Even in defeat, Angel Reese made history again. The Chicago Sky forward posted 10 points and 17 rebounds in Monday’s 79-74 loss to the Las Vegas Aces at Wintrust Arena, marking her 20th double-double of the season. With that effort, she moved past Tina Charles for the most double-doubles (46) across a player’s first two...
Introducing Aesthetically Speaking, our series that delves into style-minded storytelling at the intersection of fashion and sports, featuring the brands and stylists who make it happen. Fashion has never been frivolous, but as athletes turn the gameday tunnel into a runway, their stylists play a key role in shaping how they are perceived beyond the...
People care about the Cleveland Browns. That’s my takeaway from the recently completed NFL preseason. Good, bad, but never indifferent, polarizing interests have kept this historic but middling franchise at ground zero of public interest for the past six months. Only Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys have rivaled Cleveland for the spotlight this summer. And why? Because of...
On the day Althea Gibson made her U.S. National Championships debut in 1950 — breaking the color barrier in what’s now the US Open— she had Louise Brough, the world’s second-best player, on the ropes. But with Gibson leading in the final set (7-6), a thunderstorm, accompanied by a bolt of lightning that hit the...
The Portland Fire are turning to one of the WNBA’s most accomplished expansion builders to guide their new era. The franchise announced Monday that Vanja Černivec has been named its first General Manager. She will oversee all basketball operations — from hiring the inaugural head coach to assembling the roster — when she begins her...
Former North Carolina Central quarterback Davius Richard is back in Durham, North Carolina, in the same meeting rooms and on the same practice fields as when he played there. The former Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Offensive Player of the Year is now the quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, helping shape his successors. A number...
Amid the recent news that John Wall’s first post-retirement endeavor will be joining Prime’s desk of NBA analysts for its inaugural season of NBA coverage, I naturally began to wonder which players would be best suited for a potential career as an NBA broadcaster, analyst or talking head once their playing days come to a...
Hollywood’s fascination with sports legends continues as Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to develop With the 8th Pick, a biographical drama exploring one of basketball’s most pivotal moments. The film will chronicle the complex draft process that nearly altered NBA history when Kobe Bryant entered the league straight from high school. The project, penned...
For many years in the most prominent soccer leagues in the world, there was a better chance at witnessing a goalkeeper score a goal in a match than there was seeing any Black person manage a team. Despite a large number of Black players either directly from African countries or having a heritage that descends from...
Derrick Rose will officially reach Chicago immortality when the Bulls retire his jersey this season, marking the completion of a full-circle moment for one of the great icons in the city’s basketball history. Rose will see his iconic No. 1 raised into the United Center rafters on January 24, presumably at halftime of the team’s...