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When the NBA season came to an abrupt halt March 11, it pushed the pause button on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s quest for a second MVP, LeBron James’ pursuit of a purple-and-gold hued ring, Kawhi Leonard’s attempt to stamp himself a roving one-man championship assassin, and all the other individual and team Read more
To normal people, all NBA players are — or should be — held in the highest of athletic regards. But among the players themselves, it doesn’t work like that. When you’re one of the gifted, you’re not easily impressed, let alone awestruck by your garden variety 40-inch vertical leaper or Read more
Former NBA player Stephen Jackson stood in Minneapolis City Hall on Friday to speak at a rally for a man he considered a friend and his “twin,” George Floyd. Floyd was killed in police custody after an officer kept a knee on the back of his neck as he pleaded Read more
Stephen F. Austin, which pulled off a memorable upset of Duke in November, was one of four Division I men’s basketball programs hit with a postseason ban by the NCAA for low Academic Progress Rate scores. Alabama A&M, Alabama State and Delaware State also face postseason ban, the NCAA announced Read more
Earlier this week, we passed the two-month mark since the NBA suspended the 2019-20 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. In that time, there’s been near-constant discussion about how to get back to playing basketball, and all sorts of plans have been developed. Much of the conversation has focused on Read more
With the spread of the novel coronavirus delaying the start of Major League Baseball’s 2020, we have plenty of time to ponder life’s big questions. Rather than do that, we’ve decided to use this interim period to rank things — like, say, the best pitches in baseball. Over the last Read more
The Dallas Cowboys came out of the 2020 NFL Draft with one of the league’s most universally praised classes. Dallas got things started with a steal of CeeDee Lamb in Round 1, then proceeded to add players in Rounds 2 and 3 that they had been considering with their previous Read more
When Trae Young was coming out of college, the most low-hanging NBA comp to make was Golden State Warriors MVP Stephen Curry. To be sure the similarities were, and are, striking. Slight build. Globetrotter ball skills. Limited defense and athleticism counteracted by unlimited shooting range. Curry, as the theory goes, Read more
The NBA suspended its season March 11 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, leaving players with free time to add hobbies and learn new things. Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is using that time to match the technological literacy of his seven-year-old daughter, Riley. Stephen’s wife Ayesha posted Read more
There’s an old saying in sports that the best trades are often the ones you don’t make. The Golden State Warriors know all about this. It has been well-chronicled that the organization was internally split on whether to trade Klay Thompson to the Timberwolves in exchange for Kevin Love 2015. Read more