When Walker Kessler entered the transfer portal on March 22, angry comments ranging from frustration to utter vitriol were posted on the UNC first-year basketball center’s Instagram and Twitter accounts. And KJ Smith, one of Kessler’s closest friends on the 2020-21 Tar Heels roster, couldn’t stand it. “I knew Walker had no bad intentions of […]
The Seattle Seahawks have signed former Baylor basketball player Mark Vital to their practice squad. In Pete Carroll’s day, the Seahawks had a proven track record of developing talent. Russell Wilson, Earl Thomas, DK Metcalf and Bobby Wagner were all drafted by Seattle and have made significant contributions to the franchise. The front office signed […]
Tim Nwachukwu / Getty Images Mark Vital may be known to more and more people in basketball circles right now, but he hopes that will change as he makes a name for himself on the soccer field. Vital, who was notably a member of Baylor’s National Championship winning team last season, is now trying his […]
At the start of the 2020-21 season, Iowa star Luka Garza stood out so blatantly among his peers as the best college basketball player that we ruled him out as an option for the game. article on dribble transfer predictions on who would win the Naismith College Player of the Year. Essentially, we ended up […]
Steph Curry is a real phenomenon in the NBA. Curry is one of the main reasons the NBA has undergone a drastic transformation in recent years. The two-time former MVP entered the NBA in 2009 and immediately began to make an impact. With his incredible three-point shot, Curry has established himself as a league superstar. […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Former Loyola player Jerry Harkness, one of the ABA’s early Indiana Pacers and a civil rights pioneer who played in college basketball’s 1963 Game of Change, has passed away. He was 81 years old. Harkness embodied the history of America itself. It came from nothing. What he did meant everything. He gave Jackie […]
As we get to the heart of the basketball edition of You’re Nuts (I keep saying it, but I don’t think this thing ever ends), the resident “Bucketheads†Connor and Justin will examine the history of the Ohio State hoops and dig through the record books. For this week’s You’re Nuts, we’ll see who we […]
A former Seton Hall basketball player has been added to a lawsuit brought against the school by former male player Myles Powell for what they claim to be misdiagnosed knee injuries. In an amended complaint at Powell’s trial filed Tuesday, Jasmine Smith alleges that team staff told her that she suffered a bone contusion during […]
At the age of six, Hansel Emmanuel Donato DomÃnguez had his left arm amputated after a wall collapsed. He was trapped under the rubble for almost two hours until his father, a former professional basketball player, rescued him. Today, 11 years later, Donato DomÃnguez miraculously follows in his father’s athletic footsteps. The Dominican Republic 6-to-5 […]
Former Ohio State basketball player Duane Washington played brilliantly on his Summer League debut for the Indiana Pacers. Former Ohio State basketball player Duane Washington signed a bilateral deal with the Indiana Pacers after being undrafted in the NBA Draft. He decided to forgo his final year at Ohio State for the chance to play […]
Portland Trail Blazers Guard CJ McCollum has been named the new president of the National Basketball Player’s Association, by Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports. Portland Trail Blazers goaltender CJ McCollum has been voted next NBA Players Association president, league sources say @YahooSports. – Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 7, 2021 Marc Stein first proposed CJ’s name […]
Camden-born TikTok star Jesse Chuku has entertained people his entire life, from playing basketball for Team GB to making hilarious social media videos. Jesse has nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, where he presents his latest comedy sketches. He has a global audience and they can’t get enough of his videos which explore the different […]
Duncan Robinson. Michael Reaves / Getty Images Duncan Robinson signed a $ 90 million contract with the Heat, the most on record for an undrafted player. Robinson played DIII basketball before being transferred to Michigan and then undrafted in 2018. Robinson went on to become one of the NBA’s top three-pointers with the Heat. Visit […]
MUMBAI – India’s top basketball player Princepal Singh has been included in the NBA’s Sacramento Kings roster for the California Classic Summer League. Princepal, a 6-10 forward from Punjab who played for the Ignite G League team in the NBA G League last season, has been selected for the 3rd edition of the California Classic […]
During an appearance on Kelly Ripa’s talk show, Dwyane Wade said LeBron James is the cheapest guy he knows. James has been a certainty in the NBA since reaching his sophomore year of high school. His mother Gloria James even got a car loan in his last year of school based on the promise he […]
A basketball player from Maryland appeared on The Athletic’s 2022 NBA Draft Prospects Rankings. But they weren’t the ones you might guess – bruises 6-11 center Qudus Wahab, or starting playmaker Eric Ayala, last year’s leading scorer who entered and then retired from this year’s draft. It was Dona scott. Scott landed at No.47 on […]
Syracuse, NY – Former Syracuse basketball player Alan Griffin will play for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Summer League, according to a report. Griffin, a 6-foot-5 goaltender, entered his name in the NBA Draft despite a year of eligibility remaining. Griffin was not selected in the NBA Draft Thursday night. But Griffin will […]
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Biles’ decision to withdraw from this week’s Olympic competition has shocked fans around the world. She admitted that her emotional state was precarious and that being the star of the Olympics was not easy. Biles became the most recent athlete to train under the competitive mental health spotlight. ARI SHAPIRO, HTE: In […]
The NBA Draft takes place tonight, and if you’re reading this, your team may have just signed a Big Ten conference player. You might be thinking – who the hell is this guy and is he any good? Determining who will be the best in the NBA is a shit for the less trained eye, […]
The 2021 NBA Draft is here, and several Big Ten basketball players are looking to have their names called out on Thursday night. The conference hopes are highlighted by Michigan forward Franz Wagner and Illinois goaltender Ayo Dosunmu, both of whom are screened as first-round selections. Others may wait until the second round and beyond […]
An NBA champion has been crowned to crown the 2020-21 season, but don’t log out of the NBA just yet. The 2021 NBA Draft is less than a week away, and simulations of drafts and fake trades are flying all over social media. Lottery team fans tweet their teams begging them to pick their favorite […]