Basketball
Anything to do with Basketball
Maureen
@Maureen -
about 4 years ago
How Are You Surviving Being at Home with the Kids?
Photo : ShutterstockI woke up this morning genuinely confused about what day it was. It was either Wednesday or Thursday, I was pretty sure about that. For as long as the week has felt, it should be Saturday, but nowadays, Saturdays are going to resemble Mondays, so does ...continued
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Hannah
@Hannah -
almost 5 years ago
How Sarah McNally, Seasoned Bookseller, Spends Her Sundays
How Sarah McNally, Seasoned Bookseller, Spends Her SundaysSCRAPS We move along to lunch at BBar on the Bowery. Jasper gets a burger, I order eggs and eat his potatoes. Just scraps. I’ve been a vegetarian for 20 years. At lunchtime I subsist largely off his vegetarian scra...continued
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Ariel
@Ariel -
8 months ago
How to Dribble a Basketball
When you see an NBA player juke a defender out with a lightning fast between-the-legs, behind-the-back dribble, you're watching the skill of someone with many years of practice. If you're an absolute beginner at basketball, even a basic dribble can be intimid…
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Marjory
@Marjory -
over 2 years ago
California student disciplined after making racist comments at a high school basketball game, sch...
A high school student in Orange County, California, was disciplined after making "inappropriate and inflammatory racist comments" toward a Black basketball player during a game last week, the Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) said in a stateme…
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 1 year ago
Brittney Griner's statement to court ahead of verdict in Russia drugs trial - Reuters
Here are some highlights from U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's statement to a court in Russia on Thursday as she faced a verdict in a trial on drugs charges that could see her sentenced to up to 10 years in prison:/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/J53BBV556BMKZNOV5V6GXHKL4Q.jpg)
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Iva
@Iva -
almost 3 years ago
Vanessa Bryant and Families of Crash Victims Settle With Helicopter Company
Bryant, the widow of the N.B.A. star Kobe Bryant, had filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the company that operated the vehicle that crashed last year, killing nine.
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Elliott
@Elliott -
over 3 years ago
One Basketball Might Not Be Enough for the New-Look Nets
With James Harden, the Nets now have an elite trio of ball-dominant playmakers. Yet there are key differences in how Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving thrive that could allow this grand experiment to work.
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Cyril
@Cyril -
about 3 years ago
Canadian Basketball Hopes a New Floor Will Raise Its Ceiling
Canada hasn’t made the Olympics in men’s basketball in two decades, but its sports officials hope a memento from the Toronto Raptors’ championship run will bring good luck.
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Devin
@Devin -
about 2 years ago
U.S. WNBA All-Star Griner detained in Russia, customs service cites hash possession - Reuters.com
U.S. basketball officials said on Saturday they were closely monitoring the situation surrounding seven-time WNBA All-Star player Brittney Griner after Russia said it had detained a U.S. player last month for possession of vape cartridges containing hash oil./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/MR35C3ZRIVNNNF423DQF5HZQVY.jpg)
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Geovany
@Geovany -
7 months ago
HS star moves to '25 class, eyes NBA No. 1 in '26
High school basketball star A.J. Dybantsa, a favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA draft, is reclassifying to the 2025 recruiting class.
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Juliet
@Juliet -
almost 5 years ago
Shareef O'Neal Shows Off Epic Photorealistic Tattoo Of His Dad
Shareef O'Neal Shows Off Epic Photorealistic Tattoo Of His DadShaquille O'Neal had a plethora of memorable moments during his Hall of Fame career, including that epic alley-oop against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference Finals. That image ...continued
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Clarissa
@Clarissa -
over 3 years ago
LeBron James: Donald Trump no loss to NBA
Last updated on .From the section BasketballLeBron James kneeled alongside his LA Lakers team-mates before the defeat by Oklahoma City ThunderLos Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James says that basketball will not miss Donald Trump after the US president said he turns off...continued
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Allene
@Allene -
almost 3 years ago
3x3 basketball-Serbia's 'Mr. Bulletproof' adds 'Olympian' to accolades - Reuters
The first real superstar of 3x3 basketball, Dusan Domovic Bulut of Serbia, added on Saturday a new accolade in the fledgling sport: Olympian./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/H5QN6HK46JOB7BD7HI7CIJDUMQ.jpg)
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George
@George -
almost 5 years ago
GuapDad 4000 Dissects the Raptors vs. Warriors NBA Finals Bet He Made with Drake
GuapDad 4000 Dissects the Raptors vs. Warriors NBA Finals Bet He Made with DrakeGuapDad 4000 made a bet with Drake over the NBA Finals between the Warriors and Raptors. But how did this friendship and wager get started? What was GuapDad's punishment for losing?Watch the v...continued
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Alexander
@Alexander -
8 months ago
Fantasy women's basketball: Time to move on from these stars in the fantasy playoffs?
Our experts explain which big-name players it may be best to move on from during the fantasy women's basketball playoffs.
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Meggie
@Meggie -
almost 2 years ago
U.S. consular officer visited detained basketball player Griner in Russia on Thursday - Reuters.com
A U.S. consular officer visited detained basketball player Brittney Griner in Russia on Thursday but the United States insists that Moscow grant regular access to her and other detainees, the State Department said on Friday./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/REPMZLEQPJIELJTGUEJD4O5QD4.jpg)
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Nelson
@Nelson -
almost 4 years ago
Images from Adria Tour 'disappointing', says Wimbledon chief - Reuters India
(Reuters) - Images of players hugging at the net, playing basketball together and partying at Novak Djokovic’s charity exhibition in Serbia and Croatia were “disappointing” and tennis must learn its lesson, outgoing Wimbledon chief Richard Lewis has said.FILE PHOTO: Tenni...continued
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Raoul
@Raoul -
about 2 years ago
The missed opportunities and unfulfilled potential of British basketball
The sport is one of the most popular activities among young people in the UK. Yet years of underfunding means it has little hope of meaningful growthThe squeak of rubber soles filled the arena, the smell of popcorn and hotdogs was in the air and the atmospher…
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Elian
@Elian -
about 4 years ago
ESPN’s The Last Dance Isn’t a Great Documentary. It’s Still Fun to Watch Michael Jordan.
In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the first two episodes of The Last Dance, ESPN’s documentary series on the end of the Chicago Bulls’ NBA dynasty. They also talk about basketball pros...continued
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Ariel
@Ariel -
almost 2 years ago
Griner's lawyers tell Russian court she was prescribed medical cannabis - Reuters
Lawyers defending U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner told a Russian court on Friday she was prescribed medical cannabis in the United States for a chronic injury, a Reuters journalist at the courtroom reported./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/F5TONC2G7VPIPKY6HXW4UMPJLQ.jpg)
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Grayce
@Grayce -
almost 2 years ago
Why Brittney Griner Could Be the Last American Basketball Star in Russia
The atrocities of the war in Ukraine and Griner’s detention in Russia on drug charges could cut off a lucrative pipeline for women’s basketball players.
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Ericka
@Ericka -
9 months ago
LeBron James speaks out after son's cardiac arrest
LeBron James is speaking out after his son, Bronny James, suffered a cardiac arrest during basketball practice.
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Elaina
@Elaina -
7 months ago
Sources: Team USA seeks Holiday for '24 Games
USA Basketball is aggressively pursuing guard Jrue Holiday to return to Team USA for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
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Manley
@Manley -
over 3 years ago
Michael Jordan Gets Into the NASCAR Game
September 22, 2020 3 min readGrowing up in North Carolina, used to go to NASCAR races with his family, and now His Airness will become the sport's first Black principal owner of a full-time Cup team since Wendell Scott drove his own race car from 1961 to 1973, according t...continued
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Monserrat
@Monserrat -
about 3 years ago
John Chaney’s Message Was Always Clear, in Support of Black Athletes
“He’d say, ‘I’m not going to stick a lollipop in your mouth, I’m going to coach you like a man,’” recalled one of Chaney’s former assistant coaches.
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