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Lakers to wear ‘Black Mamba’ uniforms to honor Kobe Bryant at NBA finals
The team will bring out the Mamba jerseys once again as they shoot for a 17th NBA championship Photo by Olivier Collet on Unsplash Blue Telusma Looks like the Los Angeles Lakers plan to pay homage to Kobe Bryant’s legacy while attempting to win their 17th NBA championship. According to ESPN, it’s been […]
HHW Gaming: Latest ‘NBA 2K21″ Patch Improves Dribbling, Brings Other Fixes & Adjustments
Other improvements include some graphical issues, player likeness improvements for the 2K21’s cover athlete Damian Lillard, improvements to the shot meter, and more. Written By Bernard Beanz Smalls Photo: 2K / NBA 2K21 NBA 2K21 first patch came almost immediately after the game’s launch and fixed A LOT of issues that the 2K […]
Barack Obama Praises Players Boycotting In Solidarity With Jacob Blake: ‘I Commend’ Them
“It’s going to take all our institutions to stand up for our values,” the former president said after the police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin. By Nick Visser Photo by Ziad Nr from Pexels Former President Barack Obama praised professional sports teams that boycotted scheduled games on Wednesday following the police shooting of Jacob […]
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS ELIMINATED FROM NBA PLAYOFF CONTENTION
By ROMAN WHITE Since the start of the NBA Bubble, fans saw a potential box office first round in the Western Conference that would have put LeBron James against Zion Williamson if the Pelicans made a run and the Lakers locked up first seed. LeBron and company held up their […]
NBA Stars Team Up To Create Social Change Fund
Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade are leading the effort By NewsOne Staff Amid the unrest, athletes are stepping up and using their platforms to spread awareness about systemic injustice. The latest stars to launch an effort at the intersection of sports and activism are Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade, NBC Sports reported. #Heat […]
Matt Barnes Says the NBA and NFL Have Racist Owners Who Are Just Like Former Clippers Owner Donald Sterling
Before Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office and was accused of being a racist, there was another Donald that made headlines for the same thing: Former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, whom former NBA player Matt Barnes compared in a recent interview to current NBA and NFL team owners. Barnes, […]
NBA Star Thinks One-Third Of Players ‘Are Hurting’ For Money After The Coronavirus Stopped Season
Source: Dan Thornberg / EyeEm / Getty Written By Bruce C.T. Wright Posted April 7, 2020 Athletes competing in professional sports’ highest-paid league may be feeling much more of the economic effects from the coronavirus pandemic than conventional wisdom would suggest. Even though the NBA has an average annual salary of nearly $7 million, about one-third […]
Quarantine Check-In: Here’s How NBA Players With Coronavirus Are Coping
Source: Jeenah Moon / Getty The ballers speak to their fans. Written By Royce Dunmore Posted March 20, 2020 he NBA has revealed more players who have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to ESPN, two unidentified Los Angeles Lakers players have tested positive. “We learned today that two Lakers players have tested positive. Both […]