Colombia’s basketball federation said it will be taking legal action against an independent basketball team in Russia that allegedly used the name and uniforms of Colombia’s national team. The team is playing in a tournament, the Russian Friendship Cup, in the city of Perm. The tournament includes teams of Russian amateurs that are unofficially representing...
A civil lawsuit against former NBA star Dwight Howard alleging sexual assault and battery was dismissed on Monday, according to ESPN. The dismissal was filed in Gwinnett County Court in Georgia. The lawsuit was originally filed by Georgia man Stephen Harper in July 2023. Harper dismissed all the claims he had asserted against Howard with...
Five-time NBA champion and Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson appeared to strike a chord with fans on social media Tuesday night after he lauded former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama for their speeches at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), calling them “the best political speeches in [the] history of our...
Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington called out the WNBA for failing to promote the team’s historic game before a sellout crowd on Tuesday night, adding that the matchup against the Los Angeles Sparks should have been a nationally televised game. The Sun headlined the league’s first ever game at TD Garden, the home of the...
The Golden State Warriors lost the leader of their 1975 championship team on Tuesday, when Hall of Fame point guard Al Attles died on Tuesday. He died in his East Bay home surrounded by family, the team announced. He is the longest-serving coach in Warriors history, and also has the most wins in franchise history....
Former NBA player Kwame Brown, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, shared a rant Monday afternoon in which he said he believes Black celebrity “gatekeepers” are “shaming” people into voting for Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States. He also told viewers that Harris won’t be “paying nobody’s...
“Basketball was better back in the day?” One of today’s superstars disagrees. Anthony Edwards is a budding household name, especially fresh off an Olympic gold medal in Paris earlier this month. The 2020 No. 1 overall pick has lived up to his billing, averaging a career-high 25.9 points per game this past season to go...
The U.S. men’s basketball team may have looked a little too dominant at the Paris Olympics. After defeating host country France 98-87 in the gold medal game Aug. 10 to cap off a dominant run in Paris, multiple players had to take a drug test before they could even celebrate, according to 23-year-old guard Anthony...
The Trump campaign took aim at Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr over his previous refusal to comment on the NBA’s controversial relationship with China after Kerr said during his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night that he felt the election was “too important… not to speak up.” Days after coaching...
It seems one gold medal in the Olympics as head coach is all USA Basketball’s Steve Kerr wants to see, as he’s reportedly not expected to continue with the men’s team. NBA reporter Marc Stein reports that Kerr is done leading the USA, the winners of gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Stein adds that...
