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![The Warriors Owner's Wife Received Death Threats Because the Beyhive Is Petty AF [Updated]](https://www.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rgezwkfohsvf7gv40wr2-300x200.jpg)
The Warriors Owner's Wife Received Death Threats Because the Beyhive Is Petty AF [Updated]
The wife of Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob has reportedly received death threats after she decided, using her own free will, to crane her neck across Queen Beyoncé’s air space to speak with her majesty’s husband, who apparently does something in music. During Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Warriors and the…
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![Rich White Man Gets Away With Shoving Black NBA Basketball Player Because He Has a Lot of Money [Updated]](https://www.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/xv1smiq0cibcvmx8eaag-300x200.jpg)
Rich White Man Gets Away With Shoving Black NBA Basketball Player Because He Has a Lot of Money [Updated]
Kyle Lowry was on fire Wednesday when he helped his Toronto Raptors dismantle a hobbled Golden State Warriors team in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, 123-109. The guard would have one of the best games of his NBA playoff career, scoring 23 points, but that wasn’t his concern once the game was over. Lowry…
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Paul Pierce Clears Up Longstanding Speculation That He Left NBA Finals in a Wheelchair Because He Had to Boo-Boo
Paul Pierce’s nickname is “The Truth.” So, don’t expect Pierce to lie about why he left the 2008 NBA Finals in a wheelchair. Let me set the scene for you: The Boston Celtics were anchored by the Big Three—Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and The Truth. They were playing against longtime rivals Los Angeles Lakers when…
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Caster Semenya Can Run Free—For Now—As Court Rules She Won’t Have to Take Drugs to Lower Testosterone Levels
Calling it a victory for women’s “human rights,” South African runner Caster Semenya and her legal team are cheering a Swiss court’s ruling that allows her to continue competing without taking testosterone-lowering drugs while she continues her appeals. At issue is an International Association of Athletics Federation rule that governs how much natural testosterone female…
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The Real ‘MVP’: Barack Obama Steals Drake’s Thunder at Game 2 of the NBA Finals
While Drake has made himself the talk of this year’s NBA Finals with all his trash talk on behalf of his beloved Toronto Raptors, the rapture during Sunday night’s Game 2 was about a much bigger player: Barack Obama. The beloved forever former president garnered cheers from the Toronto crowd of “MVP! MVP!” when his…
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Klay Thompson to Drake: 'See You in the Bay, Aubrey. Weren’t Talking Tonight, Were Ya? With Your Bum Ass'
The rapper Drake doesn’t play basketball. In fact, after losing leg mobility to gun violence in high school, when he went by the name Jimmy, Drake was confined to a wheelchair and therefore was unable… Managing Editor Genetta Adams: Steve, Drake isn’t in a wheelchair, that was his character when he played on Degrassi: The…
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Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka Eliminated from French Open
Add Serena Williams to a growing list of recognizable names to see an early exit from this year’s French Open. With the temperature topping 80 degrees in Paris, Williams, ranked 10th in the world, and rounding into form after an injury from earlier in the year, became the latest highly decorated player to flame out…
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Jeanie Buss Should Let Barack Obama Run the Los Angeles Lakers
As much as it pains me to say this as a fan of Celtics basketball (please stay, Kyrie, I’m sorry about white people), the highs of Celtics fandom aren’t their highest unless the Los Angeles Lakers are better than good. Regardless of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s personal leanings (he looks like a Blazers fan), he’d…
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Dear NBA, If You're Reading This It's Too Late to Stop Drake
“I got enemies, got a lot of enemies; Got a lot of people tryna drain me of my energy; They tryna take the waaaaaaaave from a nigga; Fuckin’ with the kid, and pray for your nigga” — Drake, “Energy” Drake is a full-fledged supervillain. Despite the NBA’s best efforts to wave kryptonite in his face…
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Less Life: NBA Tells Drake to Pump the Brakes With the Sideline Antics
While Drake might have free reign over the Billboard charts or your summertime Spotify playlist, it would appear his sovereignty has its limitations, as evidenced by the NBA calling Pusha T’s favorite rapper into the principal’s office. For those out the loop, as the Toronto Raptors have spent the past few weeks snatching the souls…