Larry Johnson wants an all-Black basketball league
While the NBA’s community of Black players, coaches, executives, employees and fans can consider it a victory — or at least a step in the right direction — that the […]
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Hedo Turkoglu, Clippers silently protest owner’s racism http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/clippers-protest-owners-alleged-racist-remarks/story?id=23491099 In response to racist comments made recently by team owner Donald Sterling, every player on the Los Angeles Clippers — including Turkish […]
Among other things, Donald Sterling needs Islam
Over the next few days, weeks, months — however long it takes NBA commissioner Adam Silver to rid his league of the stain that is racist Los Angeles Clippers owner […]
Report: Real Madrid ready to sell Karim Benzema
If, as an American sports fan, you think NBA and MLB offseason player movement is full of drama and intrigue, you should know that our leagues have nothing on international […]
Video: Abdur-Rahim goes off on LeBron’s team
The most intriguing story of the opening day of the NBA playoffs was the Eastern Conference’s No. 8 seed, the Atlanta Hawks — the worst team, record-wise, in the entire […]
Video: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s most underrated game
I don’t know how he did it, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar managed to become both the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and the most underrated player in NBA history. You don’t think […]
Kenneth Faried hits a game-winner
Kenneth Faried’s second-half surge hit another high point on Thursday night, when the Denver Nuggets’ power forward hit the game-winning shot to lift his team over the Golden State Warriors […]
Faried’s Teammate Compares Him to Barkley
The evolutionary expansion of Kenneth Faried’s offensive game has been covered in this space, and that was before the Denver Nuggets’ third-year power forward went on his current run in […]
Former NBA star Zaid Abdul-Aziz found sunlight after darkness
There is no gaudy gold watch. No loud tailored suit or shiny Italian shoes. Nothing immediately giving away that the quiet man sitting at the simple plastic table in the […]
Video: Hakeem Olajuwon – It Changed Everything
Hakeem Olajuwon’s name has been making its way around basketball circles a lot as of late. With the NCAA tournament underway, the man who stood tall in the middle of […]
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