Category: Sports

Home » Sports » Page 20
Aliyah Boston, Dana Evans Out for Rest of Unrivaled Season
Post

Aliyah Boston, Dana Evans Out for Rest of Unrivaled Season

Phantom BC was dealt a brutal blow heading into their Unrivaled semifinal matchup against Vinyl BC at Barclays Center. A first-round bye in the Unrivaled playoffs didn’t prevent Phantom BC from enduring some brutal losses. Related Stories 2026 Unrivaled Playoff Preview: Phantom Fury, Mist Madness, and More Unrivaled Awards Tracker: Aliyah Boston, Chelsea Gray Among...

Unrivaled Awards Tracker: Aliyah Boston, Chelsea Gray Among the Unrivaled
Post

Unrivaled Awards Tracker: Aliyah Boston, Chelsea Gray Among the Unrivaled

Keep track of Unrivaled’s postseason award emergences as its second playoff tournament prepares to get underway in Miami and Brooklyn. Certain women of Unrivaled were truly unrivaled. In anticipation of its postseason tournament that gets underway on Saturday night (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/TruTV), the domestic three-on-three league co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart began...

‘We did this for you’: Winston-Salem State wins CIAA title for past and present players
Post

‘We did this for you’: Winston-Salem State wins CIAA title for past and present players

BALTIMORE – In her first season leading the women’s basketball program at her alma mater, Winston-Salem State University head coach Tierra Terry delivered a moment over half a century in the making for the devoted “Ramily” fan base.  Winston-Salem State (25-3 overall, 14-2 CIAA) capped its historic season by winning the program’s first Central Intercollegiate...

Could Kon Knueppel’s New Record Steal the Rookie of the Year Award?
Post

Could Kon Knueppel’s New Record Steal the Rookie of the Year Award?

It’s getting increasingly difficult to deny the Rookie of the Year case for Kon Knueppel after his latest accomplishment. Leave it to a Charlotte Hornet to steal some buzz.  (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) Kon Knueppel further cemented his place in Queen City royalty on Thursday night: with the sixth of eight 3-pointers in this...

Floyd Mayweather: When ‘Money’ is the brand and burden
Post

Floyd Mayweather: When ‘Money’ is the brand and burden

Floyd Mayweather Jr., by boxing standards, had the perfect swan song. Fifty fights. Fifty wins. Zero losses. And, most importantly to Mayweather, more money than anyone in the sport had ever made. When the boxing legend retired in 2017 following his Las Vegas spectacle of a match with Conor McGregor, a return for Mayweather was...

NBA’s 65-Game Rule is Turning the MVP Race Into a Math Problem
Post

NBA’s 65-Game Rule is Turning the MVP Race Into a Math Problem

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?
Post

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
Post

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
Post

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...