BERKELEY, Calif. – Sacramento Kings general manager Scott Perry will be in Chicago on Sunday to see if his franchise catches a much-needed break at the 2026 NBA draft lottery after two decades of frustration. The Kings have an 11.5% chance to land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA draft after finishing...
Yaxel Lendeborg never envisioned playing college basketball, much less doing so in the desert of Yuma, Ariz. That plan came from his mother, Yissel Raposo, whose conviction in the path she saw for her son was too strong to be shaken by his stated lack of interest in following it. Through phone calls and emails...
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 The next frontier for African Americans in sports is team ownership. Black bodies have helped build enormous wealth for sports teams and leagues, but ownership remains an economic and cultural mountain that largely has remained out of view. That mountain came a bit more into...
The shoe circuit is officially upon us. With all of the respective sneaker brands getting ready to get things jumping, it was Puma that took the lead with getting all of their programs under one roof in Detroit for its Pro16 League. Held at Huntington Place in the heart of downtown Detroit, the Pro16 League packed over 25...
When Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson stepped onto the Target Center floor last July wearing a black Nike LeBron 21 detailed in the pink and green of her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, it didn’t take long for the image to circulate. Screenshots spread. Group chats lit up. Then came the inevitable question from fans...
Our staff spent the weekend in the DFW to cover The Circuit’s DFW vs Everyone in Northlake, Texas and Recruitlook’s May Regional Session in Burleson, Texas. In our latest report on the recruiting trail, we clear out the notebook on top 2027 and 2028 performers from the Circuit Event. The travel ball season is heating...
Anriel Howard wondered if she had made the right decision. It had been years since Howard walked away from a promising professional basketball career — the only sport she had ever known — to pursue something entirely new: professional wrestling. After being waived by the WNBA’s Seattle Storm in 2019, Howard requested a WWE tryout....
CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers were on the brink of first-round playoff elimination before knocking off the Toronto Raptors in Game 7 on Sunday night. The Cavaliers lost all three games in Toronto, including a wild defeat in Game 6 in which Toronto native RJ Barrett made a memorable 3-pointer with 1.2...
Former league MVP and three-time Olympic gold medalist Tina Charles announced her retirement from basketball on Tuesday after a 14-season WNBA career. Photo credit: Matthew Grimes Jr./Ethan Miller/Getty Images Charles, 37, shared the news in a social media post two days before the WNBA tips off its 30th season on Friday. She finishes as the...
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