Cody Williams is just 19 years old and has yet to play in his first NBA game. He is also more than half the age of the association’s oldest player in LeBron James. But James, who made his NBA debut more than a whole year before Williams was even born, is defeating Father Time. In...
The NBA may not be leaving TNT Sports after all, as the network announced its plans to use its matching rights to continue airing the league’s games. According to multiple reports, TNT Sports will be matching Amazon Prime Video’s 11-year media rights deal. “We’re proud of how we have delivered for basketball fans by providing...
The summer is usually the slow part of the sports year, but ESPN turned up the temperature with a comparison post on its Instagram account and immediately drew ridicule. ESPN compared Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James’ height and weight to that of second-year big man Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs Saturday. “Bronny...
The U.S. men’s basketball team avoided a shocking upset in a pre-Olympics exhibition against South Sudan in London Saturday night, winning 101-100. LeBron James took over with fewer than 15 seconds left in the game. Down one point, James had an easy drive to the basket to put the Americans back up one point. On...
Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese will make her WNBA All-Star debut this weekend as she teams up with Caitlin Clark and others to take on the Team USA women’s basketball team. Reese on Thursday night showed up to an NBA Summer League game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, about 300 miles...
Longtime NBA executive and co-founder of the Orlando Magic Pat Williams died Wednesday following complications from viral pneumonia, the team announced in a statement this week. He was 84. The team released a statement sharing the news of Williams’ passing, adding that he had “died peacefully” and “surrounded by family.” Pat Williams of the Orlando...
Chris Brickley was exactly like everyone else growing up – he aspired to make it big in the sports world. He’s done exactly that, but it didn’t quite go the way he envisioned. The 38-year-old basketball trainer walked on at the University of Louisville in January 2008 in an effort to go pro. But once...
Peter Moore made footwear an art form. Paired with a young sports star whose ascendancy defied gravity, Moore’s art inspired a pop-culture phenomenon. Moore designed the original Air Jordan sneakers. They were first worn by Chicago Bulls rookie basketball star Michael Jordan in 1984 and then released to the public before the end of the...
Less than a week after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Jontay Porter asked a federal judge if he could move to Greece to continue playing basketball. Porter’s NBA career ended April 17 when he was issued a lifetime ban for gambling on the sport. That punishment stemmed from a scheme that led...
Former NBA player Joe Bryant, the father of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, has died. He was 69. La Salle head coach Fran Dunphy told The Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday that Bryant passed away after recently suffering a massive stroke. His death comes more than four years after his son and granddaughter, Gigi, tragically...
