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Tim Duncan has been out of the NBA for two years now, but he’s still out there playing and punishing basketball rims whenever he gets a chance. One opportunity came recently, when the now 42-year-old former San Antonio Spurs superstar returned to his native Virgin Islands and participated in a game at the UVI Sports and […]

Metta World Peace’s crystal ball probably needs some repair work. In a chin-scratching post on Twitter, the former NBA player predicted the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers will meet in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals “this year.” @pacers will play the @nyknicks in the eastern conference finals this year — Metta World Peace […]

Ice Cube recently was a guest on ESPN’s First Take show to talk about a number of topics, including his take on his favorite NBA team, the Los Angeles Lakers, now that LeBron James is with the squad. Ice Cube, however, did not hold himself back from putting the Lakers’ fellow Staples Center residents, the […]

Eric Decker reportedly has been struggling during the New England Patriots’ practices, which isn’t good news for his chances of making the team’s final cut. Having said that, fellow Patriots wideout Chris Hogan is not at all worried about Decker, whom he believes will start to get it together soon Decker has been dropping catches […]

Unfortunately for Drake, beating Quavo in a half-court shooting contest was not part of God’s plan. Just before the duo took the stage on Sunday in Kansas City, Drizzy and Quavo – one-third of the hip-hop group Migos – made a whopping $10,000 bet over a half-court shot. Quavo stepped up to the plate first […]

To say that it took a while before Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck was able to take the field again would be a massive understatement. When Luck took a snap last Thursday during the Colts’ preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks on the road, it marked the first time that he played in a live […]

Blake Griffin’s rating in NBA 2K19 is finally out, and depending on which fence you are on, Detroit Piston’s big man grade may be a little disputable. Blake Griffin's #NBA2k19 rating is 86! Too high, too low or just right? pic.twitter.com/jlrMVBLfoi — Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) August 13, 2018 Griffin’s stock has slid down a bit after […]

Even though Tiger Woods failed to win the 2018 PGA Championship on Sunday, he made the nation take an exhilarating ride to punctuate the weekend with an awesome performance in the final round of the tournament. Woods entered Sunday inside the top five of the event and clearly in the hunt for his first major […]

Veteran wide receiver DeSean Jackson is about to enter his second season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but this year, he intends to play a bigger role on the team. Jackson is taking it upon himself to be a leader on and off the field, according to Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter, while speaking with […]

The Los Angeles Chargers kicked off their NFL preseason campaign on a bad note, as they picked up a 24-17 road loss at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday. Although the game was merely an exhibition, Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn voiced his frustrations over how his men fared on the field, especially […]

It’s just a preseason game, but what rookie quarterback Sam Darnold showed on Friday against the Atlanta Falcons sent New York Jets fans into a good night sleep heading into the weekend. Darnold was up to the task against the Falcons. While he was the third Jets quarterback to take the field, he ended the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves stocked up on talent last year, but the efforts of their front office went up in flames when they struck out of the first round of the playoffs. Perhaps the smoke from their postseason crash and burn against the Houston Rockets collected in the sky to give Minnesota a sign of things […]

More than anything else, Carmelo Anthony’s top contribution to the Atlanta Hawks is making the team a trivia answer. Sure, Anthony acted as a catalyst for the Hawks to shed point guard Dennis Schroder’s pay off the books, but it also meant they had to buy out the 10-time All-Star’s $25.5 million contract for the […]

Before NBA teams duke it out on the hard court in the upcoming regular season, they are currently enmeshed in a game of one-upmanship in terms of who among them will have the most creative schedule reveal. It’s a thing now, and we all just have to enjoy what these teams have put up. The […]

The NBA has released the schedules for every team next season, which gives basketball fans a jolt of excitement before sending them back to a state of despair once they realized that the actual season is two months away. That’s quite a long wait. In an attempt to appease their bored fanbase, the Portland Trail […]

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic has a future Hall of Fame teammate in Dirk Nowitzki and a future Hall of Famer’s signed jersey in Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s. It’s fun to be the Mavs guard these days. The Slovenian hotshot, who was selected third overall by the Atlanta Hawks in June’s NBA Draft […]

Unlike in previous years, the Cleveland Browns are heading into a new season with a reasonably high level of optimism, which may seem odd for a team that ate 16 losses in 16 games a year ago. But the Browns have no way to go but up, and could even be better than what most […]

A game-used football is a nice souvenir to take home for any NFL fan even though it was used to score against your team. One New York Giants supporter, however, appears not to share that same line of thinking, via TMZ Sports. During Thursday’s preseason showdown between the Cleveland Browns and the Giants at MetLife […]

In an ideal setup, Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy should have his 100 percent attention this offseason in getting ready for the 2018 NFL campaign. However, it hasn’t been that easy for him, especially with his ex-girlfriend, Delicia Cordon, remaining adamant in her belief that McCoy masterminded the home invasion that left her beaten […]

The Madden NFL 19 is out in the market right now, but in case people are still hesitating on whether to buy it or not, then let Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster and Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield convince them with this hilarious commercial for the video game. Juju Smith-Schuster is a master […]

The New England Patriots are not used to losing, so the manner how their 2017 season concluded certainly felt like a gut punch for them. The Holy Trinity of the franchise, namely head coach Bill Belichick, quarterback Tom Brady, and owner Robert Kraft reportedly even had a meeting to discuss the disappointing season that was, […]

Two of the Atlanta Falcons’ best skill players are not going to be on the field Friday night when the team faces the New York Jets in a preseason match at MetLife Stadium. According to Kimberly Jones of the NFL Network, Falcons running back Devonta Freeman and wide receiver Julio Jones will not be participating […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ odometer will be the busiest in the NBA next season. With the NBA releasing complete schedules of teams, it has now been determined which squad will be spending the most time on the road, traveling on the plane and on the bus, and it’s the Blazers. Here’s a graph showing every […]

There are a lot of things that could happen when the face of the NBA joins the most popular team in the league. One of them is getting the best opportunity to attract the most eyeballs to watch that team’s game. Of course, we are talking about LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, who […]

Unlike in 2015, the Dallas Mavericks can print out promotional items with DeAndre Jordan’s face on them these days. After all, the Mavs did not just get the word from the big man. They also got his signature on a contract, inking the center to a one-year, $22.9 million deal earlier this summer. And just […]

For the first time in his illustrious NBA career, point guard Tony Parker will don a different uniform other than that of the San Antonio Spurs after signing a two-year deal worth $10 million with the Charlotte Hornets last month. It’s going to take some time, not only for Spurs faithful but for most NBA […]

Deshaun Watson’s return to action after several months of absence lasted just one series on Thursday, but it was enough for Houston Texans fans to excite them for the upcoming season. Seeing his first action in a live-game setup for the first time since sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament last season, Watson found Bruce […]

Free agent wide receiver Dez Bryant continues to flirt with the Cleveland Browns. Bryant and the Browns do seem to have interest in each other, and though he was earlier reported to be avoiding the phone calls of Cleveland general manager John Dorsey, the romance is definitely back on after the wideout dropped the Dawg […]

The New England Patriots opened up their preseason campaign Thursday against the Washington Redskins, but the thrill of football’s return in Foxboro is being weighed down by news of linebacker Harvey Langi missing up to five weeks due to internal laceration, according to Jeff Howe of The Athletic. Harvey Langi took a hit to the […]

Kawhi Leonard’s timing seems to be off since it took him quite long before coming up with a statement to address his departure from the San Antonio Spurs. It took Leonard two weeks after he was shipped to the Toronto Raptors to produce a thank you letter that may or may not be written by […]

Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert’s main responsibilities for his team is to swallow whole any shots opponents take inside the paint and clean the glass. Gobert, however, seems to be adding another dimension to his game. In an Instagram story posted by teammate Donovan Mitchell, Gobert could be seen practicing his jump shot – […]

The Sacramento Kings have been a joke for some time now – a team that nobody seems to take seriously despite their best efforts to make their team relevant. The perennial laughing stock of the Pacific division, however, tried to turn the tables around at least for a few moments when the team ambushed some […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was not being modest when he responded to a question posed by EuroHoops about whether he thinks he’s the next face of the NBA. From his perspective, he’s bound to be the league’s top draw soon, a thought that he’s held on to the moment he hit the shores of […]

Tuscaloosa had a very special guest recently, as former Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant rolled into the Alabama Crimson Tide’s turf on Thursday to give some advice and tips to keep themselves motivated for the upcoming college football season. In front of Alabama’s players and coaching staff, Bryant spoke about what it takes to […]

It’s hard to find a pettier pro sports league than the NBA. From Kevin Durant trading jabs on social media with a teenager to Russell Westbrook getting slighted after mistakenly thinking that he was picked last in the All-Star Draft to J.R. Smith throwing a bowl of soup, the NBA has it all in the […]

Preseason games always present a risk for players to get injured, and that’s precisely what happened to Washington Redskins rookie running back Derrius Guice, who reportedly hurt his knee in his very first game as a pro on Thursday against the New England Patriots, per the Redskins’ official Twitter account. RB Derrius Guice is being […]

The Washington Wizards are zeroing in on former Cleveland Cavaliers guard and San Antonio Spurs draft selection Jordan McRae, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times. The Washington Wizards are poised to sign former San Antonio Spurs draftee Jordan McRae to a two-way contract, league sources say. McRae last saw action in the […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is left befuddled by the initial rating he got from NBA 2K19. For the record, Dinwiddie got labeled by the video game with a 79 rating, which he obviously feels is unacceptable, believing that it’s unfair to get a lower rating from players who haven’t even logged in a single […]

Saquon Barkley has arrived. The New York Giants rookie running did not waste much time in showing what the Cleveland Browns missed when they selected quarterback Baker Mayfield instead of the former Penn State tailback in this year’s NFL Draft. In his very first carry in the NFL, Barkley broke tackles and zoomed out of […]