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Kyrie Irvingâs return to full-time has seen his numbers come back to earth
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving had the sweetest deal of any player in recent memory for most of the season, where he only had to play half the games on the schedule due to his vaccination status....
Dawn Staley is the most important Black coach in college basketball history
You know those shirts that say, âI am my ancestorsâ wildest dreamâ? Thatâs what Dawn Staley is....
Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green had a March worthy of No. 1 and No. 2 picks
Showing out in the NBA in March is not quite like hitting beautifully straight drives on the practice range, but itâs close. When thereâs no pressure and fewerless consequences, itâs easy to swing free. Thatâs exactly what Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green did last month, giving their fans a taste of ...
Becoming Kareem
To capture the intellectual acuity of Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, an actor portraying the seven-footer would need to possess a towering level of gravitas. Winning Time creator Max Borenstein had said casting Kareem was the hardest of the Showtime Lakers. When Solomon Hughes walked through the...
The top 10 clutch scorers in the upcoming NBA Playoffs
The NBA playoffs are just around the corner, and weâve got tight races in each conference heading down the stretch. Most top teams are usually led by players who can take a game over, especially in the fourth quarter/crunch time. Some players have been left off the list for various reasons like inju...
Winning Time: âPiece of a Manâ explores Kareem Abdul-Jabbarâs relationship with Islam
What makes Winning Timeâs tapestry of stories enthralling is how it reflects the chaotic jazz of our lives. Every character is at odds against the world and themselves. Magic, Jerry Buss, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, each man is fighting a private war. For many of them, itâs a war of the spirit against the ...
Can the Mets still compete with deGrom sidelined?
Jacob deGrom is the best pitcher in baseball when healthy. Thatâs indisputable at this point. Since the start of 2018, deGrom has posted a 1.94 ERA, 205 ERA+, 12.0 K/9 rate, and 0.881 WHIP across 581 innings pitched. No one else even comes close to those figures. The problem has been deGromâs inabil...
Ben Simmons files grievance to get back $20 million
After a season spent off the court but directly in the glare of the national basketball media spotlight for his refusal to play with the 76ers, Ben Simmons is filing a grievance against his former team to the tune of $20 million in unpaid salary....
LeBron winds up playing the fool
April 1, 10:09 a.m. Pacific Time: LeBron James sends a tweet saying, âIâm out for the season officially. See yâall in the fall....
U.S. gets England in World Cup Group Stage
As the United States menâs national team backed into the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday night, Fridayâs draw couldnât have realistically worked out any better for them....
Democrats introduce bill that would put NCAAâs gender gap on notice
As the womenâs Final Four kicks off tonight, the cloud looming over the NCAA only grows. Having gotten away with treating their female athletes like second-class citizens for decades, the crackdown is truly beginning, as the organization gets piled on from all sides with growing expectations to crea...
Doc Rivers needs more than motivational tactics to get through to James Harden
It only took 15 games of watching James Harden for Doc Rivers to get annoyed. After a loss against the Detroit Pistons last night â the teamâs third straight â where the 76ers got all of eight points from the bench, the coach didnât put the lack of production on them....
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Spring is in the air, so of course Mets fans have bad news [UPDATED]
UPDATE: ESPNâs Jeff Passan tweeted at 4 p.m. EST that Jacob deGrom would miss Opening Day and be shut down for a month and that the timetable for his return was unclear....
Itâs the Bucksâ until they say it isnât
Itâs a strange phenomenon, not exclusive to basketball, where somehow the defending champs get lost. Perhaps most people just conclude that the fatigue from a playoff run the previous season is just a bit too much to overcome. Itâs doubly so for the Milwaukee Bucks, as their Finals run didnât end un...
đ”Now, this is a story all about how the life of Seattle Kraken DJ... is awesomeđ”
The in-stadium experience is what makes going to sporting events fun. The energy that radiates from other fans of your favorite team, the mascotâs antics, and fan interaction through graphics on the jumbotron and the in-stadium camera crew make attending a live sporting event an unforgettable experi...
We need to change our perception of the NBAâs scoring title
First things first, I know LeBron James fans are going to think Iâm only saying this because LeBron currently leads the scoring race, but thatâs just not the case. I donât hate LeBron. Heâs the GOAT in my eyes. Heâs still one of the best players in the league, and what heâs been able to do at 37 is ...
If Giannis wins his third MVP this year we can put the best player on the planet debate to rest
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo can join some elite company, should he take home his third NBA MVP award at the end of the regular season. If he can edge out Joel Embiid and Nikola JokiÄ, we can finally lay the best player in the world debate to rest. We canât continue to deny Antetoko...
Evan Mobley has been great all season, but heâs been outplayed by Scottie Barnes for Rookie of the Year
The NBA Rookie of the Year vote has gotten even more complicated. Yesterday, ESPNâs Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Evan Mobley sprained his left ankle and is out for the next three games. This comes at an especially difficult time for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have lost four of their last five ...
Check out some of the excerpts from Deshaun Watsonâs deposition
Earlier this week, TMZ posted a story with video footage from FOX 8 in Cleveland that featured excerpts from two of Deshaun Watsonâs depositions in multiple civil lawsuits filed against him for sexual assault and inappropriate conduct by more than 20 women No matter how you feel about the Brownsâ ne...
James Harden has the most to prove of any star player this postseason
The NBA postseason is nearly upon us, and each year you can pick out a few players that have something to prove. Giannis Antetokounmpo did it last season (no matter how many breaks they got along the way), leading Milwaukee to the title, and LeBron James the year before when he led the Lakers to the...