Ja Morant has missed plenty of ambitious dunks since entering the NBA. But Nike execs surely smiled when Morant was asked after the recent Indiana Pacers game about the difference in making his latest poster. “The Ja 1s,” the Memphis Grizzlies point guard said in pure pitchman form for the company’s latest signature basketball shoe....
The Women’s World Cup is nearing, and as is tradition, FIFA marked the occasion with controversy. Host countries Australia and New Zealand are urging the soccer federation to back out of its sponsorship with Visit Saudi. The main issue with the deal is Saudi Arabia’s ever-present, awful record of women’s rights… Read more…
When Fisk University’s gymnasts arrive at meets their shimmering leotards aren’t the only reason heads turn. Competitors stare and openly cheer for the team during routines, and audiences erupt with applause for every vault, flip and twist landed. Afterward, crowds migrate to the gym floor to congratulate the young women and take photos with them,...
Has Tom Brady really been hanging around in the NFL all this time just to one day play for the San Francisco 49ers? If there was ever a year to play for his childhood favorite team, the 2023 season might be the year for all the stars to align between the Niners and one of...
Hip Hop at 50 is our yearlong look at the people, sound, art, and impact of hip-hop culture on the world. Hockey jerseys, a ’90s hip-hop fashion trend, have returned, with their vibrant colors framing logos from lightning flashes and bears to leaves and sharks. Some of the biggest names in music such as Snoop...
ballislife King of the Court | Malcolm vs Skoob vs Hoodie Qel Uncle Skoob, Malcom Stevenson and Hoodie Qel are facing off THIS Wednesday at 6 PM PST live ONLY on Caffeine.TV at https://bit.ly/3q1dFtj Catch up on weeks 1 through 14 on Caffeine.tv @ https://caf.tv/ballislife Who’s coming out on top with that big check? The...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The caller couldn’t even get in a question late Sunday night before Doug Williams made his feelings clear – both loudly and repeatedly. The Kansas City Chiefs had just completed a 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship Game, which followed the Philadelphia Eagles’ 31-7 dismantling of the...
With all due respect to the Salt Lake City NBA All-Star Weekend, Glendale, Arizona is 2023’s “Black Super Bowl.” A week before NBA superstars and celebs descend on Utah, Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes will take the field as the first pair of black quarterbacks to start against one another in a Super Bowl. Read...
Following a double OT loss to the lowly Houston Rockets on Dec. 5, the Philadelphia 76ers were a .500 ball club. Doc Rivers, Joel Embiid, and James Harden all had that sad, whiny look on their faces as if you just told a 3-year-old no. Skip ahead nearly two months and 24 games, and they’re...
WASHINGTON — As Grant Hill stepped to the podium in the main concert hall at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, he thought about all the great moments he experienced in the facility where his mother, Janet Hill, had served on the board of trustees. “She absolutely loved this place,” Grant Hill...