[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — The Pelicans were even more short-handed than the Warriors, having CJ McCollum, Trey Murphy III, Herb Jones and Dejounte Murray unavailable due to injuries. Their skeleton crew couldn’t keep pace with the Warriors, even without Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins and De’Anthony Melton for a second straight night. Especially with their best […]
[ad_1] University of South Florida’s beloved men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim tragically passed away at just 43 years old. Source: Mitchell Layton / Getty The university announced the shocking news of his death on Thursday, Oct. 24. He passed away at a hospital in the Tampa area due to complications from a medical procedure. He […]
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors started Andrew Wiggins at shooting guard in their last two preseason games, and while nothing is decided quite yet ahead of Wednesday’s regular-season opener, Wiggins appears headed to reprise that role. In a starting-five with Steph Curry, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Green and a center — likely Trayce Jackson-Davis — […]
[ad_1] The New York Liberty erased an early 12 point deficit and beat the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in another overtime thriller on Sunday to claim the first WNBA title in franchise history on Sunday. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] LeBron James stood on the court next to his son Bronny and couldn’t help but glance over at him to take in the moment. The duo wore matching Los Angeles Lakers jerseys with “James” and “James Jr.” embroidered in big purple letters on their backs.”It was like the matrix or something,” LeBron said afterward. […]
[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The new Unrivaled women’s basketball 3-on-3 league will have its games broadcast on TNT and its sports platforms. The league announced a multiyear partnership with the network to show more than 45 games from the inaugural season that begins in January. Matchups will be shown three nights a week with twice-weekly […]
[ad_1] When basketball stars like Sue Bird retire, they may not use their killer crossover or lethal jumpshot in the “real world,” but one skill that will continue to serve them well (and which many civilians lack) is teamwork. “Every athlete has that in them,” Bird said during a mainstage interview at Fortune’s Most Powerful […]
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Honored for his devotion to a basketball team that doesn’t have a Hall of Fame history, Billy Crystal couldn’t help but note the irony. “How strange to be getting a ring before any of the Clippers,” he said. The actor is being added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s […]
[ad_1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. — At the Golden 1 Center, where Golden State’s 2023-24 season ended unceremoniously last April, the Warriors brought a new starting five to their second preseason game. Absent from it, of course, was Klay Thompson, who went scoreless in the play-in loss before departing for the Dallas Mavericks. The Warriors want to […]
[ad_1] The Lakers picked LeBron’s 20-year-old son in the NBA Draft in June, making them the first father-son duo in the same team. LeBron James and his eldest son Bronny James have claimed a piece of NBA history, making their long-awaited first appearance alongside each other for the Los Angeles Lakers. The duo appeared together […]
[ad_1] In June of 1984, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson met in the NBA Finals for the first time; the following week, Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley were drafted; and the league would never be the same…Forty years later, the WNBA arrives at a similar hingepoint. A rookie class, as good as advertised, […]
[ad_1] Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier on WNBA’s success in watershed season | 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s been a year unlike any the WNBA has seen. Players Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier, and Aliyah Boston talk about sold-out arenas and the physicality of the league. Be the first to know Get browser […]
[ad_1] Wolves fans share their passionate reaction to the KAT news Wolves fans share their passionate reaction to the KAT news 01:45 MINNEAPOLIS — The trade of four-time NBA All Star Karl-Anthony Towns came as a surprise to many. “I did not see this trade coming,” said Travis Whitehead from Minneapolis. But some, like Whitehead, said […]
[ad_1] The WNBA has undoubtedly had a historical season with a dedicated yet largely new fan base breaking records in attendance, viewership, and interest. Most recently, the WNBA playoffs have been earning some of the highest viewership numbers ever seen in the league’s post-season games, per The New York Times. The attention has been exciting, […]
[ad_1] Caitlin Clark added another milestone to her historic rookie campaign, breaking the WNBA single-season assists record in the Indiana Fever’s 78-74 loss to the Las Vegas Aces on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.Video above: Central Alabama basketball player goes viral singing in front of his coaches and teammatesClark entered the game needing just four […]
[ad_1] CSU is joining a revamped and re-stocked Pac-12 Conference. According to a report published late Wednesday night by Yahoo Sports, the long-standing collegiate league, which was ravaged by membership defections — including that of the CU Buffs — over the past 18 months, is moving forward with plans to expand. The first wave of […]
[ad_1] Warriors beat writer Danny Emerman shares his thoughts on the NBA offseason and beyond The big call came last March when she was at work in Toronto. And like in any other office, her coworkers were elated to hear the news. Danielle Langford, the Warriors’ manager of player rehabilitation, was selected to the British […]
[ad_1] Angel Reese’s rookie year has come to an end, as the Chicago Sky forward announced Saturday she had suffered a season-ending injury. Reese injured her wrist in the Sky’s 92-78 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday, in which she recorded another one of her signature double-doubles. The Sky also confirmed the severity of […]
[ad_1] ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota History Center, in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, will open a new exhibit called “Girlhood: it’s complicated” on Saturday. The exhibit highlights different eras of growing up in America as a girl, but there is one section solely dedicated to women’s and girl’s basketball […]
[ad_1] A general overall aerial view of the Chase Center on December 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Kirby Lee | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase has signed a multiyear sponsorship deal to be the first founding partner of Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA’s next expansion team. The agreement will see the Chase Freedom logo appear […]
