In 2011, Kyrie Irving was selected first overall in the NBA Draft. He was the first Blue Devil taken in the first round since Gerald Henderson, two years earlier, and he started an incredible run […]
DURHAM — More than two months after the season ended, Duke now has a good idea of its roster for the 2019-20 season. As usual, coach Mike Krzyzewski will have a new class of freshmen […]
The NBA Draft Combine begins Wednesday in Chicago, with interviews and player testing. Later in the week, NBA hopefuls will participate in drills and scrimmages, hoping to impress pro scouts prior to next month’s draft. […]
It rained in Charlotte during the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities, but that didn’t put a damper on Gov. Roy Cooper’s plans to take a few victory laps over the event’s return to the Queen City. […]
LeBron James is sorry for posting a lyric that referenced “Jewish money.” The Los Angeles Lakers star says he simply got caught up in the music, thought the lyric was a “compliment” and offers “apologies, […]
The San Antonio Spurs have been the NBA’s model franchise for the past two decades, making the playoffs every year since 1998 with five league championships along the way. So when the Charlotte Hornets decided […]
CHAPEL HILL — Kyrie Irving didn’t get the chance to play at the Smith Center while he was at Duke because of an injury that cost him most of his one-and-done season with the Blue […]
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James, scribe Steve Mallory, and James’ SpringHill Entertainment have sold an untitled comedy pitch to Paramount Players, with the NBA icon in early talks to star. SpringHill and Mallory have been […]
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will play for the NBA championship this year. For the fourth year in a row, the NBA Finals feature a […]
Mitch Kupchak didn’t take long to begin cleaning house. The veteran NBA executive was hired last week as Charlotte Hornets’ general manager. By the end of the weekend, he’d already fired head coach Steve Clifford, […]
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