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...
Team USA’s next bit of action, a pre-World Cup tournament in Puerto Rico, will give proof through the night that Caitlin Clark is still there. Caitlin Clark’s next lark comes courtesy of the red, white, and blue. (Photo courtesy of USA Basketball) The incubation of Clark fever will end at 239 days, as the face...
Conference tournament season is in full swing for NCAA women’s college basketball teams across the country, and Friday’s slate reminded us why this is the best time of the year for the sport. Several of the nation’s top-ranked teams were in action throughout the day, including No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 South Carolina, No. 4...
I don’t remember the specifics of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention where I heard the Rev. Jesse Jackson speak. I believe the year was 1996, though I can’t recall the precise subject of the panel or broad strokes of the discussion. But I do remember what he said. Jackson was on the...
So, how much do you know about Jason Kidd’s NBA career? After contemplating briefly, 19-year-old Cooper Flagg respectfully admitted he wasn’t well versed on the Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer who is also the rookie’s head coach with the Dallas Mavericks. “I’m not extremely familiar. I know he’s a legend, but no. I didn’t watch...
Azzi Fudd is officially a Jordan Brand athlete. The UConn senior guard and projected first-round pick in April’s WNBA draft was announced as the latest signing to Michael Jordan’s namesake company on Friday morning. Entering this weekend’s Big East women’s basketball tournament, Fudd joins the brand’s female-fronted NIL roster led by Huskies teammate Sarah Strong,...