From the sound of it, coach Mike Krzyzewski got out of college athletics just in time. The former Duke coach and basketball hall of famer was highly critical of the current NCAA environment when he […]
CHARLOTTE — Michael Jordan is finalizing a deal to sell the majority share of the Charlotte Hornets, the franchise announced Friday, leaving the 30-team NBA without any black majority ownership. Jordan is selling to a […]
CHICAGO — Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs […]
LeBron James got the first official statistic of his NBA career on a rebound. His next entry on the stat sheet was an assist. Even then, points weren’t the priority. They never were. Somehow, he […]
BOSTON — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first black head coach in any major U.S. sport […]
The year was 1997. Andy Thompson had an idea. Adam Silver liked his plan. Neither had any clue what they concocted. The ESPN and Netflix documentary “The Last Dance” — the story based around Michael […]
For the players from North Carolina schools, last week’s NBA Draft followed a similar pattern to the college basketball season they recently finished. Duke dominated the headlines by having three players taken in the first […]
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