On a routine day, North Crowley senior Tyler Hastings would park his car in the student lot at the Fort Worth, Texas, high school, enter the building and walk to class virtually unrecognized. But when a car rolled up beside him as he walked toward the school’s front entrance on Wednesday, the Panthers backup guard...
In less than 100 days, the most profitable month in global sports history arrives on American terrain. In less than 100 days, North America will host the world’s biggest party. And in less than 100 days, the conversations — and the complexities — surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup will intensify. Expected to generate north...
I head to San Antonio on Friday to catch the University Interscholastic League (UIL) state title games. I began my coverage with the top prospects in the Class 6A D1 title game between San Antonio Brennan (33-3) and FAB 50 No. 25 North Crowley (34-3) and continue the series with the Class 6A D2 title...
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk State junior guards Da’Brya Clark and Anjanae Richardson haven’t lost a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) tournament championship in their college basketball careers. Now, a year after helping their team win the 2025 MEAC title, they have a new head coach, new teammates and added pressure to power the No. 3 seed...
Has the entire NBA world gone mad? Bam Adebayo’s remarkable 83 point game against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night should have been cause for celebration across basketball, at least for people who have any appreciation of its history. Instead, a dizzying amount of fans, content creators and players immediately discredited Adebayo’s performance on the...
With time to reflect, Paolo Banchero reached a conclusion as to why he was resting on a beach in the Bahamas last month rather than playing in the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles. Banchero didn’t point fingers at the NBA’s Eastern Conference coaches for not selecting him as a reserve. The 2023-24 NBA All-Star...
Bam Adebayo Scores 83 Points, Second-Most in NBA History, as Heat Roll Past Wizards 150-129 on Tuesday Evening Bam Adebayo made NBA history Tuesday night, scoring 83 points — second only to Wilt Chamberlain’s untouchable 100 accomplished during the 1961-62 season — to lead the Miami Heat to a 150-129 rout of the Washington Wizards...
Summer grassroots basketball is officially here. While countless states are still conducting their playoffs, with the CIF concluding its 2025-26 season this weekend in Sacramento, legendary independent event operator Dinos Trigonis brought some of the West Coast’s top underclassmen together at McBride High School in Long Beach for the Pangos Best of SoCal Spring League....
As Florida A&M middle distance runner Kirk Dawkins walked into the school cafeteria recently, he was pulled aside by someone who thought he looked familiar. “Are you the guy from the video?” Dawkins recalled being asked. While later settling in at class, Dawkins was shocked when a professor referenced him going viral. “Had a whole...
State playoffs around the country begin to wrap up and with some in deep rounds, we have two highly-ranked unbeaten teams go down that causes plenty of change to this week’s FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. Teams with unblemished records deserve to be ranked high, but how far must they drop after...