The 2025-26 Overtime Elite season is officially underway. The league, which allows players to receive NIL money while playing high school hoops, provides an elite opportunity for student athletes dissimilar to those of traditional high schools. OTE has three teams (RWE, Cold Hearts, and City Reapers) based in Atlanta, living and training nonstop at the...
LeBron James and the complicated art of saying goodbye
Above the Rim is a season-long series of essays around the NBA that looks at the game far beyond the hardwood and box score. Instead, it’s an examination of the characters, storylines, and conversations that fuel an insatiable appetite for the game and the conversations it spawns. Retirement was the furthest thing from LeBron James’...
Pangos All East Frosh/Soph Camp: Top Performers
The Pangos Frosh/Soph Camp circuit has come to an end. With stops in LA, Dallas, Colorado Springs, and Dallas complete, the tour showcasing the nation’s best for 2028 and beyond concluded in Philadelphia. Held just across the border at the gorgeous NBN Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, the 2025 All East Frosh/Soph Camp delivered no shortage...
Mookie Betts’ ‘incredible untold story’ of Dodgers’ run to World Series
LOS ANGELES — “Why’s it gotta be like [Derek] Jeter? Why can’t it be like Mookie?” Baseball TV analyst Jimmy Rollins is walking to short left field on May 17 at Dodgers Stadium, donning a patterned velour suit before Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, before the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani turned...
Adan Diggs & Cameron Holmes Go At Lleyton Leonard! | Top AZ Players Get ACTIVE!
Adan Diggs & Cameron Holmes faced off against Lleyton Leonard in a top match up in Arizona HS basketball. The post Adan Diggs & Cameron Holmes Go At Lleyton Leonard! | Top AZ Players Get ACTIVE! appeared first on Ballislife.com.
How faith drives former NBA star Alonzo Mourning’s goodwill
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… When asked why he’s dedicated this stage of his life to building affordable homes for families and senior citizens, Hall of Fame basketball player Alonzo Mourning had a simple response. It’s not just because of the money, nor is it only about being...
EXCLUSIVE: BIL Speaks With Paul Knepper, Author of Upcoming Moses Malone Book
BIL speaks with Paul Knepper, who has authored a deep, definitive look at the career of late Hall-of-Famer Moses Malone. At six feet and ten inches, it was perhaps difficult for Moses Malone to disappear in a crowd. But some believe that it has become the fate of his otherwise sterling professional legacy. Photo: Courtesy...
If any Toronto Blue Jays player deserves a statue, it’s Joe Carter
TORONTO — By any measure, Rogers Centre is an incredible ballpark. Between field layout, playing surface, fan experience, clubhouse amenities and quality of food, it’s hard to think of a yard that definitively beats it on the continent. After the recently completed $400 million renovation that turned the facility formerly known as SkyDome into one...
Texas Hoops GASO JUCO Showcase: Top JUCO Performers
Continuing our pre-season hoops coverage, I made the journey to Dallas to take in the GASO JUCO/Prep Showcase. Held at the gorgeous Duncanville Fieldhouse, the JUCO/Prep Showcase blended over 50 JUCOs and prep schools from throughout the country under one roof, with courts that made things easily accessible to watch multiple games at once. Blue...
From Russell Wilson to Justin Fields, the legacy of cheap shots at Black QBs endures
It finally happened. The reservoir of patience that New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson had drawn from for the entirety of his 14-year NFL career had dried up, and for at least one tweet, the usually tight-lipped signal caller stopped giving a damn. “Classless… but not surprised…. Didn’t realize you’re still bounty hunting 15+ years...









