ORLANDO – The way Paolo Banchero sees it, the stunning Desmond Bane addition was the needed piece to vault the Orlando Magic into a position to compete for something the franchise has never won: An NBA championship. “We could be extremely good,” Banchero told Andscape after practice on Oct. 2. “We could be the best...
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces are two wins away from a third WNBA championship in four years after a dominant Game 2 victory over the Phoenix Mercury, led by an all-time great Finals performance from their stars Jackie Young, A’ja Wilson, and Chelsea Gray. (Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images) Young scored...
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces took a commanding 2-0 lead over the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals on Sunday Aces center A’ja Wilson and guard Jackie Young combined for 60 points and Las Vegas moved a step closer to winning the franchise’s third championship. With yet another dominating performance, Wilson, 29, is...
LAS VEGAS —The Phoenix Mercury are in a familiar territory after losing Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals to the Las Vegas Aces. They look to become the first team in WNBA history to win a WNBA Championship after losing Game 1s of the previous series. Throughout Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals,...
LAS VEGAS – For the Aces to give themselves the best shot at beating the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals, they had to set the tone with a Game 1 victory at home. If I told you beforehand that A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young would combine for just 31 points on 10-of-29 (34 percent)...
Jonathan Kuminga finally spoke for himself. For weeks, teammates and coaches had answered questions about his absence. Draymond Green and Stephen Curry fielded them at Warriors Media Day. A day later, coach Steve Kerr cut them off after a few minutes. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) On Thursday, two days after signing a new contract...
The 16 is an ongoing essay series on the record number of Black quarterbacks starting in the NFL during the 2025 season. As part of “The 16” — Andscape’s look at the historic 16 Black starting quarterback in the NFL this season — senior NFL writer Jason Reid, senior writer Martenzie Johnson, columnist William C....
For a few weekends in Omaha, Nebraska, the prophet was welcomed in his hometown. After Terence “Bud” Crawford dismantled Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 14 in a boxing match that cemented him as one of the sport’s all-time greats, he returned to a hero’s welcome. Six days later, on a college football Saturday, he led the...
The Hurt Syndicate hurts people. That’s something wrestling arena audiences love reminding viewers on their couches when the group makes its entrance. Professional wrestlers MVP, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin, who form The Hurt Syndicate, relocated their business from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) about a year ago. And business was...
Fall league basketball has taken itself to new heights, especially on the West Coast. Since the COVID pandemic, many players throughout the nation were left without anywhere to play during the fall and winter of 2020. While many states were shut down under state and county mandated precautions at that time, states such as Arizona...