When Chance the Rapper took to the Grammy stage in 2017 to accept the award for Best New Artist, yelling “independence is freedom” as the music signaled his speech was over, it was a declaration that the music industry’s newest disruptor was here to stay. Chance, real name Chancelor Bennett, took home three Grammy awards...
ABC and ESPN, the networks of the Walt Disney Company, will return to the duties of calling some of the NBA’s biggest games. The networks of the Walt Disney Company will continue to be the happiest place on Earth for NBA fans. ABC and ESPN will enter their 24th consecutive season of calling the Association’s...
It feels like yesterday that a kid from Raleigh, North Carolina by the name of John Wall introduced himself to basketball fans around the world with his iconic 2009 HoopMixtape, a four-minute tour de force that was the launching pad for an unforgettable and pivotal era in the sport’s modern history. Wall’s retirement from the...
Detroit Tigers pitcher, 2024 World Series champion, and nine-season Major League Baseball veteran Jack Flaherty is quiet when it comes to what he says or wears. That all changes when basketball is brought up. “Baseball’s always the first love, but basketball came right behind it,” Flaherty told Andscape. For the 2025 MLB Players’ Weekend, an...
Luka Doncic has been cleared to continue Slovenia’s EuroBasket preparations after suffering a knee contusion in Saturday’s loss to Latvia, easing concerns ahead of the team’s final stretch of tune-up games. Photo by KZS/KrLe The Los Angeles Lakers superstar and Slovenian national team captain went down in the third quarter when a teammate crashed into...
As the 2025 football season kicks off for historically Black colleges and universities, teams will be taking the field in pursuit of rivalry wins, conference titles and Cricket Celebration Bowl berths. From talented edge rushers to dual-threat quarterbacks, here are several players to look out for this football season. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Erick Hunter,...
As the second half of the WNBA season continues, the stakes have risen with the playoffs near. Every game is now more crucial, and every loss or win could mean a lot in terms of the standings. There are three teams who have risen to the challenge and three that are diminishing hope. Photo Credit:...
PHILADELPHIA — For most of this preseason, Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel has been the straight man for fellow rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Even though Gabriel was drafted in the third round and Sanders in the fifth, and even though Gabriel is listed ahead of Sanders on the Browns’ depth chart, Sanders has been...
Strictly Bball has made a splash in today’s new age basketball media scene. Owning a TikTok account that has over 2.8 million followers, founders Joe Doerrer and Nolan Newberg have masted the art of basketball storytelling in short form. The duo have rapidly expanded over the past half a decade, partnering with the NBA amidst...
As one of the league’s new television partners, the NBA on NBC will tip off once again this season after a hiatus of over two decades. The Roundball Rock reboot finally has a tune. The release of the 2025-26 NBA season schedule also yielded the release of national television schedules. NBC is back in the...