INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers entered the season dreaming about winning the second NBA title in franchise history. A frustrated Mitchell and his underachieving, injury-plagued Cavaliers, however, would be in the NBA play-in tournament if the playoffs started today. “Mentally, we got to find it. We’re 29 games in,” Mitchell said...
HILLCREST HEIGHTS, Md. — On the coldest of Saturday afternoons, about 25 minutes from the nation’s capital, a crowd of people pulled up to Foot Locker in support of a local legend who made it out of the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area — better known as the “DMV.” Hundreds arrived for the exclusive Dec....
TARZANA, Calif. – NBA free agent Ben Simmons is back with a team, just not in the NBA yet. Rather, the avid fisherman is the new controlling operator of the South Florida Sails of the Sport Fishing Championship. Founded in 2021, SFC is a professional offshore saltwater fishing league with tournaments featuring pro anglers. There...
The returning Skylar Diggins is looking forward to what the second season of Unrivaled holds with both the Lunar Owls and beyond. Skylar Diggins sees herself as an “upperclassman” on the Unrivaled campus…but don’t expect any senior skip days from the Lunar Owls BC star. (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images) With over a...
30 years ago, the Air Jordan 11 sneaker emerged as an unknown, even to those closest to Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan. “I’d never seen a patent leather gym shoe before,” former Bulls equipment manager John Ligmanowski told Andscape. “I was like, ‘What is this? Oh my God, what are we wearing here?’” Ligmanowski recalled....
When critics point to the Kansas City Chiefs’ failure to make the playoffs this season, Rod Graves can only chuckle. Graves was a longtime NFL scout and player-personnel official who held high-ranking positions at both the club and league levels. He knows firsthand how hard it is to win consistently in the NFL – let...
The team favorites in the Platinum Division of the 14th annual Tarkanian Classic advanced to the semifinal round with Saturday victories, as upset-minded clubs came close but weren’t able to pull out a victory cigar. FAB 50 ranked No. 26 Timpview (Provo, Utah) and No. 29 Santa Margarita (Rancho, S.M., Calif.) will meet in a...
The 16 is an ongoing essay series on the record number of Black quarterbacks starting in the NFL during the 2025 season. CHICAGO — Nearly an hour after he had led Chicago to a thrilling overtime victory against the hated Green Bay Packers, Caleb Williams, the Bears’ second-year quarterback, was peppered with questions about his...
I was at the Tarkanian Classic for two days and got to eval a wide range of prospects, some I laid eyes on for the first game. I was impressed by several underclassmen and the talent level in each game of the prep division that I saw. I went over my notebook one final time...
Tyran Stokes and JJ Crawford went INSANE vs Seattle Prep. Tyran finished the night with 52 and JJ 25. The post Tyran Stokes And JJ Crawford Go INSANE! Tyran Dropped 52 Pts & Had The Student Section PISSED! appeared first on Ballislife.com.