Waiters Is Thriving With the Thunder
Since being traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Jan. 5, Muslim American basketball pro Dion Waiters has been showing more frequent flashes of the star […]
Abdul-Jabbar Has Mixed Feelings About MLK Day
Sometimes it’s hard to believe the “dumb jock” stereotype persists when you have counterexamples as big and as brainy as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The 67-year-old New Yorker is a giant in […]
Cavaliers Trade Waiters to Thunder
Just when it looked like Dion Waiters was finding his niche and settling into an important role with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the 23-year-old shooting guard was traded on Monday to […]
FIBA World Cup: 10 Muslim Players to Watch
The name may be the same, and they are sharing a summer on the global sports stage, but otherwise there aren’t many obvious similarities between FIFA’s World Cup (soccer) and […]
Kamaal Ahmad Chose the Quran Over College Football
One way or another, Kamaal Ahmad was going to make his mark in this world through sports. Just like a Kennedy getting into a politics, or a Kardashian gravitating toward […]
How Did the NBA’s Greatest Player Become Underrated?
In the immediate aftermath of the San Antonio Spurs dethroning the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals this summer, both the mainstream and social media universe promptly busied themselves answering […]
Rockets to Trade Omer Asik to Pelicans
A lesson in loyalty for those who may be new to the business of professional basketball: Everybody is expendable. You might remember last summer when the Houston Rockets signed free-agent […]
Nail Yakupov in Trade Rumors for NHL’s No. 1 pick
The Edmonton Oilers have had the No. 1 overall pick in three of the last four NHL drafts, which makes them the closest thing pro hockey has to the NBA’s […]
Khan Wins on Mayweather-Maidana Undercard
Amir Khan promised to put on an impressive performance against Luis Collazo on Saturday night — the kind of performance that would put him at the front of the line […]
Lewis Reflects on Getting KO’d by Rahman
Two-time world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman has become known for three things in his boxing career: knocking out Lennox Lewis in 2001 to win the title, getting knocked out by […]
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