There was no place like home for Unrivaled champ Kahleah Copper, who fully basked in a return home to The City of Brotherly Love. Photo Credit: Unrivaled PHILADELPHIA—Kahleah Copper fulfills many roles on the court and carries an absurd number of titles (i.e. Olympic gold medalist, WNBA Finals MVP, Unrivaled champion) that would cover two...
SAN JOSE, Calif. – At commissioner Roger Goodell’s direction, the NFL over the past five years expanded the Rooney Rule, introduced a landmark hiring mandate aimed at increasing opportunities for coaches of color on offense, and launched a program designed to accelerate the advancement of qualified minority employees in coaching and front-office management. And none...
Marina Mabrey’s record-breaking performance for the Lunar Owls was an appropriate coda to Unrivaled’s Philadelphia foray. PHILADELPHIA—Fresh off perhaps one of the finest showings in professional women’s basketball history, Marina Mabrey’s first statements as Unrivaled’s newly minted single-game scoring champion were centered elsewhere. Photo courtesy of Unrivaled “Temi [Fágbénlé] had a great game,” Mabrey said...
The Los Angeles Clippers will be hosting the 2026 NBA All-Star Game with no representatives playing. The NBA announced its All-Star reserves on Sunday for the Feb. 15 game played at the Clippers home arena — the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. But despite having great statistical seasons and success of late, James Harden and...
We are reaching the time of the season when key players hit their stride and catch the eyes of media and scouts alike. Many players have caught my eye in the past month, but the five listed below are standing out as they help their teams gain positive momentum as we heads towards conference and...
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers has had the honor of having met two of the NBA’s first African American pioneers and having a connection to the third. During the 1950-51 NBA season, New York Knicks forward Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton and Boston Celtics forward Chuck Cooper and Washington Capitols forward Earl Lloyd became the first...
Unrivaled is set to make history in the City of Brotherly Love. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images) Philly is officially Unrivaled! Cheesesteaks and all, the players are already embracing the northern culture—shoutout to Kahleah Copper. In October 2025, Unrivaled announced it would play regular-season games in Philadelphia. This historic night, the city will host women’s...
NEW YORK — One hundred years after he made his professional pitching debut, the extraordinary baseball career and life of Satchel Paige will be presented on stage Monday in a theatrical production at Carnegie Hall. “A Pitch From Satchel Paige,” a one-person show at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, traces the Paige saga going back to reform...
The latest return to Cleveland took an emotional toll on Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, who seems to know the end is near. Professional sports in Cleveland are known for producing tears. But a whole new brand of optical discharge was introduced on Wednesday night during the local Cleveland Cavaliers’ clash with the Los...
A reputation has a way of sticking with you, no matter how much time and circumstances have changed. You never get a second chance at a first impression, sure, but at some point you should be allowed the grace of maturation. When it comes to former NBA guard John Wall, many things are true. The...