The fall basketball market is becoming saturated across the country. With shoe-sponsored circuits, independent tournaments, and potential college visits virtually every weekend, the “off-season” really doesn’t offer much free time to high school players, so they have to be selective about what events to attend. Playing in team events virtually every weekend since the high...
PHILADELPHIA — The most telling moment from Jay-Z’s nearly 90-minute Roots Picnic performance isn’t the freestyle everyone’s talking about. In between verses from “Public Service Announcement” — which he dubbed the “Black national anthem” — Jay-Z uttered four words that didn’t just explain his night. Rather, it explained why 2026 is, in his words, all...
It’s time. The Oklahoma City Thunder (64-18) and San Antonio Spurs (62-20) have already delivered an instant classic series in the first postseason meeting between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Victor Wembanyama. Now, it all comes down to a decisive Game 7 to see who moves on from the Western Conference to face the red-hot New York...
It always felt like this Western Conference Finals series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs was destined to go 7 games. That prophecy became fulfilled on Thursday night, as Victor Wembanyama tallied 28 points and ten rebounds to lead the host Spurs to a 118-91 victory while facing elimination in Game 6....
Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint operation by the police and the National Cyber Security Center. The action, announced Thursday, came about after a security researcher reported the sprawling network to authorities. The host infrastructure was...
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… SAN ANTONIO — After being routed by the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals Thursday night, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sat in front of his locker and told several Oklahoma City Thunder teammates how “fire” his postgame noodles were. The...
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell felt lost, confused and embarrassed when he woke up Tuesday morning. With his season over in a brutal way, he was scheduled to fly to — of all places — New York later that day. Mitchell and the Cavaliers’ season ended after a 130-93 rout by...
