Rickea Jackson was the first WNBA player on Skechers’ basketball roster last July. One year later, the Los Angeles Sparks’ forward is now the face of the California-based company’s latest basketball sneaker release, the SKX Full-Court Press. The shoe will release on Wednesday, July 30, and will launch in two colorways: a predominantly pink pair...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Chris Paul Jr. turned to his mother and asked, “Mom, has Dad ever been to one of my high school basketball games?” Jada Paul thought for a moment before answering, “I don’t think so.” “So, he can finally come to one of my high school games now,” Chris Paul Jr. said, smiling....
The Los Angeles Sparks are in the midst of turning their season around, as they have now won five consecutive games. The Sparks got hot right before All-Star weekend and are continuing to push the envelope. It’s not about how a team starts, but it’s how it finishes, and right now the Sparks are showing...
When Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders played in the NFL, it was widely understood that every time he touched the football he could end up in the end zone. On Monday in Boulder, we might have seen the best return of Prime Time’s career. Dressed in denim overalls, a white crewneck T-shirt and a...
The EYBL Nike Peach Jam and the last NCAA July live period has now concluded and champions have been crowned. As the final weekend of the summer circuit approached, numerous questions were raised about the prestigious annual event, some of which remained unanswered even after its conclusion. We looked to answer them the best we...
One of NCAA college basketball’s main storylines in a 2024-25 season full of them was the hotly contested battle between Duke’s Cooper Flagg and Auburn’s Johni Broome for the various national player of the year awards across the country. Ultimately, Flagg swept everything but the Sporting News Player of the Year Award, which went to...
Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton will miss the rest of the 2025 WNBA season after undergoing surgery on her right knee, the team announced Friday. The injury occurred during a recent practice and required immediate intervention, with the successful procedure taking place July 25. The Valkyries confirmed Thornton is out for the season and...
LaLa Anthony is booked, blessed and very busy, thank you very much. By now, you’ve seen her on two of the summer’s hottest TV shows — The Chi and BMF — and hopefully soon she’ll debut a new show, a collaboration with her bestie Kim Kardashian and TV creator Kenya Barris, called Group Chat. The...
Great competitors need great foils to forge great legacies. Muhammad Ali had Joe Frazier. Bill Russell had Wilt Chamberlain. Magic Johnson had Larry Bird. The National Football League once had the NFL Players Association. But as the NFL begins a new season, the organization that traditionally compelled the league to do right by players is...
On July 24, President Donald Trump signed an executive order attempting to create urgent national Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) standards pertaining to NCAA sports. The NCAA has had a rough time navigating the new era of college sports created by NIL legislation and enforcing its own rules since they passed over four years ago...