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...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Playoffs? Yes, there will be playoffs for Bradley Beal and the Phoenix Suns after the odds were stacked against them. Beal told Andscape in March that it was “all hands on deck” in regard to the Suns’ then-questionable hopes of securing a top-six NBA Western Conference playoff seed. Phoenix, however, won seven...
When Coach Prime isn’t busy working on a game plan or leading Colorado’s team meetings or practice, he is focused on being a father to his five children: Deiondra, 32, and Deion Jr., 30, who he shares with his first wife, Carolyn Chambers; Shilo, 24; Shedeur, 22; and daughter Shelomi, 20, who he shares with...
A player’s impact on sports culture can be best measured by the moments that come to mind when you mention their name. Basketball’s greats have them: Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on and on. For LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin, who announced his retirement Tuesday after 14 years, there are many moments...
Three-time NBA Slam Dunk champion Nate Robinson, 39, faces one of the most challenging periods of his life as doctors search for a kidney match. While loved ones maintain hope, some of the athlete’s sports colleagues are rallying to support his three children. Among those stepping up is coach Deion “Prime Time” Sanders, who during...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul completed his 19th NBA season in disappointing fashion, two weeks shy of his 39th birthday. While the NBA’s third-oldest player is now a reserve guard and likely past his All-Star prime, don’t expect him to retire. “That isn’t even in question,” Paul said of his future...
WICHITA, Kan. — There are three things that are most difficult about baseball. One: your teammates. Two: your coaches. Three: the ball. If you don’t really know how to play, as a child, you have to decide why you’re there, and the reasons that works out will determine whether you ever play the game again....