
There’s an afternoon doubleheader today in the second round of the NBA playoffs, but it starts early. [Read more…]
There’s an afternoon doubleheader today in the second round of the NBA playoffs, but it starts early. [Read more…]
LOS ANGELES — No NBA star has spent this season in the “put up or shut up” crosshairs more than Chris Paul. Among fans and media, the overriding narrative has been that of an hourglass quickly losing sand when it comes to accolades butting up against a limited playoff resume. It seemingly no longer matters that Paul is certainly still among the best guards — “point” or otherwise — in the NBA. It no longer matters if the second half of
by Dan Malone
In a bout over five years in the making, Floyd Mayweather got a huge unanimous decision win over Manny Pacquiao. Seemingly everyone in the world was watching the fight, which, of course, meant most of the NBA was tuned in as well. Here’s what some players had to say: Don’t wanna see anything other than #MayweatherPacquiao in my timeline.. — Patrick Patterson (@pdpatt) May 3, 2015 32-11 in the last 2 rounds punches landed floyd over paq what are yall talking about —
“A fool and his money is one big party!” If you read only one chapter in this book, read this one. It has the answer why so few succeed while most fail miserably. We have all heard that athletes and entertainers blow all of their money on cars, drugs, jewelry, clothes and women, and not necessarily in that order. We hear every day about all these poor slobs who burn through millions of dollars and are left broke and lonely with no
BROOKLYN – Mikhail Prokhorov will reportedly be in Turkey on Sunday celebrating his 50th birthday with legions of $20,000 models hoping to console him after his American playtoy’s season came to a crashing halt at the hands of the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 Friday night. So what does the unabashed playboy do with this broken playtoy? A little more than five years ago, Prokhorov vowed to bring a championship to Brooklyn or get married if that didn’t happen within five years. Now,
Many of you are very much alive in “daily” contests that closed at 8:00 on Friday and conclude tonight. [Read more…]
by James Park
It took longer than expected, but the Atlanta Hawks took care of business in a big way in Game 6 against the Brooklyn Nets with a 111-87 victory to close out the series. The Nets kept it close heading into half time with a six-point deficit, but the Hawks shut the door in the third quarter, outscoring their opponent 41-21. Up next are the Washington Wizards – a team the Hawks went 3-1 against in the regular season. The one loss came
Twenty teams already are into their offseason and will be joined by two more this weekend. That means those teams already are looking at a free agent market that will be the last as we have come to know it. The projected salary cap for teams this summer is $67.1 million with a projected tax line of $81.6 million. The cap is rising more than 6 percent from last summer’s $63.065 million, which is actually a smaller increase than the jump