The new EuroLeague campaign promises an uncommon density of intrigue. Ettore Messina’s potential farewell run, Panathinaikos’s dynasty ambitions, Dimitris Itoudis’s noisy return with Hapoel, a fresh wave of young coaches and experimenters — there are more than enough reasons to tune in every round....
Debt Reload: Bonds Instead of Balance-Sheet Burden At the start of summer, the Catalan giant executed a quiet yet colossal operation: the club issued bonds worth 424 million €, converting part of its old obligations under the Espai Barça project. Formally, the money is the same, but thanks to th...
While most fans are watching the dribbling and shots of the Phoenix forward, Kevin Durant himself made an impressive move off the court: the two-time NBA champion purchased a minority stake in football powerhouse PSG. The new partnership promises intriguing cross-league chemistry between two global...
Forward's Ambitions and Club Choice The Uzbek striker Eldor Shomurodov, under contract with Roma, is seriously considering continuing his career with Cremonese. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the 29 year-old forward has already reached a preliminary agreement on personal terms with the Lom...
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...
So there I am with a cup of coffee, fully convinced that in the heavyweight division the schedule isn’t written by managers, but by people who actively hate sleep. And right on cue, Eddie Hearn walks in — the kind of promoter who can say “according to plan” with a straight face even when the plan lo...
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....
