With the 2024 NBA trade deadline just days away, the Detroit Pistons add a sharpshooter to their young core. Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Twitch (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) Days before the NBA trade deadline approaches, the Detroit Pistons struck another move. This time, acquiring sharpshooter Simone Fontecchio from the Utah...
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The 2024 NBA trade deadline is DOA
Please for the love of God stop reading this. The 2024 deadline has absolutely no pulse. Do not confuse volume of trades made with value. I repeat. Do not confuse volume of trades made with value. This is the Al Capone’s vault of trade deadlines. Instead of Woj Bombs, Adrian Wojnarowski is dropping trade pellets...
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A high school hoops team, a vacancy and the bold appointment of a student head coach
It was just minutes until tipoff for the Los Angeles-area basketball game, and the lead official was in the midst of his pregame meet-and-greet. After introducing himself to the coach of the Lawndale team, the referee appeared befuddled as he walked past the students standing near the St. Bernard bench. “Who’s the coach around here?”...
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First woman, openly gay NFL coach torn over which of her former teams to root for in Super Bowl
Katie Sowers was a member of Kyle Shanahan’s coaching staff the last time the San Francisco 49ers were in the Super Bowl. That was back in 2020, when the Niners took on the Kansas City Chiefs, whom Sowers would join as an offensive assistant the following season. Read more…
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell encouraged, but ‘not satisfied’ with inclusive hiring
LAS VEGAS – The NFL’s progress in inclusive hiring has continued, and this hiring cycle has been the best one recently for Black coaches seeking the league’s most high-profile position: head coach. With the promotion of Jerod Mayo by the New England Patriots, Raheem Morris by the Atlanta Falcons and Antonio Pierce by the Las...
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Of course Travis Kelce wasn’t going to the Grammys, but imagine the reaction if he did
Travis Kelce didn’t miss too much on Grammy night 2024. Los Angeles is not the most fun place to be when an atmospheric river is parked over it like the alien ship in Independence Day. Gloomy and wet is not how Southern California is usually described. While there would have certainly been a damper put...
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The NFL gains in inclusive hiring
LAS VEGAS – At the end of the NFL’s 2022 hiring cycle, things looked bleak for the league’s proponents of inclusive hiring. Although the NFL’s on-field workforce is overwhelmingly Black, only two of its 32 teams were led by Black coaches. During that cycle, the Miami Dolphins fired coach Brian Flores, who is Afro Latino,...
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Rising Star: Freshman JuJu Watkins Stuns with 51-Point Performance
JuJu Watkins, a California Native, is the former 2023 McDonald’s All-American Most Valuable Player. Watkins now owns the record for the most points scored in a game by a USC Trojan. Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Shawn Mclurkin/ Ballislife JuJu Watkins delivered a record breaking historical performance USC Trojans Freshman sensation JuJu...
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It’s time to face reality — Bill Belichick is likely done coaching in the NFL
We’ve heard the phrase, “end of an era” quite a bit in the football world lately. Nick Saban retired in Alabama, Bill Belichick was “ushered” out of New England, and Pete Carroll was moved into an advisor’s role in Seattle. All championship coaches who many feel the game has passed by. Initially, it was expected...
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These professional athletes became actors
Acting and sports have a lot in common. It takes a ton of body control to do either, both are consumed by millions, and the biggest stars usually have a ton of charisma. These are the athletes who broke out of their sports and became big stars in Hollywood. Read more…