A week after the NBA Draft, the league’s veterans step into the spotlight. The NBA’s silly season continues with the official opening of the free agent period. As usual, players with ties to North Carolina […]
CHARLOTTE — Two nights after setting a franchise record for the most points in a game, the Charlotte Hornets earned another landmark win on Friday with their first victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in […]
CHARLOTTE — Four Charlotte Hornets players, including last year’s Rookie of the Year LaMelo Ball, have been placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Saturday, an indicator they have tested positive of the […]
LOS ANGELES — Even on a Los Angeles Lakers squad teaming with established veterans, Anthony Davis has had to take on more of a leadership role with LeBron James sidelined. On Monday night, Davis showed […]
CHARLOTTE — LaMelo Ball thought he would become NBA Rookie of the Year long before he joined the league. That belief became a reality Wednesday night as Ball’s versatility as a passer, scorer and rebounder […]
This past week marked the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre. On June 4, 1989, pro-democracy protesters gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing for peaceful demonstrations. Led by students, the demonstrators denounced China’s ruling Communist […]
After LaMelo Ball become the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double, even Hornets coach James Borrego — the man changed with having to mold the teenager and his raw talent into a […]
Stick to sports. This year’s Newcomer of the Year shouldn’t be eligible for the honor. The farthest thing from a newcomer, it’s been around forever. It just tends to get shouted down and ignored when […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The ultimate anguish. The ultimate joy. This season, for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, had it all. And it ended in the only fashion that they deemed would […]
It’s been four months since Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19, setting off a chain of events that brought sports across the world to a screeching halt. On Thursday, the NBA […]
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