Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić is averaging 28.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 10.5 assists per game. Victor Wembanyama is putting up 24.0 points, 11.2 rebounds, and nearly three blocks a night while anchoring a San Antonio Spurs team playing at a 59-win pace. Both entered the season as obvious award contenders. Now, both sit one...
NBA overreactions: Tyrese Maxey dunk of the year, 65-game rule nonsense?
It’s officially NBA time! The NFL season is over and the focus has shifted to the home stretch of the NBA regular season. This is the time when teams are starting to assert themselves as the cream of the crop. Stars are making their cases for MVP and All-NBA while trying to make sure they...
Top NBA Draft Prospect Tracker: February 25
With the NCAA National Player of the Year race all but wrapped up in favor of Duke’s freshman phenom Cameron Boozer, the bi-weekly NPOY Ladder will now shift into a Top Prospect Tracker, rounding up the top performances of the best college players that are expected to enter the upcoming NBA Draft in June. The...
Alabama State Stingette is dancing in her mother’s footsteps
When Carlotta Ruff first stepped onto Alabama State University’s football field as a freshman member of the Sensational Stingettes dance line in 2002, she never imagined that more than 20 years later her daughter would follow in her footsteps and make history. Ruff and her daughter, freshman dancer Cailyn Harris, are the first mother and...
Everett Fitzhugh stands alone in NHL, but not among Seattle Kraken
SEATTLE — Everett Fitzhugh had never thrown a fish before. He had certainly never caught one either. But on this new year’s holiday week, the only full-time Black play-by-play radio broadcaster in the NHL was breaking new ground personally, at the Pike Place Market. A recognizable face to the mongers of the establishment, a week...
Unrivaled Monday Finale: Top Performers
Things have gotten real at Unrivaled. In the final full weekend of the regular season, there were still three teams vying for one final playoff spot on the final slate of Monday games going down at the Sephora Arena in Miami. Vinyl, The Lunar Owls, and The Breeze all competed for the sixth seed–as well...
UPDATED FAB 50: Playoffs Cause Excitement, Upsets Around The Country!
There is plenty of movement in this week’s FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com, as EYBL Scholastic League teams continue to play a key role in movement while playoff upsets in California shake things up. The playoffs are in full swing around most of the country and as the pressure tightens, the best...
February’s Tunnel ‘Fits we can’t stop thinking about
Between the Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Weekend and the Unrivaled league’s return, our favorite athletes showed up and showed out with their Tunnel Fits. This month, we saw a lot of textures, fur, and, surprisingly, quite a few men who used their clothing to make a bold statement. Keep scrolling to see this month’s installment...
Pangos Jr. AA: Omar Muhammad, Braylin Calhoun Got NEXT!
Fresno native and power guard Omar Muhammad leads contingent at 2026 Pangos Jr. All-American Camp, which featured 140 players from across 14 states plus Canada. At the conclusion of the camp, the 6-foot-2 2030 guard from Reyburn Intermediate (Clovis, Calif.) and 6-foot-3 2031 Braylin Calhoun of Munising Public School (Munising, Mich.) were named the camp’s...
Final Four Preview? Duke downs No. 1 Michigan, No. 4 Arizona Makes Big Statement
Saturday’s college hoops slate was a gift from the sports gods, featuring a double-header of matchups between a quintet of teams all currently ranked in the top four of the AP Poll. It was certainly a Saturday for statements, with No. 3 Duke earning an impressive and resilient win over No. 1 Michigan in a...









