The Houston Rockets have weathered injuries all season, but losing Steven Adams for the remainder of the year represents one of the most significant setbacks yet for a team firmly entrenched in the Western Conference race. Adams has undergone season-ending surgery on his left ankle, a development first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania and later...
CLEVELAND – Six years ago, NBA agent Torrell Harris met with a teenage street ball phenom of Rucker Park fame to offer words of wisdom at Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem. The father of Detroit Pistons forward Tobias Harris has had so many of these meetings with young basketball hopefuls that it has become tough to...
21-0. In one of the most anticipated games of the college hoops season, No. 1 Arizona escaped Provo by the skin of its teeth with an 86-83 win over potential top pick AJ Dybantsa and No. 13 BYU on Monday. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images) The Wildcats were led by an electric performance by backcourt...
There was a time when J. Cole’s possible swan song album, The Fall-Off, was the most-anticipated project in rap. Cole has been teasing the album, slated for a Feb. 6 release, for five years. He dropped hints about its release as far back as 2021, calling it “the most ambitious” project he’s ever done. The...
After the MLK holiday weekend, this was a short week and also a time when the teams in the FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com returned to league and conference play. That means a vast majority of the ranked teams won and there is little changes to this week’s edition. The playoff storm...
DENVER — Thomas Brown stood in the middle of a euphoric New England Patriots locker room on Sunday and thought about the wild ride of his coaching journey that had led him to this point. As the Patriots’ passing coordinator and tight ends coach, Brown was part of one of the most dramatic turnarounds in...
The Scholastic Play by Play Classics have been staples of the high school basketball season all up and down the East Coast since the mid-90s. Founder Jeremy Treatman was one of the first to put LeBron James on center stage, showcasing him as an underclassman; from his home in Philly, to Cleveland, to Columbus, to North...
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s injury may force the Milwaukee Bucks to make a painful, if not necessary, decision on the transactional front. A Giannis Antetokounmpo injury has bucked up the NBA trade market. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) The embattled Milwaukee Bucks superstar endured a calf injury during Friday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets, aggravating a prior...
The Chicago Bulls are retiring Derrick Rose‘s No. 1 jersey on Saturday in a post-game ceremony at the United Center in Chicago after their contest with the Boston Celtics. The Bulls are honoring their hometown hero and youngest NBA MVP for his impact and legacy with the franchise and in the city that loves its...
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has had an awards season perhaps best described as “intense.” Such is undoubtedly the best way to explain the discussion around the film’s record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations. How many actually translate into winners remains to be seen. But here’s what isn’t. The roots of Coogler’s success are plentiful. One of the main...