facing possible disciplinary action—including a significant suspension—for an unspecified violation of […]
Five students from Georgia and their mothers have filed a lawsuit against Coosa High School and the Floyd County School district for alleged racial discrimination. CNN reports that the five students, all of whom are Black, have accused the Rome, Georgia school and its district of violating their First Amendment and equal protection rights. “The Plaintiffs, […]
