The last time legendary Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle led a team to the NBA Finals was arguably the most improbable championship run we’ve ever seen. It’s hard to believe it’s been 14 years since the Carlisle-led Mavericks improbably torched their way through one of the gnarliest playoff draws of all time in 2011. Related...
Like meteorologists predicting a strong hurricane season, the general consensus among NBA insiders is that the NBA will experience perhaps its most chaotic offseason in recent memory. Perhaps the most notable player on the trade block is first-ballot Hall-of-Famer and 15-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant. Durant was nearly dealt to a few different teams at...
Courtney Vandersloot made history Thursday night — not just for what she accomplished, but for who was there to witness it. (Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images) In a 97–92 victory over the Dallas Wings, Vandersloot became the Chicago Sky’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing longtime teammate and wife Allie Quigley’s franchise mark of 3,723 points. Fittingly,...
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick decided to do something this month that Major League Baseball didn’t do when it wove Negro Leagues statistics into its record book: give Black managers their due. Kendrick unveiled an exhibit on May 24 at the baseball museum in Kansas City, Missouri, that shined a spotlight on the...
May absolutely showed out with athletes throwing ‘fits. Though, it was mainly off the court this month because we are looking back at not only the Met Gala, but the NBA conference finals for the men (with an ideal varsity jacket for Knicks fans), as well as a few elevated WNBA Tunnel ‘fits, courtside looks,...
The Oklahoma City Thunder are headed back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012 — and they did it in emphatic fashion. (Photo by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images) With a commanding 124–91 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder closed out the series...
It took six years for doctors to discover what was wrong with Tierra Terry, the new women’s basketball coach at Winston-Salem State. Terry, who played for the Rams and returned to her alma mater in April after spending the past five seasons coaching at Virginia Union University, recalls knowing that her schedule as a collegiate...
OKLAHOMA CITY – As Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” blared through the Paycom Center speakers while the Oklahoma City Thunder and their fans celebrated advancing to the NBA Finals, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. walked off the floor distraught, knowing his 18th NBA season had ended again without putting a ring on it. At...
While the 2025 Oklahoma City Thunder’s resume will stack up with some of the greatest of all time should they win the NBA Finals, the casual fan may still believe this team is league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander playing the star while his teammates assume lesser roles in the production. If Monday’s resounding Game 4 victory...
MINNEAPOLIS – Longtime Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach Elston Turner was standing in a tunnel near the court when Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein stopped to give his old coach a high-five about 90 minutes before the start of their Western Conference finals game. “I’ve coached everybody. I coached him in Houston. Some of the...