X Instagram TikTok After 16 seasons, the 3x WNBA Champion announced her retirement from the league. Now, with the WNBA season starting, she’s been named President of Women’s Basketball at Adidas. More about her career and reactions from players and coaches around the league. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images) Three-time WNBA Champion Candace Parker sent...
Dave Parker had prepped Eric Davis for this. Davis had earned this moment — ready to come through where his baseball father had failed. Parker had just failed. In the top of the ninth inning, he’d struck out with the bases loaded, the score even at 5-5. He whiffed in Pittsburgh where he had starred...
Early in New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson’s athletic journey, his father, Rick Brunson, established what would become the rock-solid foundation of their relationship. No matter how accomplished Jalen Brunson became, no matter how great his celebrity, the boundaries between father and son would be drawn clearly. “The most important thing about a father is...
Former NFL star Cam Newton is offering words of wisdom to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice following weeks of off-the-field issues, including a hit and run, that could lead to a possible suspension. Rice has been on the police’s radar in the months since he fled the scene of a multi-vehicle car crash...
Since October, there have been an increasing number of pro-Palestinian, anti-genocide protests on college campuses across the nation. So far, demonstrations have occurred in about 45 states and Washington with students and faculty demanding an end to the war between Israel and Hamas. These protests have mainly occurred at predominantly white institutions such as Columbia,...
NFL fans are calling for Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker to face a comparable punishment to Colin Kaepernick following his controversial statements made during his commencement speech at Benedictine College on May 11. Butker was tapped as the commencement speaker for the Catholic liberal arts college’s class of 2024 and is facing backlash in the...
Every time I looked from left to right, there was an A’ja Wilson jersey. Thousands of jerseys, both Las Vegas Aces and South Carolina Gamecocks, filled the seats. Courtside was full of current Gamecock players, longstanding supporters, family members, South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, and South Carolina’s biggest “FAM” of them all, rapper...
As I walked across the stage earlier this month during my commencement at Florida A&M University, all I could do was reflect on the ultimate favor that I’ve been shown. My story is one of trying new things but staying true in my belief God will let you walk down the path only he has...
LeBron “Bronny” James Jr., the elder son of four-time NBA champion LeBron and Savannah James, appears to have cleared another hurdle in his journey toward becoming an NBA player, but he’s already facing “nepo baby” criticism before he’s even hit the big league. According to ESPN, Bronny James has been medically cleared by the NBA’s...
CHICAGO – During the reveal of 2024 NBA draft lottery, 7-foot-1 Alexandre Sarr stretched out his long legs in the front row with hopes of getting insight into where he will be playing next season. Once the stunning results were announced to the public, the heralded Frenchman learned he could end up moving back to...