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Four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal has, to the surprise of the basketball world, agreed to a boxing match. His opponent is Charles "Charlie Mack" Alston, an influential figure on the Philadelphia music scene and former bodyguard to Will Smith. The 53-year-old former center, who ended his profes...
The Serbian center of the Denver Nuggets, a two-time NBA MVP, is renowned for his ice-cold composure on the hardwood, yet outside the basketball arena his emotions sometimes overflow. A fresh clip from Belgrade showed the NBA star unable to hold back tears when the horse he owns crossed the finish l...
Los Angeles has long lived under the shimmering glow of stars, yet now the legendary Hollywood lights are joined by another bright spotlight—the one illuminating the words “Luka Magic.” While fans savor the details of Dončić’s record-setting extension, a far subtler story unfolds behind the scenes:...
The summer basketball cycle in Europe had barely begun when social-media feeds already ignited—all because of a post by Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic addressed to his former teammate Evan Fournier. With trademark sarcasm the Montenegrin felt sorry for Olympiacos supporters, claiming they wou...
There are losses you can chalk up to “just didn’t have it.” And then there are the kind where you just sit there blinking: is this really that same Oklahoma City? The defending champions, the top seed in the regular season, the team with the best net rating and an iron defense—and then suddenly it’s...
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...
Doubt and Pain: When a Leader Has No Time to Heal Ahead of Game 6, it seemed the Thunder needed only to step onto the floor and collect the trophy. The Pacers had dropped two straight, and their maestro Tyrese Haliburton was battling a sharp calf pain—during the regular season he would have sat at...
In one interview, Dallas’s leader was asked a simple yet telling question: which moment from his career will he rewatch when he turns fifty? Luka didn’t think long and named two episodes — both from the playoffs, both in the final seconds, both the quintessence of his clutch DNA. Western Confere...
There is a new twist in the scandal surrounding the Los Angeles Clippers and their star Kawhi Leonard. A story that began with a wrongful-termination lawsuit and complaints about the club’s medical practices has grown into allegations of skirting the salary cap through third-party commercial agreeme...
The teaser with the cryptic tagline "Second Decision" blew up the news cycle around LeBron James—and, as one fan claims, hit him in the wallet. Los Angeles resident Andrew Garcia believed the moment mattered and bought two tickets in advance for the March 31 game between the "Lakers" and "Cleveland,...
