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St. John's Shocks Villanova Just Days After Stunning Duke
St. John’s went into Philly tonight wearing a dreadful 0-11 Big East record, yet riding high off a bizarre 81-77 takedown of Duke just four days ago. Still, going up against number-one Villanova, their conference drought seemed all but guaranteed to continue....
Stands Empty As Wild Brawl Breaks Out At Pittsburgh High School Game
Late in the fourth quarter of a game between Monessen High School and Clairton High School last night, players exchanged punches near the Monessen bench. The punch sparked an all-out brawl that an estimated 60 people were involved in before cops shut it down....
Future Georgetown Hoya Mac McClung Does The Coolest Dunks
Georgetown fizzled out again Tuesday night, losing 73-69 to Providence. It was the team’s ninth loss in Big East play and the Hoyas’ fourth loss this season in which they had led with under four minutes to go. Patrick Ewing kindly took the blame and said he “got out-coached,” which may be true but d...
What Comes After Kristaps For The Knicks?
What Giannis Antetokounmpo did to the Knicks was cool as hell and involved leaping over an entire man. What Giannis’s torso did to the Knicks, due to purely incidental contact, was as ghastly as that was cool: Kristaps Porzingis landed awkwardly after dunking over him and tore his left ACL....
Paul George Is Everything The Thunder Need Him To Be
Last night, the Thunder traveled to Oakland and were the best version of themselves, a team that overwhelms and antagonizes the opponent while producing bushels of cool-ass highlights. If you’re into Warriors schadenfreude then you probably relished Draymond Green getting ejected for yelling a whol...
The Wizards Are Winning And Making John Wall Mad
Before dropping a game to the 76ers last night, the Washington Wizards were on a 5-0 run without star point guard John Wall in the lineup. Now let’s watch as the Wizards manage to turn winning a bunch of games in a row into a bad thing....
Russell Westbrook Magically Fouled By Floor, Own Feet
At the end of the third quarter of tonight’s Thunder-Warriors game, Russell Westbrook benefitted from a bizarrely bad foul call that was triggered by nothing but tripping over his own two feet, no meaningful contact from Golden State necessary:...
Giannis Jumped Over A Guy And It Ruled
It’s been a sad night for the Knicks and for Michigan basketball players, so why wouldn’t Giannis Antetokounmpo make things even more intense by jumping the fuck over Tim Hardaway Jr. on a fast-break alley-oop? Honestly, he slammed it so hard that nobody anywhere can feel anything other than breathl...
Cavs Reach New Low, Somehow
The Cleveland Cavaliers, a snake pit of internecine feuds, are playing like reheated slop at the moment, and tonight their on-court dysfunction reached a new, embarrassing nadir. Losing to a irrepressible Rockets by one million points on national TV is one thing, but getting owned by the Orlando Mag...
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Kristaps Porzingis Helped Off Court After Ugly Knee Injury [UPDATED]
Kristaps Porzingis left tonight’s game against the Bucks in the second quarter after suffering an apparent knee injury while dunking on Giannis Antetokounmpo. He was helped off the court by teammates, clearly not putting much weight on his left leg after spending some time in visible pain under the ...
Report: Suspended Kentucky Player Went To A Party With Armed Student Bodyguard
Sophomore Kentucky basketball forward Tai Wynyard was suspended indefinitely from all team activities on Tuesday, with a Kentucky spokesperson explaining the punishment by using the always vague “violation of team rules” reason. Wynyard, who before coming to Kentucky played as a non-contract player ...
What Will Giannis Do To The Knicks Tonight?
To the very long and constantly growing list of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s skills, please add “Knick-killer.” Last year, in three games, he averaged 28.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.3 steals, and 3.7 blocks. (Terrifyingly, this year these are starting to look like normal Giannis numbers again...
The Cavs Are In A Very Dark Place
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who stink real bad, lost to the Rockets in embarrassing fashion last night, by a score of 120-88. A 32-point blowout on national TV is about as bad as it gets, and the Cavs gave no indication that they are in any kind of shape to dig themselves out of this hole....
St. John's Breaks 11-Game Losing Streak By Beating No. 4 Duke
St. John’s opened its Big East schedule by dropping all eleven games so far this year—even losing to lowly DePaul—but today’s visit by Duke to Madison Square Garden turned things around for Chris Mullin’s squad as the Red Storm knocked off the fourth-ranked Blue Devils 81-77....
Rejoice: Red Panda Has A New Custom Unicycle, Courtesy Of The Warriors
Our brief, basketball-halftime-centric national nightmare is over. ...
Just Watch Thunder-Nuggets Front To Back Like A Movie
By now you must be familiar with the finale, which is worth watching and rewatching and watching, with good reason. ...
Blake Griffin Looked Extremely Worth It In His Pistons Debut
Despite barely knowing his new team’s offense, Blake Griffin’s Pistons debut went as well as he or Detroit could have hoped. Griffin had arrived in town only the day before, and after the game, he noted that coach Stan Van Gundy had implemented just five go-to plays in the unfamiliar team’s arsenal....
May Steven Adams' Ankles Rest In Peace After Their Brutal Murder At The Hands Of Jamal Murray
Steven Adams has been embarrassed before. There was a time, not so long ago, when he made the decision to walk around with this terribly creepy mustache in a failed attempt to look like Tom Selleck: ...
East Lansing Columnist: ESPN Is The Real Irresponsible Party In MSU's Sexual Assault Scandal
The Lansing State Journal, overall, has done a fantastic job covering the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, as well as Michigan State’s basketball and football teams’ problems with reporting sexual assault and violence against women. Their editorial board was calling for MSU president Lou Anna Simo...