With the talks with Mater Dei’s footballers over, it was time to take a look at what was going on inside the school gymnasium. “Doesn’t this kid look like Shaq?” Gary McKnight asked, entering his 40th season as the coach of the Mater Dei boys’ basketball team. It’s easy to see what McKnight was talking […]
A general view of the field shows the NBA logo during a game between the Sacramento Kings and the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2017 NBA Summer League at the Cox Pavilion on July 9, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Sam Wasson / Getty Images) Many American professional athletes are unionized workers, although unionized workers have […]
The claim: A photo shows Draymond Green wearing a pro-vaccine shirt Manipulated photos of celebrities and politicians wearing clothes bearing political messages have become a popular form of disinformation online. Shortly after some NBA players announced they were opposed to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine for themselves and criticized the league’s protocols, an image began circulating […]
The Siena Men’s Basketball Program announced today that junior forward Kyle Young has decided to retire one year from basketball and will not be on the squad this season. Head coach Carmen Maciariello said he had a “heart-to-heart” conversation with Young after summer training and told Young to talk to his parents. “I spoke with […]
We’ve seen great players throughout history who were close to perfect, including Michael Jordan as a keeper, LeBron James as a forward and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a center. But of course, no player is really perfect. What if we created the perfect NBA player for the 2021-2022 season? This player will need to be a […]
FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas women’s basketball team had a momentous season that ended abruptly with a loss to Wright State in the first round of the NCAA tournament just six years ago. month. Amber Ramirez said in a Zoom interview on Wednesday on the first official training day for the 2021-22 season that […]
ST. JOHN’S, NL – His voice is that of a late night DJ on a radio station with an easy listening format, but everything else about him tells you that Jerry Williams is a basketball man. He’s 6-5 years old, with long limbs and big hands, and even in a suit and dress shoes, and […]
We’re approaching the day when a high school athlete could sign a NIL deal with a sports shoe powerhouse. Shams Charania, NBA insider with The Athletic and Stadium, broke news via Twitter Yesterday, Puma is reportedly set to sign a sponsorship deal with Mikey Williams, a high school basketball star with a massive social media […]
LAWRENCE – The New York Knicks announced last weekend that they signed Wayne Selden Jr. Selden, a former Kansas athlete, has had a professional career that has also included stints in the NBA with New Orleans, Memphis and Chicago. Selden played three seasons in college with the Jayhawks before he was not drafted in 2016. […]
Mile One Center becomes Rogue. Tony Kenny, president of 2001 Investments Limited, the group that brings the American Basketball Association’s new team to St. John’s, unveiled what they call a new era at Mile One on Wednesday afternoon – the Newfoundland Rogue era. . Free spirits have always made their home on this island.A cultural […]