An Inauspicious Start to the Year: What Happened at the Private Celebration? James Harden’s traditional New Year’s bash at his Houston mansion suddenly shifted from a social event to a potentially criminal story. According to guest Marisa Whatley, the nephew of the famous Los Angeles Clippers gu...
There’s a fresh whiff of a major cross-division spectacle in the UFC’s top weight classes. The promotion’s reigning middleweight champion, Khamzat Chimaev, publicly offered Alex Pereira a fight at heavyweight and insists you won’t find a louder “superfight” right now. The Brazilian, for his part, sa...
When in the summer of 2019 point guard Kyrie Irving, sharpshooter-forward Kevin Durant and versatile combo guard James Harden joined forces under the roof of Barclays Center, it seemed we were about to witness a new dynasty. Two MVPs and the hero of the legendary 2016 championship-clinching shot, al...
His path reads like the script of a sports drama: a boy from a family without papers sells trinkets on the streets of Athens, hides from nationalist raids, accidentally catches a coach’s eye — and years later lifts the NBA trophy above his head, then carries the national flag at the Olympics. The st...
The former two-division UFC champion BJ Penn has once again appeared in a police report. The 46-year-old veteran was detained after, according to law enforcement, he appeared on the grounds of his mother's home despite an active restraining order. This is Penn's fifth arrest in the past five months....
The Eastern Conference standings right now look less like a table and more like a classic Mexican standoff: everyone is standing there with guns drawn, waiting to see who flinches first. Boston and Indiana have fallen out of the picture due to injuries, Cleveland and New York look shaky, and sitting...
In summer, when Barça’s training centre is simmering with heat and expectations for the new season, even personal moments like a player’s birthday fall under the close scrutiny of the cameras. Centre-back Pau Cubarsí told us how the team lived through Lamine Yamal’s 18th birthday and why calm reigns...
After Oleksandr Usyk climbed to the top of the heavyweight division and collected the belts of the major sanctioning bodies, it seemed that every new ring walk would only strengthen the Ukrainian's legacy. But a prolonged layoff, vacated titles, and his recent statement about wanting to fight an agi...
In the opening game of the Turkish Basketball Super League Finals, Fenerbahçe Beko confidently defeated Beşiktaş Fibabanka 94 : 76 on their home court at Ülker Spor ve Etkinlik Salonu, taking a 1–0 lead in the best-of-seven series. According to the regulations, the championship title will go to th...
The past season at Istanbul’s «Fenerbahçe» proved to be a genuine breakthrough for Yusuf Akçiçek. The young centre-back, who only recently turned nineteen, not only secured a place in the starting XI of the «Yellow-Navy Blues» but also attracted attention from Europe’s leading giants. According to T...
