With a relatively dead weekend in between the two high school scholastic live periods, I decided to make the journey from Minneapolis to Dallas for the loaded GASO Pre-Live Showcase. Offering teams from every single shoe circuit, the event was an easy scouting event under one roof at the Ryse StarCenter in Farmers Branch, Texas. Photo:...
The 2026 NBA Las Vegas Summer League schedule is out, providing an exciting opportunity to get a first look at one of the strongest draft classes in recent memory. The first slate begins on July 9, with games every day until July 19 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion at UNLV. (Photo...
With a relatively dead weekend in between the two high school scholastic live periods, I decided to make the journey from Minneapolis to Dallas for the loaded GASO Pre-Live Showcase. Offering teams from every single shoe circuit, the event was an easy scouting event all under one roof at the Ryse StarCenter in Farmers Branch, Texas....
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… In 2002, the same year Serena Williams dominated the world of professional tennis en route to her first “Serena Slam” of holding all four major titles simultaneously, the movie Paid In Full was released. No one then — certainly not Serena herself —...
Phoenix Mercury star Alyssa Thomas received a Flagrant Foul 2 penalty and a one-game suspension, the WNBA announced Thursday, after reviewing the play involving her and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) The league noted in a statement that Thomas has been suspended “for recklessly making contact with her fist to...
Mikel Brown Jr. reached the NBA with a head start few rookies have. Long before being selected sixth overall by the Brooklyn Nets at Tuesday’s NBA Draft, the 20-year-old guard had been embedded in Adidas’ ecosystem through a name, image and likeness deal that began in high school. “By the time our athletes walk across...
As a kid growing up in Detroit in the 1950s and ‘60s, David Roberts loved baseball. He lived a few miles from the Detroit Tigers’ home stadium. But young Dave was a Cleveland Indians fan – because his grandfather told him the Tigers, due to racist ownership, had been one of the last Major League...
Indiana Fever stars Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark led an Indianapolis takeover in the second round of WNBA All-Star Game fan voting. WNBA All-Star Game voters have caught the Indiana Fever. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Indiana teammates Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark headline the second round of WNBA All-Star Game fan voting: the tallies released by the league...
The best way to encapsulate the complex, game-changing legacy of Clive Davis, the legendary label head who died Monday at 94, is through his discovery and meticulous shaping of Whitney Houston into a global pop star. The year was 1983. Months earlier, Davis orchestrated the gold comeback of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, with...
Andscape explores the intriguing teams, people and themes around the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America. Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… PHILADELPHIA — Shortly after Haiti lost its World Cup Group C match to Brazil last week, I approached Jean Claude Edwards and his daughter, Tamikha, as...