Basketball
Anything to do with Basketball
Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
over 5 years ago
With Kyrie to Nets All but Done, What If Irving Can't Get KD to Brooklyn?
With Kyrie to Nets All but Done, What If Irving Can't Get KD to Brooklyn?In the 2018-19 NBA season, the Brooklyn Nets managed to rebuild themselves into a playoff team after a half-decade of damage done by the disastrous Kevin Garnett-Paul Pierce-Jason Terry trade with th...continued
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Elian
@Elian -
over 3 years ago
‘He Was Our Dreams’: A College Basketball Star’s Wrenching Death
Days after leading his college team to its first men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, Oscar Frayer was killed in a highway crash. Loved ones said he had finally found his footing in life.
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Garnet
@Garnet -
over 5 years ago
Big East officially announces UConn's return
Big East officially announces UConn's returnFormer UConn QB Dan Orlovsky discusses the Huskies' move to the Big East and why he thinks it's a good decision for his alma mater. (1:42)The Big East officially announced on Thursday the return of University of Connecticut athl...continued
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Oren
@Oren -
over 5 years ago
UConn Leaving The AAC Hints At Harsh Fallout For Wayward League
UConn Leaving The AAC Hints At Harsh Fallout For Wayward LeagueAccording to numerous reports, the Connecticut Huskies will be leaving the American Athletic Conference to join the Big East Conference. In turn, it leaves the AAC minus one storied college basketball program....continued
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Cynthia
@Cynthia -
4 months ago
Before There Was Caitlin Clark, There Was Jimmer Fredette
Jimmer Fredette, one of Caitlin Clark’s precursors in the long-range shooting game, will represent the U.S. in 3X3 basketball at the Olympics.
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Erik
@Erik -
over 5 years ago
20 Years Later, 'The Wood' Is Still the Defining Coming-of-Age Story for Black Men
20 Years Later, 'The Wood' Is Still the Defining Coming-of-Age Story for Black MenBoyz N the Hood; Menace 2 Society; Juice: In the 90s, the most popular film depictions of Black men were almost always associated with drugs, gangs, violence or a combination of all three. W...continued
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Zackery
@Zackery -
almost 3 years ago
Top 25 basketball roundup: No. 9 Duke beats No. 10 Kentucky in opener - Reuters
Freshmen Trevor Keels and Paolo Banchero provided a chunk of the points, helping No. 9 Duke defeat No. 10 Kentucky 79-71 as legendary Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski began his final season Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden in New York./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/W6SAQEZ3AVPLZCJJGMLX6PXXCY.jpg)
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Raoul
@Raoul -
5 months ago
Breaking down Caitlin Clark's Olympic omission -- and more roster takeaways
USA Basketball's official Olympic roster isn't out yet, but multiple sources said Caitlin Clark isn't on the squad for Paris.
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Clarissa
@Clarissa -
over 5 years ago
NBA Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz on Russell Westbrook and Kris Dunn
NBA Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz on Russell Westbrook and Kris DunnEven the best NBA astronomers have struggled to keep pace in this star-shifting offseason.While free agency has played the most prominent role in that movement, the trade market has seen more than a few elite...continued
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Alexander
@Alexander -
about 5 years ago
Factbox: Fans, U.S. politicians, others react to NBA's China controversy
Factbox: Fans, U.S. politicians, others react to NBA's China controversy(Reuters) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) took flak on Monday for its response to a tweet by a Houston Rockets official supporting Hong Kong protests for democracy.Rockets General Manager ...continued
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Jaydon
@Jaydon -
over 5 years ago
Girl Talk: I’m A Gamer
Girl Talk: I’m A GamerLast Sunday morning, I zip-lined through a South American jungle, shot and killed several enemies, grabbed afully loaded rocket launcher, and blew up a jeep filled with incoming hostiles. Once clear, I crept to an enemyoccupied mansion that held the ...continued
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Emmie
@Emmie -
over 5 years ago
Minnesota Timberwolves Add to Coaching Staff
Minnesota Timberwolves Add to Coaching StaffMinneapolis-St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has added to Head Coach Ryan Saunders’ coaching staff by hiring Kevin Burleson as Player Development Coach, promoting Brian Randle to Player Development ...continued
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Alexie
@Alexie -
over 5 years ago
Ricky Rubio signs with Phoenix Suns, says he's 'really excited with this big challenge'
Phoenix Suns finally have a point guard in Ricky RubioThe team didn't disclose the terms, but it has been reported to be a 3-year, $51 million deal.Rubio shared a message with Suns fans on the team's Twitter account after signing his deal with Phoenix:"Hey Suns fans, here...continued
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Oren
@Oren -
over 5 years ago
Three Potential Trade Destinations for Russell Westbrook
Three Potential Trade Destinations for Russell WestbrookThe Oklahoma City Thunder shocked the basketball world last week when they traded Paul George to the Los Angeles Clippers for a historical haul of draft picks, Danilo Gallinari, and Shai-Gilgeous Alexander. The move ...continued
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Rose
@Rose -
over 5 years ago
Rui Hachimura begins NBA journey as the face of Japanese basketball
Rui Hachimura begins NBA journey as the face of Japanese basketballRui Hachimura sat in the gym of a UNLV campus building in a rare moment of down time. Practice on this Friday was closed to the media and most of the team had left to catch the bus. Hachimura, who became o...continued
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Rose
@Rose -
over 5 years ago
Jazz Summer Spotlight: Mike Conley, The Modern 'Pure' Point Guard
Mike Conley, The Modern 'Pure' Point GuardBorn of a different era of NBA basketball, the term “pure point guard” has become something of a backhanded compliment in the modern game.It’s generally reserved for “game mangers,” lead ball-handlers who lack elite scoring punch ...continued
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Rex
@Rex -
over 2 years ago
Liz Cambage Is Done ‘Living Someone Else’s Dream’
The W.N.B.A. star is outspoken, confident and, finally, where she wants to be: in Los Angeles, playing for the Sparks.
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Felicita
@Felicita -
over 5 years ago
Three biggest gambling takeaways from the NBA summer league
Three biggest gambling takeaways from the NBA summer leagueWe're a few days into the NBA summer league in Las Vegas and I've been courtside for many of the games, watching teams debut their rookies. It's become a bigger betting event every year, hitting in the slow part o...continued
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Jimmy
@Jimmy -
about 1 year ago
New Zealand v Philippines: Women’s World Cup 2023 – live
Updates from the Group A clash in WellingtonKick-off time is 5:30pm NZST/3:30pm AEST/6:30am BSTAny thoughts? Email or tweet @mike_hytnerAnd have a read in a bit more depth about the Football Ferns (this was written before T…
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George
@George -
6 months ago
Fever make it official, select Clark with No. 1 pick
In what had been a long-anticipated move, the Indiana Fever officially selected women's basketball superstar Caitlin Clark of Iowa with the top overall pick in Monday night's 2024 WNBA draft.
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Maida
@Maida -
about 2 months ago
When U.S. women's basketball is at its best, can anyone stop it?
When everything's clicking, the U.S. women play beautiful basketball. Have we seen Team USA's best? And who needs to step up in the knockout rounds?
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Angus
@Angus -
over 3 years ago
Rapper Rick Ross buys former Miami Heat star’s South Florida home with $3.5M in cash
Basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire listed his home in February.
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Kari
@Kari -
over 3 years ago
Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski to retire in 2022, according to reports
Duke University's Mike Krzyzewski, the all-time winningest coach in men's Division I college basketball, is set to retire following the Blue Devils upcoming 2021-2022 season, according to reports. CNN has reached out to Duke for confirmation but has yet to he…
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Jessika
@Jessika -
almost 3 years ago
New Black N.B.A. Coaches Wonder Why It Took So Long to Get a Shot
The N.B.A.’s coaching ranks have long been dominated by white men, but a demand from Black players for more diversity may be changing things.
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Delia
@Delia -
over 5 years ago
I'm 20. I Have 32 Half Siblings. This Is My Family Portrait
I’m 20. I Have 32 Half Siblings. This Is My Family Portrait.It was never a secret in my house that I was conceived with the help of an anonymous sperm donor. For a majority of my childhood, I never really thought about him. But when I was around 11, I went through a perio...continued
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