Zach LaVine shows off sharpshooting skills after entering league with legendary hops
From his days at Bothell high school in Washington, to his rookie year with the Minnesota Timberwolves when he won the Slam Dunk Contest, […]
Will the real Klay Thompson please stand up? Warriors fans and staff get pranked by #FakeKlay
When healthy, Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson is capable of such explosive scoring tears, that opposing guards must wonder if they are defending […]
Forget Pablo Picasso, invest in a Ryan Simpson of LeBron James, Steph Curry or James Harden
A couple years ago, Pablo Picasso’s Les Femmes d’Alger sold for a record $179.4 million and none of the women pictured in the famous […]
Triple-double tracker: Luka Doncic outpacing LeBron James, Nikola Jokic and the pack
After becoming only the first player in history to average a triple-double in three consecutive years, Russell Westbrook — now in his first year […]
Conniving Kevins: Kevin Durant, Kevin Love and Kevin Garnett among NBA height fibbers
Alternative facts aren’t limited to the political class, as from the time immemorial regular folk have been prone to fib about their height, weight, […]
Dell and Steph Curry and the greatest father-son combos in sports history
Last season, Steph Curry led the Golden State Warriors to their third NBA championship in four years, cementing father Dell’s and his status as […]
Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Devin Booker among NBA single-game scoring leaders
Prior to a couple years ago, if one had to wager which of the current crop of NBA players would crack the all-time single-game […]
Today in Sports History: LSU star Pete Maravich scores 69 points vs Alabama
On February 7, 1970, LSU guard Pete Maravich scored what was then an NCAA record 69 points against Alabama — all without the benefit […]
One-of-a-kind LeBron James rookie card and the top ten most valuable basketball cards
In 2016, a one-of-a-kind LeBron James 2003 Upper Deck Ultimate Logos Signature basketball card was sold for $312,000 by Goldin Auctions. Perhaps buoyed by […]
Blake Griffin’s “Tearaway Pants” and the best poetry from each of the major sports
If Blake Griffin weren’t known as a hoopster, his name would be perfectly suited for a slam poet’s stage persona — a mashup of […]
Watch Kyrie Irving get buckets in first four chapters of ongoing ‘Uncle Drew’ saga
This past summer, Kyrie Irving was prepping for his court debut with the Brooklyn Nets. The summer before that, he was busy promoting the […]
The complete history of official (and unofficial) quadruple-double games in the NBA
For as many triple-doubles as Russell Westbrook and LeBron James have racked up over past seasons, neither player has ever recorded an elusive quadruple-double […]