Dallas, TX – The 2023 Final Four. Photo © Hoopfeed, all rights reserved. The NCAA and ESPN sealed a $920 million, eight-year partnership that will give the sports network exclusive domestic rights to the Division I women’s basketball tournament and 39 other championships. For years, fans and media have criticized the sports body for being
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Aug 28, 2023, 09:37 AM ET For a while, it seemed like James Harden and Daryl Morey worked pretty well together. Morey brought Harden to the Houston Rockets from the Oklahoma City Thunder, where they enjoyed great success, and Morey brought Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers almost as soon as he was able. Now, however,
Image courtesy of the WNBPA. Friday night, large images of 19 wrongfully detained Americans, including WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist, Brittney Griner, appeared on the sides of buildings in New York City as meetings of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly ended. Griner has been detained in Russia since February after attempting
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Shawn Kemp played most of his N.B.A. career before the league began testing players for marijuana use in 1999. So after playing in the bruising, physical games typical of the N.B.A. in the 1990s, he would smoke.
Photo: Charles Krupa/AP Jaylen Brown said after Game 1 that head coach Ime Udoka has always been extremely confident in his abilities since day one. (Via House of Highlights): “Since Ime has been here, he’s wanted to put the ball in my hands more so than at any other point in my career. I’ve made
People are changing their spending habits as prices surge at rates not seen in four decades, making choices that favor experiences. That means big demand for live sports. Demand for sports attendance is usually “unresponsive to price changes,” said Dennis Coates, a sports economics professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. “Good times, bad
Brittney Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury, has been detained in Russia in connection with a drug investigation. She had been there playing for the professional basketball team UMMC Ekaterinburg during the W.N.B.A. off-season. The news of her detention on Saturday prompted questions about safety and politics but also about logistics — namely: Why
Charles Barkley is “pissed off.” During Thursday’s “Inside the NBA,” Barkley called out the Lakers’ organization for seemingly scapegoating coach Frank Vogel and newly acquired guard Russell Westbrook for the team’s recent struggles. “I’m not going to sit out like all these clowns on other networks that got their heads up the Lakers booties,” Barkley
Kevin Durant leads list of MVP candidates midway through NBA season USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt shares his opinion on who leads the NBA pack when it comes to MVP candidates. USA TODAY It’s been another thrilling yet chaotic start to the NBA season. Every night features a huge performance that lights up social media.
CHICAGO — The Nets haven’t beaten a single elite team all season, and if they have any hope of hoisting the first NBA championship trophy in franchise history, they’re going to have to break that skid to do it. Wednesday is another chance for the Nets (25-14) to get that breakthrough victory, playing the Eastern
Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were glad to reunite again on the court Sunday. • VOTE NOW for your 2022 NBA All-Stars! The moment could have prompted Stephen Curry to proclaim his greatness. Shortly after the Golden State Warriors’ star became the NBA’s career leader 3-pointers made, however, Curry deflected the attention away from himself and
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady get no compassion. They enabled Brown, did headstands to work around his baggage, lowered all standards in the quest for a championship, and ultimately deserve the predictable mess AB left behind. One could spend a lot of time trying to come up with the best possible playoff scenario
Kent Bazemore’s stay with the Los Angeles Lakers might be short loved. According to NBA insider Brian Windhorst, the team is willing to talk to other teams about the 32-year-old small forward. He has been getting very limited minutes for the Lakers lately. In five out of the last seven games that he played Bazemore