As Mekhayia Moore accepted her MVP award at the 2022 Texas state tournament, her basketball trajectory appeared limitless. The unmistakable star of Brownsboro High School’s state championship team — “Our offensive plan was to get the ball to Mekhayia and everybody else get out the way,” her coach said —collegiate stardom was well within Moore’s...
The NHL is always chasing goals. Sometimes to its detriment, as the league often confuses goals with action. What the league really wants is to assign the Dead Puck Era to the land of wind and ghosts forever, which it pretty much has. It wants a fast game showing off the skills of players and...
LAS VEGAS — While another NFL season has ended, the work of the Fritz Pollard Alliance continues, though the challenge to combat racism and advocate for a level playing field in the National Football League has become more complex. The Alliance was formed in 2003 to push the NFL to support the rise of Black...
USA Women’s National Basketball Team finalizes 12-Player Roster Following Brooklyn training camp ahead of FIBA qualifying tournament. Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Twitch Photo Credit: Sara Jane Gamelli/Ballislife BROOKLYN– Following a three day training camp at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, the USA Women’s National Basketball announced their 12-player roster...
For a sport that really loves to tout how tough its players are, hockey players don’t seem to have much tolerance for anything that makes them feel bad in the slightest. At least on the ice. Morgan Rielly of Toronto was just the latest to wet himself when an opponent reminded him just a little...
Outside the entrance of Converse’s global headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, the newest ad from the oldest footwear brand in basketball history hangs. The life-sized poster features Oklahoma City Thunder star point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who’s been the face of Converse in the NBA since 2020. In the brand’s latest campaign, mirror images of SGA stand...
This year’s celebrity all-star game includes several high-prolific names in the coaching, roster slots and broadcast team. Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Twitch The NBA has announced the starting lineup for the Ruffles NBA Celebrity game All-Star Weekend! Each team will feature a WNBA star, with two-time WNBA champion and five-time Seattle...
The Chicago Bears offseason centers around one major question: What to do at quarterback? Should the team draft for need, or trade Justin Fields and select Caleb Williams? Read more…
Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens keeps showing his brilliancy as the Celtics make a run for banner 18. Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Twitch (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images) As of Wednesday afternoon, Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens added some insurance to the team’s...
Five days before Christmas last year, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The confirmation wasn’t shocking. That particular doctor’s appointment bookended nearly a two-year-long, emotionally draining process of never-ending tests, neurologist visits and waiting. So much waiting. What I couldn’t prepare myself for was the emotional weight of it all. Even when you know what’s...