Do I remember exactly where I was when I first met Tony Clark? I do not. Do I remember exactly what happened when I did? Certainly. It was either an Opening Day, an All-Star Game or a World Series about a decade ago, when this sportswriter was still trying to feel welcome in the world...
The last few weeks of college hoops have only complicated the conversation surrounding the best teams in the sport, but that’s why we at Ballislife are here to sort through all of the chaos. Since we last checked in, Arizona is no longer undefeated (or No. 1). Michigan is still out of its mind good,...
They say it is not how you start, but how you finish. In college basketball, we talk about the importance of peaking going into March. Here are five teams that can make a serious run in the tournament, in spite of where they are ranked at the moment. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) FLORIDA Record:...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Donovan Mitchell has an idea what’s on the mind of NBA fans and media when it comes to the new union between him and his future Hall of Fame teammate James Harden. “It’s the question everybody asks: How are we going to coexist? What are we going to do?”...
Breanna Stewart’s off-floor savvy has granted the New York Liberty a golden opportunity in offseason absentia. It may be three-on-three action, but a golden opportunity—or perhaps a seafoam circumstance?—awaits the New York Liberty sixth woman next month. No matter what happens in the ongoing WNBA labor negotiations, a Breanna Stewart-branded organization will take to the...
LOS ANGELES – Bernie Bickerstaff coached in nearly 1,000 NBA games over 14 seasons and also served as an assistant coach. The only time he coached in the NBA All-Star Game was as an assistant coach back in 1979. So, when Bickerstaff’s son, J.B., finally became an NBA All-Star Game head coach in his fourth...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver delivered one of his most direct acknowledgments yet that the league’s incentive system is not functioning as intended, saying tanking is worse “than we’ve seen in recent memory” and warning that “every possible remedy” is now on the table. Speaking at his annual All-Star Weekend news conference, Silver said the NBA’s...
Most NBA fans would agree that the All-Star Game has been a stale product for quite some time, and it seems like the most common topic on talk shows during the week leading up to the event is how to make it watchable again. Even if it was never as competitive as some of the...
LOS ANGELES — On an outdoor court, in the neighborhood of Watts, a group of boys and girls circled JuJu Watkins, anxiously awaiting a chance to take a picture with their hometown hero. Countless children swarmed the University of Southern California women’s basketball phenom, prompting a towering security guard to abruptly end the photo opportunity....
South Carolina forward Joyce Edwards paused as she contemplated the question at hand: What was the last thing you learned about yourself as a person or player? Edwards repeated the question to herself before steadying for an answer. “Probably that I’m not there yet,” she said. “I feel like every time I think that I’m...