PRETORIA, South Africa – There was a quick scene in the 2022 Disney movie Rise where a young Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked to pay a fee on a computer to use the internet at Amadou Café in Athens, Greece. Rise director Akin Omotoso told Basketball Africa League president Amadou Gallo Fall on March 8 that...
“Do you understand serendipity? Everything has been like this for me,” Wilfried Nancy says, leaning in as we sit at the Goat Tree café in Santa Barbara, California, on a sun-kissed day. The Columbus Crew head coach’s journey is punctuated with firsts. Of the eight Black coaches in MLS’ 29-year history, Nancy is the first...
Claude “Thunderbolt” Patterson, a Black pro wrestler who was blacklisted from one of the most well-known promotions in the 1970s in part due to deeply ingrained racism in the business, will be inducted into the WWE’s Hall of Fame next month. Patterson, 82, a burly, smooth-talking wrestler will join inductees Paul Heyman, Bull Nakano, the...
PRETORIA, South Africa – Two-time NBA All-Star Joakim Noah, NBA champion Ian Mahinmi and former NBA center Ruben Boumtje Boumtje were in the house when the Basketball Africa League’s 2024 season debuted March 9. The best basketball player of everyone at SunBet Arena and perhaps the entire continent of Africa on this day, however, was...
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Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Twitch No. 5 USC Trojans defeat No.2 Stanford Cardinal 74-61, earning their second and final Pac-12 championship. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 10: The USC Trojans pose for the media after defeating the Stanford Cardinal 74-61 in the championship game of the Pac-12 Conference women’s basketball tournament...
PRETORIA, South Africa – Franck Traore was watching a video from one of his scouts scattered across Africa in 2021 when he was drawn to this tall South Sudanese kid working out on an outdoor red clay court in Kampala, Uganda. Standing 6-feet-9 and still growing, the 14-year-old displayed intriguing potential with his unique running...
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PRETORIA, South Africa – Bryton Hobbs planned to take a post-practice nap after completing a phone call with his cousin and Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum late Sunday morning. Shortly after, however, the Burundi Dynamo guard was wide awake after learning his team forfeited Sunday’s Basketball Africa League game after team officials declined to stop...