Hip-hop star J. Cole is taking his basketball dreams overseas — again. When ESPN reported Wednesday that the two-time Grammy winner has signed to play for the Nanjing Monkey Kings in the Chinese Basketball Assn., it might have sounded like an April Fool’s Day prank. But it’s no joke. Cole’s longtime manager and business partner…
Luka Doncic, with the eyes of five defenders fixed on him in the paint, faked a lob pass. He threatened to wrap a pass around Cleveland center Thomas Bryant’s back. Instead, the Lakers superstar pulled up straight over the top of Bryant’s outstretched arm, dropping a fadeaway jumper softly through the net. Doncic smiled slyly…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> The Bulls did not elaborate, but the announcement that Ivey would be waived came soon after one of his videos on Instagram Live . “They proclaim Pride Month in the NBA. They proclaim it,” Ivey said in the video. “They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride,’ for…
The Final Four in men’s and women’s basketball is scheduled for this weekend, and Southern California has two players to root for who were high school graduates from the area. McDonald’s All-American Brayden Burries, a freshman at Arizona from Eastvale Roosevelt, has been a key player in the Wildcats’ season, averaging 16.1 points. Gabriela Jaquez…
SACRAMENTO — During the UCLA women’s basketball team’s dominant run all season, a question has lingered. When the moment comes, can the No. 1 Bruins actually deal with adversity? They answered on Sunday, storming back from their first double-digit deficit of the season to earn a 70-58 Elite Eight victory over No. 3 Duke and advance to…
The NBA gave Luka Doncic one mulligan. The league wouldn’t grant the Lakers superstar a second. Doncic will serve a one-game suspension because of technical foul accumulation, the NBA announced Saturday, sidelining him for Monday’s game against the Washington Wizards after he picked up his 16th technical foul of the season in the Lakers’ win…
You used to root for Bronny James to come into games ironically. Or because you just wanted to see history. But now I bet you want to see Bronny come into the game to hoop. That’s a pretty cool plot twist. Especially because LeBron James’ son has had to develop his game with the weight…
SACRAMENTO — The UCLA women’s basketball team hasn’t lost a game in 120 days. In that time, the Bruins have outscored opponents by a total of 806 points and just one other school — Connecticut — has gone without a loss during the same stretch. Yet somehow, the No. 1 seed in the Sacramento 2 region of…
INDIANAPOLIS — Even LeBron James couldn’t muster the energy. With a wide-open lane in the ending moments of the Lakers’ 137-130 win over the Indiana Pacers, James simply dumped off a pass to Jake LaRavia. The 24-year-old had hops to put the finishing touches on the Lakers’ successful six-game road trip. Tired and shorthanded, the Lakers punctuated…
Absolutely, this is the best team in UCLA women’s basketball history. Not the best team in the country this year, but truly a testament to teamwork and hard work and talent retention. Whether UCLA wins it all this season or not, the Bruins are the envy of teams everywhere, including Oklahoma State, whose season they…
