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The force behind Bitcoin and Ethereum has invaded the NBA, in the form of NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens. These little pieces of virtual merchandise have taken the league by storm, and private NFT marketplace Top Shot is leading the charge. NBA players are huge fans of the NFT craze, with Tyrese Haliburton and Mike Conley […]

If you haven’t heard, YouTuber Jake Paul is becoming more and more of a thing now–and not just as an influencer. With a 3-0-0 boxing record (all KO’s), Paul has backed up his big name and talk with his performance in the ring, even if the opponents were–in a word–subpar. But if you’ve been paying […]

As the season is winding down, NBA teams such as the Golden State Warriors will start to look at their roster and plan for the future. This means a lot of tough decisions and conversations, and in that vein, any team with a few expiring contracts must take extra care to choose the right players […]

NBA watchers know that it’s Oscar season. The world is still aglow from the Academy Awards. In what has been a strange year to say the least, it’s been a comfort for audiences and fans to be able to celebrate their favorite actors and actresses at one of the biggest entertainment events of the year. […]

In “sort-of?” football news, Baker Mayfield of the Cleveland Browns just doubled down on his belief in the supernatural. Last March, Mayfield tweeted about a UFO sighting he witnessed with his girlfriend in Texas: “Almost 100%, Em and I just saw a UFO drop straight out of the sky on our way home from dinner,” the […]

On Sunday night, Steph Curry (85) shattered James Harden’s (82) record for most three-pointers in a month in a 117-113 win over the Sacramento Kings. This is absolutely insane, especially for a player who’s already had a historic month. Curry has reminded the world of why he was deserving to be the only unanimous MVP […]

Draymond Green has got to be one of the weirdest players in NBA history. His scoring prowess has never been up to snuff with his fellow greats on the Golden State Warriors, and it has devolved to be downright bad in recent years. Yet, somehow, he has managed to establish and keep his status as […]

Good gracious. With how good footwork has gotten all across the NBA, travel calls have been getting looser and looser. Between ball-handlers like Kyrie Irving and Stephen Curry, the addition of the gather or “zero” step is just patently unfair. For example, check out this incredible little scoop shot that the Golden State Warriors star […]

The Washington Wizards have been on one hell of a roll to close the NBA season, and they are suddenly looking like dark horse candidates to make this year’s play-in tournament and survive it. This streak was capitalized on Friday night as they demolished the young, feisty, but hapless Oklahoma City Thunder, 129-109. Washington was […]

In a tragic news for sneakerheads everywhere, Vanessa Bryant–the widow and head of Kobe Bryant’s estate after his tragic passing–has elected not to extend the estate’s contractual relationship with Nike after their five-year extension expired earlier in April. After this split, production and release will halt on all future Kobe releases, stalling the now-iconic sneaker […]

If you haven’t been paying attention, there has been a legend brewing in New York’s other baseball team, and his name is Jacob DeGrom. In the shadow of the Aaron Judge and the money printing of the pinstripes in the Bronx, the New York Mets have been simmering for the better half of the decade. […]

In what is probably a death blow to the Sacramento Kings‘ playoff hopes for the 2021 season, star guard and team leader De’Aaron Fox is ruled out for up to the next two weeks, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Kings guard De’Aaron Fox is expected to miss at least 10-to-14 days due to health and […]

Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox has got to be one of the nerdiest players in the NBA. That’s not a knock, by the way–the league definitely has its fair of unique personalities and hobbyists, and Fox is one of its proudest. But of those hobbyists and passionate fans, Fox is arguably the most out and […]

The 2021 NFL Draft is just around the corner, and it is shaping up to be one of the most offensively stacked draft classes in recent memory. Outside of the draft’s litany of quarterbacks, this year’s wide receiver class is incredibly deep, and teams are lining up around the block to get first dibs at […]

The life and career of the late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant often read like a movie. Think about it: he was one of the first great pre-to-pro prospects going to arguably the NBA’s most prestigious and storied franchise and was immediately joined by one of the league’s biggest stars in Shaquille O’Neal. The […]

The New York Knicks are the proud owners of an 8-game winning streak and the 4th seed in the Eastern Conference. Yes, those Knicks. With Julius Randle and RJ Barrett leading the way on offense, and the whole team buying into head coach Tom Thibodeau’s physical, defense-first philosophy, the Knicks are looking like the one […]

The 2020-21 NBA season has been an up-and-down one for the Los Angeles Lakers. One of the league’s hottest teams out the gate, the Lakers slowed down dramatically, even before their two stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis went down to injury. Their role players and supporting cast reflect this: each member of the team […]

Earlier this season, the Denver Nuggets were dealt a serious blow to their championship hopes when star guard Jamal Murray went down to an ACL tear late in a matchup against the Golden State Warriors. Murray is now out for the season between the injury itself and subsequent surgery, putting added weight on the shoulders […]

After an underrated rookie year and breakout sophomore season as Ja Morant’s primary running mate, Memphis Grizzlies forward/center Jaren Jackson Jr. was forced to watch his team from the sidelines for all of 2020-21 after tearing his meniscus in the Orlando bubble. The Grizzlies have been functioning alright without him, but are absolutely fighting for […]

“Million dollar move, ten-cent finish”. We’re all painfully familiar with the phrase, and somehow, that million-dollar move makes a subsequent failure all the more depressing. Take a look at this (highlight?), for example from Wednesday night’s game against the Washington Wizards and Golden State Warriors with Andrew Wiggins making a case for Shaqtin’ a Fool. […]

Nope, it’s not that he retired — we already knew that. Drew Brees, the greatest quarterback in the history of the New Orleans Saints, gave a new and sort of heartbreaking peek behind the curtain of his retirement. It turns out that Brees’ underwhelming 2020 season was in fact due to a lingering injury. But […]

If you had any doubts about Steph Curry’s truly historic greatness, look no further than what he’s been able to do this season with the Golden State Warriors. Last season, the Warriors had their worst season in years without Curry in tow, going 15-50 en route to the worst record in the league by far. […]

Damian Lillard might need to watch himself, because someone might be coming for his crown as the NBA’s resident rapper. In a recent interview with GQ, Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards opened up about the team’s new owner, Alex Rodriguez, his favorite players in the league, his rookie season so far, and of course, his […]

Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum deserves more respect. After Saturday’s 119-114 win over the Golden State Warriors, pundits fawned all over Stephen Curry tying the late Kobe Bryant’s record for consecutive 30-point games, which is absolutely historic. But left in the lurch was Jayson Tatum’s own incredible night. Tatum and Curry had themselves a legitimate duel […]

Don’t look now, folks, but the Washington Wizards might just make this year’s play-in tournament between the 7th-10th seeds. With Monday’s 119-107 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Wizards are now owners of a five game win streak, and are tied with the Chicago Bulls for the Eastern Conference’s 10th seed with 14 games […]

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has to be just about the most wholesome superstar on the planet. Let’s sum up past young phenoms. Bird, Jordan, Kobe, Duncan, Garnett, Kareem, and LeBron were all business. Magic was glamorous, but there was a coolness to him. Ditto for Shaq. But the rise of Zion Williamson is […]

It looks like it’s not just fans of the Los Angeles Lakers who are looking forward to the return of Anthony Davis. Per Lakers Nation’s Ryan Ward, newcomer Andre Drummond is excited for a reunion with the superstar big man, which could be coming sooner rather than later: Andre Drummond on Anthony Davis: "Played with […]

Like it or not, Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is a top 10 player in the NBA, perhaps top 5 offensively. He is a rare breed of talent that automatically makes everyone around him better, and he is one of the most unique players the league has seen in recent memory. Therefore it is all the […]

Going into this season’s Trade Deadline, the Boston Celtics were keen on poaching at least one of Orlando’s coveted trade chips. The team could have used any one of Evan Fournier, Nikola Vucevic, and Aaron Gordon. But instead, Gordon was shipped to the Denver Nuggets, and is now living his best life as a big, […]

If you heard the name Brian Scalabrine as a basketball fan, what would you think? Unseasoned food, probably, mayonnaise, or even those New Balance shoes your dad likes to mow the lawn in. What you wouldn’t think immediately is basketball player. However, Scalabrine, affectionately known as The White Mamba (rest in peace, Kobe) is still […]

This has got to be tampering right? If not, it’s at least one of the most hopeful stories fans of the New York Knicks will be enjoying over the next few years. After Sunday’s tough overtime loss to Julius Randle & Co., New Orleans Pelicans superstar Zion Williamson was asked about his experience playing at […]

The New York Knicks. Remember them? They’re the always-popular and always-incompetent franchise that somehow manages to keep its city in the clutches of the grubby James Dolan. Well, somehow, against all odds, the Knicks have managed to be, brace yourselves…good. What’s their secret, you ask? Well the answer to that question is just as surprising […]

The NBA is popularly known as one of the most progressive sports leagues in the United States, and the world. Going all the way back to the Civil Rights movement in the middle of the 20th century, to LeBron James and Co.’s efforts to bring about sweeping civil change, NBA voices have always been at […]

In a wild OT thriller that was hotly contested to the bitter end, the strangely surging Washington Wizards topped Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans, 117-115–iced at the free throw line by Russell Westbrook. With less than five seconds on the clock, Westbrook went up for a mid-range jumper when he was fouled by […]

Ever since the departure of Kawhi Leonard in 2018, the San Antonio Spurs have been on the hunt for a franchise star to build around and lead them to the future. The team that made their money with quiet success has continued to chug along competently since they traded Leonard away, but to the eyes […]

On Wednesday, seven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge announced his retirement from the NBA after 15 seasons due to concerns brought about by an irregular heartbeat. While this comes as a blow to the league and the Brooklyn Nets, who brought him on to help anchor the center position during their upcoming playoff run, Aldridge’s retirement brought […]

The Denver Nuggets have recently learned that star Jamal Murray will be out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. While that’s wildly tragic, and puts a bit of a damper on their postseason hopes, at least they still have Nikola Jokic. At this point, it’s unfair to Jokic to say that […]

In what is probably going to be the number one buzzer-beater of the 2021 NBA season, Luka Doncic sank one of the most impractical circus shots of all time to help the Dallas Mavericks barely scrape by Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies. If you have yet to see the impractical shot, treat yourself to […]

Well, it looks like the Chicago Bears are going all in on new first-string quarterback Andy Dalton. After a (serviceable?) year stepping up for the Dallas Cowboys after Dak Prescott went down to a season-ending ankle injury, Dalton was picked up by the Bears in free agency to replace both Nick Foles and Mitch Trubisky […]