PHILADELPHIA — Ali Curtis is the executive vice president of Major League Soccer sporting development. Kenneth Wood is the father of James Wood, an outfielder for the Washington Nationals and a two-time MLB All-Star. Curtis and Wood are involved in different sports but share the same passion: casting a wider net and removing cost as...
As another summer passes, so too does another AAU basketball season. This week in Augusta, South Carolina, Nike’s EYBL Peach Jam, the most prestigious of all summer youth basketball tournaments, will mark the end of the 2026 summer sneaker circuit events. As usual, future college and NBA stars will shine for their respective AAU teams....
Guard Bryce Harris spent the past five years building a championship résumé at Howard that included three Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) titles and three subsequent NCAA tournament appearances. Now Harris, the 2026 MEAC Player of the Year, is taking the next step in his basketball career. Having signed an NBA summer league contract with the...
Original legends Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon got together on ESPN to form the rosters for the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game. The WNBA All-Star Game is bringing some original championship flair to the annual midsummer exhibition. Photo credit: Ronald Martinez/Allsport/Getty Images Honorary general managers Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon made their selections for the 2026 hardwood showcase on Wednesday,...
With the NCAA July live period upon us, it has been a logistical mess for D-I coaches to coordinate where to go. There are now five shoe circuits all running competing events (Nike, Puma, Adidas, Under Armour, and New Balance) at the same time, and colleges are only allowed to have four coaches in the...
LAS VEGAS — The way Charlotte Hornets general manager Jeff Peterson sees it, it’s in his best interest to ignore the buzz surrounding his surprising trade of popular star LaMelo Ball. Peterson traded the 2022 NBA All-Star from the Hornets to the Minnesota Timberwolves last week for 2024 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Naz...
With the NCAA July live period upon us, it has been a logistical mess for D-1 coaches to coordinate where to go. There are now five shoe circuits all running competing events (Nike, Puma, Adidas, Under Armour, and New Balance) at the same time and colleges are only allowed to have four coaches in the...
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Gate 4 at Yankee Stadium, for at least one July weekend, was the entrance to the world’s largest living, breathing time machine. The credit landed with the man who once claimed he made the Yankee hat “more famous than a Yankee can.” JAŸ-Z’s...
The final day of the EYBL came with no shortage of intrigue. College coaches, NBA scouts, and evaluators alike were scrambling around the massive Las Vegas Convention Center asking one and other who they should see on the final day. Nike Peach Jam seedings and births were won and lost as well, creating an amazing...
MONTREAL—A record crowd of 20,996 packed Montreal’s Bell Centre on Friday night, making history in the process. Photo: courtesy of the Dallas Wings. By the time it was over, the largest regular season crowd in WNBA history watched the Dallas Wings win a 108-95 final over the Toronto Tempo in the league’s debut in La...