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After Greece beat Finland 92:89 in the third-place game, 30-year-old forward Giannis Antetokounmpo couldn’t hide his emotions. He finished with 30 points, 17 rebounds, a crucial board, and two ice-cold free throws at the end. This is Greece’s first EuroBasket medal since the “bronze” of 2009, and An...
American mega-streamer IShowSpeed and Milwaukee Bucks’ Greek superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo proved that the line between digital arenas and big-time sports is nearly gone. On the practice court they blended the energy of a basketball showcase with viral football culture, capping an emphatic...
In basketball we are used to decisive moments happening on the court: you miss a free throw, turn the ball over, commit a foul in the closing seconds. But for former NBA champion Matt Barnes, the fateful miss happened far away from the floor. In his case the opponent was not another team or even tox...
The former Pistons player keeps making headlines not for his play but for courtrooms. This time, the basketball player was forced to leave his downtown Detroit apartment after a dispute with his landlord over overdue payments. Reports of an investigation related to betting on NBA games further compl...
Last season, American forward Nigel Hayes-Davis, who shone with Fenerbahçe Beko, drew the attention of the entire European basketball community. It is now clear where his next career step will lead: according to ESPN, the 29-year-old has signed a fully guaranteed one-year contract with the NBA’s P...
No one expected Chris Paul’s return to the Los Angeles Clippers to turn into such a short and rather painful chapter. It looked like the perfect script for a graceful end to his career: the veteran completes the circle, says goodbye to the fans in a new home arena, and quietly slips into history. In...
In the late 1990s American sports experienced a genuine boom of crossover experiments, yet few moments rival the one when wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan lured NBA players Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman into the WCW ring. The storyline proved an ideal blend of television spectacle, childhood dreams an...
When Michael Jordan's name hits the headlines, the volume is automatically turned up to the max. In that noise, it's easy to blur reality, human frailties, and the magnet of myth that inevitably clings to any superstar. The story that the NBA 'kicked' Jordan out for gambling is a perfect example: it...
Opening night was a nervous one for the Lakers: in San Francisco against the Warriors, the Lakers played without LeBron, and center Deandre Ayton was limited to 10 points and 6 rebounds. After the final buzzer, Charles Barkley, an NBA legend, immediately identified the team's X-factor. In his view,...
The start of the new season has been overshadowed by a major scandal. The league announced that Portland head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami scoring guard Terry Rozier are suspended until the federal investigation is complete. Law enforcement officials describe not isolated episodes but a full cri...
