In Los Angeles, wins are usually wrapped in a glossy package — a crown, spotlights, close-ups of the King. This fall it suddenly became clear that the "Lakers" can live without the usual set pieces. LeBron James skipped the regular-season opener for the first time in his long career, Luka Dončić pla...
In the lives of stars there are often moments when the stands watch not only how a footballer beats an opponent one on one, but also how he resolves matters off the pitch. Vinicius' story is one of those: Real Madrid's winger managed to move the ball to the other half of life and take a step the pub...
Sometimes basketball serves up stories that rewrite the usual hierarchy in an instant. A game where a kid without a draft number from a small town in Arkansas takes the ball — and paints the box score with 50+ — is exactly one of those. We spoke with Lakers head coach JJ Redick about Austin Reaves's...
He has already lifted the world’s most coveted trophy above his head and collected every individual award one could imagine. Yet for 38-year-old Lionel Messi there remains an open question: should he step into one more global tournament and try to defend the champion’s title? The captain of Argentin...
Basketball history has crossed paths with military discipline many times, but David Robinson’s trajectory is a rare case where a naval academy didn’t just harden the character—it set the course toward NBA icon status. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, a future two-time Olympic champion,...
He is the all-time top scorer for Manchester United and the England national team, a 'bad boy' and a model grafter, a one-man forward orchestra ready to cover any position on the pitch. Wayne Rooney is both immense and contradictory: the kind of figure whose career consists not only of goals and tro...
