The upstart Houston Rockets made a big offseason splash by trading for former Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant. Houston, we have KD. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) Per Shams Charania of ESPN, the Houston Rockets have acquired Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green, the 10th overall pick in...
OKLAHOMA CITY — So, there will be a Finals Game 7 after all. The Indiana Pacers saw to that in Game 6 on June 19 when a star player playing on one leg led a team of virtual no names past the heavily favored Oklahoma City Thunder to force the first decisive Game 7 in...
Like Bill Russell famously said, the two best words in sports are game seven. The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers have delivered in spades over the last few weeks, and how lucky are we as basketball fans to have the NBA season conclude with a one-game, winner-take-all showdown for the first time in...
Against all odds, the 2025 NBA Finals are headed to an all-decisive seventh game after the Indiana Pacers manhandled the Oklahoma City Thunder in a dominant 108-91 effort to win Game 6 at home on Thursday. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Toppin and McConnell Provide Spark Reserve forward Obi Toppin led Indiana with 20 points...
INDIANAPOLIS – As Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander departed for the team bus after the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy stayed out of his reach, the face of the franchise spoke about the mentality he needed in a deciding Game 7 in this memorable 2025 NBA Finals. “One game. Winner takes all. Give it your...
The NCAA’s June Scholastic Live Period, intended for high school teams to play in front of college coaches in a true scholastic setting, is now one of the most important stops on the NCAA recruiting calendar. It’s not a surprise live period events in power state such as California, Texas and Georgia are popular events....
Two weeks to the night before Juneteenth, Oklahoma City was the center of the sports world. At the second game of the Women’s College World Series championship, Texas Tech pitcher NiJaree Canady continued to assert herself as the face of college softball. About 15 minutes away from the WCWS, the NBA Finals tipped off its...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Whether it’s Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, his teammates, a visiting player, a player-turned-media member like Kendrick Perkins or a coach, they all typically pay homage to security guard Marvin Mack, aka Coach Mack, every time they walk by the visiting locker room at Paycom Center. Whether it’s Thunder, New Orleans...
As Paige Bueckers pulled up from the free-throw line and knocked down a jumper with just over four minutes to play, there was a quiet sense of arrival. The Dallas Wings were in another late-game battle — but this time, Bueckers was the one steadying the moment. Photo courtesy of Dallas Wings The rookie guard...
Bibb Country: Unearthing My Family Secrets of Land, Legacy and Lettuce by Lonnae O’Neal is available now from Andscape books. In this excerpt she explores the little-known history of Black Bibb descendants in Kentucky. I remember the first time I heard Black Bibb descendants talk about Bibb lettuce. The two women, mother and daughter, were...