After releasing three basketball sneakers for hoop enthusiasts, Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball is finally ready to take his style off the court. On May 17, Ball and Puma will unleash the LaFrancé. For Ball’s first lifestyle shoe, which also shares the name of his lifestyle fashion brand, he and Puma co-created something that spoke...
There has been constant change around Devin Booker since the moment he joined the Phoenix Suns. The four-time NBA All-Star has played with 114 teammates since being drafted by the Suns in 2015, according to RealGM.com. Frank Vogel is his fifth head coach. There was a change in ownership in December 2022. And of all...
DETROIT – In yet another draft highlighting the rise of Black quarterbacks in the NFL, the Chicago Bears chose former USC star passer Caleb Williams with the first overall selection Thursday night, and Jayden Daniels and Michael Penix Jr. also were top-10 picks. In a long-expected move, the Bears acquired the rights of a player...
DETROIT – For the second time in as many years, two Black quarterbacks are expected to be selected among the top three picks in the three-day NFL draft that begins here Thursday, and three could go in the first round. In the last two NFL seasons, African American signal-callers were selected as the first- and...
In the past year, Marvin Harrison Jr. has earned a collection of distinctive labels. Most deem him a “generational talent.” Many believe he’s the best prospect in the 2024 NFL draft. And Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has called the star wide receiver from Ohio State University simply “H.I.M.” Now, Harrison will be regarded...
Grammy Award nominee GloRilla initially publicly expressed her interest in NBA star Damian Lillard in February. After asking if Lillard was romantically linked to anyone, GloRilla made it clear that the 33-year-old basketball star had caught her eye. “Cause I want him #GetemGlo,” she wrote on X, alongside a photo of her standing next to...
A couple of weeks ago, the college basketball community was shocked when John Calipari announced that he was leaving University of Kentucky and going to the University of Arkansas. The shock for me was that in all the talk about who would replace Calipari at Kentucky, not one Black coach’s name was mentioned. Nate Oats...
The 2024 WNBA draft drew a record-breaking 2.446 million viewers on April 15. However, No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark, who is scheduled to make her WNBA debut on May 3, appears to have already recorded the first block of her professional career — former NFL star and provocateur Antonio Brown. On Friday, April 19, Brown...
New York City has long been known for celebrating bigger-than-life sports icons like Babe Ruth, Joe Namath, Joe DiMaggio, Patrick Ewing, Pele, Lawrence Taylor, Derek Jeter, Darryl Strawberry, Walt “Clyde” Frazier and Reggie Jackson, to name a few. Then there’s the current king of the New York sports scene who has little interest in the...
Let’s get this out of the way first: Caitlin Clark should absolutely get her own signature shoe. The Athletic reported Wednesday night that Clark was set to sign an eight-figure endorsement deal with Nike that would include the release of her own signature sneaker. Clark, Division I college basketball’s career leading scorer who has been...