The NBA’s new Basketball Africa League plans to make its long-awaited debut on May 16 in Kigali, Rwanda. The new league will include 12 teams from across Africa playing its inaugural season in 26 games at Kigali Arena in Rwanda rather than the initial plan of playing in different countries in Africa. The BAL was […]
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Report: Lakers’ LeBron James could miss three to five more weeks with ankle injury
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is expected to be sidelined between three to five more weeks after suffering a high right ankle sprain last week, according to an Athletic report. “I really don’t have anything to add to where he’s at other than he’s out indefinitely,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said following shootaround in […]
Experts’ take: Will LeBron James’ injury cause a ripple effect at the NBA trade deadline?
The defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers were considered the favorite to win their second straight title. But how did that change when LeBron James sustained a high right ankle sprain in Saturday's game against the Atlanta Hawks? James could miss up to a month. Will that cause the Lakers to be players at the […]
Grizzlies’ Ja Morant makes spectacular look easy with latest viral dunk
Ja Morant often makes the spectacular look routine. The young Memphis Grizzlies star added another viral clip to his highlight reel Monday. Morant threw down a soaring, one-handed alley-oop on a fastbreak against the Boston Celtics that thrilled the small home crowd at FedEx Forum and left his coach and teammates wondering how he does it. […]
Kiszla: Why no CU basketball player after McKinley Wright IV should ever wear No. 25 – The Denver Post
INDIANAPOLIS — He came back for this one shining moment. McKinley Wright IV has put respect on his family name and done Colorado proud during four years as the Buffaloes’ point guard. But tomorrow can no longer be promised to Wright and his CU brothers. That’s the real madness of March, where a big hoops […]
CHSAA state basketball Final Four scouting report: Favorites, challengers and dark horses – The Denver Post
All games scheduled for Thursday night. All statistics courtesy of maxpreps.com. Boys Class 5A No. 4 ThunderRidge (11-2) at No. 1 Cherry Creek (17-0), 6 p.m.; No. 7 George Washington (12-3) at No. 3 Rangeview (16-0), 6 p.m. Favorite — Cherry Creek: After going wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in football last fall, Creek […]
It’s hard to beat the beauty of this perfect knuckleball
This is the Morning Win, by Andy Nesbitt. Baseball is a goofy game where a pitcher tries to throw a ball really fast past a hitter who has a wooden bat and is trying their best to hit that really fast ball that is traveling toward them. And while fastballs are cool and curveballs are […]
Miami Heat’s Meyers Leonard uses anti-Semitic slur during video game stream
The Miami Heat are reviewing a video of injured forward-center Meyers Leonard using an anti-Semitic slur while playing a video game on Monday. Leonard is seen playing the "Call of Duty" game and is recorded using the slur while engaged with another gamer on Twitch, where Meyers often plays. Heat owner Mickey Arison, and son, […]
NBA midseason awards: Why Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid are favorites for MVP
Who will win the NBA's MVP award this season? The choices are aplenty. There is no shortage of candidates for most improved player of the year, and some players have emerged as the favorite to win some of the other awards. Thankfully, the NBA has a second half of the season to complete. Not only is […]
It always feels weird when Jerry Jones and the Cowboys do the right thing
This is the Morning Win by Andy Nesbitt. Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys are usually busy playing the role of the goofy soap opera team in the NFL that always attracts a lot of attention even while stumbling through countless mediocre seasons that don't end with the sniff of a playoff win, yet alone […]