For as long as I can remember, June has unofficially been known as “high school team” month. Photo: @shots.bychance By that I mean most AAU directors, event promoters, and programs will take the month of June off to give players a chance to develop with their high school programs, rest, or both. With the two...
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Whether LeBron James beat the Los Angeles Lakers to the punch in saying goodbye first is more a matter of storytelling style. From the outside looking in, the idea of professional “comfort” has always seemed boring to James. The needle he has moved,...
The dreams began about 10 years ago. David Mills was giving poetry readings at the African Burial Ground in New York City’s Lower Manhattan neighborhood, where the remains of more than 15,000 free and enslaved people were buried in the 1600s and 1700s. At night, Mills began having vivid dreams in which disembodied voices spoke...
The Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty are doing battle in the WNBA’s Commissioner Cup finale. Keep track of all the action! Get up for the Cup! The WNBA’s in-season competition is set to come to an end on Tuesday night and a familiar match-up will play for the Commissioner’s Cup: the Las Vegas...
Andscape explores the intriguing teams, people and themes around the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America. The West Coast looks good on Tyler Adams. “I just haven’t spent much time out here,” the 27-year-old midfielder told Andscape as he sat down for his seventh diary installment just 12 hours after the United States men’s...
Our staff was evaluating this weekend at various June Scholastic Live period events, including the TABC Boys Showcase in Dallas. TABC is a huge event and on Friday we had a chance to break down some terrific prospects in a scholastic setting. We came back on Saturday and saw plenty more action. Below is what...
Before the French Open began a few weeks ago, the burgeoning friendship of Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend showed something that garnered even more social media attention than their joyous vacation trip last fall. The two tennis-playing mothers hosted an all-Black tennis players party in Paris, a scenario that would have elicited as much disbelief...
With a relatively dead weekend in between the two high school scholastic live periods, I decided to make the journey from Minneapolis to Dallas for the loaded GASO Pre-Live Showcase. Offering teams from every single shoe circuit, the event was an easy scouting event under one roof at the Ryse StarCenter in Farmers Branch, Texas. Photo:...
The 2026 NBA Las Vegas Summer League schedule is out, providing an exciting opportunity to get a first look at one of the strongest draft classes in recent memory. The first slate begins on July 9, with games every day until July 19 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion at UNLV. (Photo...
With a relatively dead weekend in between the two high school scholastic live periods, I decided to make the journey from Minneapolis to Dallas for the loaded GASO Pre-Live Showcase. Offering teams from every single shoe circuit, the event was an easy scouting event all under one roof at the Ryse StarCenter in Farmers Branch, Texas....