The NBA has a prosperous future thanks in part to an 11-figure television deal but a situation like Darius Garland’s highlights its dark side. Sunday may be a day of rest but the NBA made it clear that Monday is not. The Association administered a $250,000 fine to the Cleveland Cavaliers for keeping Darius Garland...
CLEVELAND — When I evaluate rookie Shedeur Sanders, I use two scoreboards: One records whether his team wins or loses, and the second records whether Shedeur wins or loses. On Sunday, there was a third scoreboard: Would Shedeur outplay Cam Ward, the Tennessee Titans’ rookie quarterback? Ward is not any rookie quarterback. He was the...
Jason Crowe Jr. is capping off a legendary four-year high school career at Inglewood High School (Calif.) by scoring at a torrid pace. He’s currently averaging 42.9 ppg through seven games for the 6-1 Sentinels. Set to break Tounde Yessoufou‘s California scoring record that seemed out of reach when Crowe entered high school one...
Episode 2 of Streetball: The Untold Stories of Basketball Stars is one for the books! This week’s segment is a must-watch—catch it tonight on Ballislife’s main YouTube channel. Exclusive to members, this documentary is one of the most highly produced projects Ballislife has ever crafted. Released every Saturday, episode one explored the history of streetball,...
Where were you on January 5, 2007? If you don’t remember, I can’t blame you. I mean, it was almost 19 years ago after all. Regardless, that was the last time before Wednesday night that LeBron James had scored less than 10 points in a regular-season NBA basketball game. Photo by Andrew Lahodynskyj/Getty Images The...
It’s early December and ‘tis the season for college recruiters to lay their football mack all the way down. The NCAA early signing period, when many high school athletes commit to where they’ll play at the next level, ends today, and it’ll soon be followed by a contact period. That’s when college coaches and staff...
While watching Netflix’s sprawling, emotionally charged docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning, an old quote from the disgraced mogul loomed as a haunting presence. “I want out of this,” Combs said in a 1997 Rolling Stone cover feature. “I never planned on this.” Over a quarter century later, Combs certainly never planned for his life to...
In Andscape’s new series “From Closet to Court,” NCAA women’s basketball coaches open the doors to their style playbook, breaking down the wardrobe pieces, personality and purpose behind their game day looks. SMU head women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes’ fashion sense is equal parts edgy, unique, and unapologetically comfortable. A mother of two, Barnes balances...
Throughout our recent time in Atlanta, the city was absolutely on fire in terms of high school basketball two weekends ago. With countless events going on throughout the A, we bounced back and forth between watching elite prep basketball at The Grind Session Atlanta stop and local ATL talent at the Hawks/Naismith Classic. When you...
In four years, Tuskegee University forward Kusamae Draper has grown from a raw, 6-foot-9 freshman into the anchor and on-court engine of a Golden Tigers team (4-1 overall, 3-0 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) that’s chasing its first conference championship since 2014. In his senior season, he is embracing a leadership role as the Division II...