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Kyrie Irving shades LeBron, praises Durant in clutch as first teammate who can 'make that shot too'

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving spoke about his new teammate Kevin Durant, while appearing to cast some shade at his former teammate LeBron James in the process. ...

Kyrie Irving Tried to Save the NBA From This Moment, but Nobody Wanted to Listen

Some people want to be right, while others need to be heard....

Kyrie Irving Keeps Walking the Walk

In a time when many in the sports world are using their platforms to be on the right — and wrong — sides of history, Kyrie Irving has been doing the work, despite not having played a game since February....

Don't Let the NBA Misdirect You — Their Comeback Plans Are Still Vague

The NBA restart is slipping further and further away from grasp — and, no, Kyrie Irving is not the scapegoat here. ...

For Once, Don’t Dismiss Kyrie Irving, His Stance is Legit

It’s easy to want to pooh-pooh Kyrie Irving....

Like the Roman Empire, the White Establishment Just Wants Sports to Distract the Angry Masses

A deadly disease sweeping the land. Armed thugs in the streets keeping order amid an angry populace. An economy on the verge of collapse. At the helm of this once mighty superpower is a depraved, narcissistic megalomaniac who lacks even the most basic skills of governing. His answer to keep the mass...

Kyrie Irving Says the NBA's Return 'Smells a Little Fishy.' He's Not Alone.

Should we boycott or should we play? ...

NBA Players Realize Their Power

Looking around the spectrum at the sea of professional athletes, from baseball to the NBA. It seems like players are slowly coming to their senses. ...

Ja Morant Scores 30, Stuffs Kyrie Irving, Will Be A Lot Of Fun On The Grizzlies

Big fat dunks, pinpoint dimes, and the gumption to go at Kyrie Irving in a scoring duel and win? Ja Morant delivered on all those fronts Sunday as the Memphis Grizzlies took out the Brooklyn Nets, 134-133. Based on Morant’s 30-point, nine-assist romp, the No. 2 pick out of Murray State intends to re...

Hoo Boy, Kyrie Irving Put On A Show In His Nets Debut

It’s going to be a season of transition in Brooklyn, while the Nets wait for Kevin Durant’s shredded Achilles tendon to heal and for all their big free-agency wheeling and dealing to finally come together. For now, Nets fans will still enjoy the nightly thrill of watching one of the sport’s most ent...

Kyrie Irving Takes Break From Eternal Quest For Enlightenment To Comment On Pro-Hong Kong Protests

Between settling into a new offense and coyly reciting monologues from Altered Carbon in his spare time, Kyrie Irving has had few opportunities to comment on Daryl Morey’s pro-Hong Kong tweet and the reckoning with the NBA’s malleable corporate politics that followed. The league canceled news confer...

Let Michael Irvin Scare You Into Getting Excited About College Football

Today is apparently the official start of the college football season. As someone who doesn’t have a vested interest in a team with any sort of non-lethal relevance, it’s very easy for this day to come and go without much fanfare. However, if you’re a fan of the University of Miami, there was almost...

This Is The Right Way To Treat A Kyrie Irving Celtics Jersey

Here’s a new twist on a classic, courtesy of reader Henry. That’s what you get for willingly going to the NBA team with the dullest uniform, Kyrie!...

Soccer Idiots Agree: The USWNT Is Cool, VAR Is Not

It’s Independence Day, the day on which every American feels especially proud to be American, which also now means every taking it upon yourself, as an American, to make sure that every other American is behaving in a suitably proud way re: how American they are. In real life, this holiday mostly re...

Kevin Durant Is Joining The Nets And DeAndre Jordan Will Be There Too

The Brooklyn Nets might have just launched themselves to the top of the Eastern Conference thanks to two very powerful Woj bombs....

Report: The Nets Will At Least Sign Kyrie Irving [Update]

After a lot of speculation and strongly worded hinting from insiders, Marc Stein of the New York Times tweeted out on Sunday, two hours before the official start of NBA free agency, that Kyrie Irving will formally commit to being a member of the Brooklyn Nets. Additionally, the franchise is preparin...

Report: Kyrie Irving Wouldn't Sign The Balls

If you are not yet exhausted from reading stories about what exactly went wrong with the Boston Celtics last season, ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan has yet another post-mortem for your perusal. The thesis of this one is that the Celtics’ failure was not entirely the fault of Kyrie Irving’s weirdo mood swin...

July 1 Can't Get Here Soon Enough

Don't Do It, Nets!

NBA free-agency opens on July 1, and if the rumors and anonymous reports are to be believed, at least one big star already has his destination picked out: Kyrie Irving, on his way out of Boston, has his eyes on the Brooklyn Nets. For the Nets, signing Irving—particularly if it’s done with an eye tow...

Is This Kyrie Irving Scolding Celtics Fans Under An Alias On Boston Talk Radio?

Thursday morning a man going by the name of Mikey in Waltham called in to the Zolak & Bertrand radio show on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston to participate in a wide-ranging conversation about the state of the Boston Celtics. It’s been a rough time for Celtics fans—their team disappointed last season,...