Less than three weeks removed from the biggest stage, Raven Johnson is already chasing another title. Now a member of the Indiana Fever, Johnson finds herself in a winning culture, similar to the one she experienced during the five years she spent in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Angelina Katsanis/Getty Images) Johnson, an Atlanta native,...
Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant appears to be making a strategic move toward NBA ownership in Europe. The 16-time NBA All-Star purchased a minority stake in 2025 UEFA Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain on June 21, months after meeting PSG president and chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi during the 2024 Paris Olympics. The soccer giant’s ownership group...
PITTSBURGH — This time last year the fall of quarterback Shedeur Sanders became the dominant story of the 2025 NFL draft. To some extent, Sanders’ dramatic fall hovers over the 2026 draft as well. Before Thursday’s draft, the NFL announced that it would limit access to draft prospects’ contact information to one person with each...
Plenty of prospects beyond the opening round of the recent draft are capable of making lasting contributions in the WNBA. Good things come to those who wait, and that may be the case for certain WNBA rookies chosen beyond the first round of the 2026 WNBA Draft. The latest selections featured several prominent headliners in...
A year removed from the left quad sprain that unraveled her sophomore season before it began, Caitlin Clark walked into Indiana Fever training camp on Sunday, having learned a lot after an injury-impacted season that caused her to miss 31 regular games and all of the playoffs. Photo Credit: Jineen Williams | Ballislife “I feel...
It’s said a bullet doesn’t have a name. But as 6-year-old Jonah Coleman and his friends played outside a Stockton, Calif., apartment complex more than 15 years ago, the gunshots that halted their fun that day had an intended target: Coleman’s dad, Jamon Coleman. “You hear shots, and the instinct is to run — to...
The Oklahoma City Thunder enter the NBA Playoffs as favorites to win the Western Conference once again, but their path to the NBA Finals will likely be far more complicated this year than it was last year. Joshua Gateley/Getty Images The emergence of Victor Wembanyama and the 62-win San Antonio Spurs certainly adds a wrinkle...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A relaxed Doc Rivers ate breakfast at the Ritz Carlton-Charlotte as he had done countless times before on road trips as head coach of the Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers and, most recently, the Milwaukee Bucks. As his coffee was being poured, his waiter — identifying as a...
For South Carolina Gamecocks alum Ta’Niya Latson, this week’s WNBA draft wasn’t just about hearing her name called — it was about making a statement before she ever reached the stage. Latson leaned into a vintage Hollywood-inspired look that paid homage to Black glamour icons and their legacies, as did fellow Gamecocks star Raven Johnson....
We go 20 deep from five separate regions of the nation in our final Top 20 Regional Rankings. We rank 100 teams and nobody across the country ranks as many teams as Ballislife.com. Final No. 1 teams are Paul VI (East), Montverde Academy (Southeast), SPIRE Academy (Midwest), Principia (Southwest) and CIA Bella Vista (West). We...