NBA
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In What Should Come as a Surprise to No One, LeBron James Named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Decade
Over the course of the last decade, all LeBron James has done is collect three NBA championship trophies, been named Most Valuable Player the same amount of times (bring his total to four), and lead the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, and—barring a catastrophic collapse this season—the Los Angeles Lakers to the playoffs. He’s been…
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The 2019 Root 100: How Well Do You Know These Figures of Black Excellence?
The Root’s video team, including host and producer Felice León, went on a mission to test the black cards of one of the black meccas in America: Harlem. We wanted to see how much 125th Street residents knew about some of the top nominees recognized in The 2019 Root 100. How do you think they…
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NBA Player Calls Black Women 'Bulldogs,' Then Defends Himself by…Quoting Dr. King?
I think I have some thoughts today about Patrick Patterson, the NBA player who implied that black women are “bulldogs” in an Instagram comment while defending his marriage to Sarah Nasser (a white woman). I think it’s funny seeing him referred to as an “NBA Star” in write-ups about this story, cause that’s like calling…
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Bill Russell Ends 44-Year Basketball HoF Boycott—but the Backstory Proves He's the G.O.A.T.
Ask anyone who is the greatest basketball player of all time, and you’ll surely get a diversity of opinions—including Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Magic Johnson and that dude who played for your cousin’s high school in 1987 whose jump shot was wet but he got shot in his layup leg running from the police his…
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Sacramento Kings’ Harrison Barnes to Pay for Atatiana Jefferson’s Funeral
NBA star Harrison Barnes has offered to pay for the funeral of Atatiana Jefferson, the 28-year-old woman shot and killed in her own home by a Fort Worth, Texas, cop as she played video games with her young nephew. Barnes, who played for the Dallas Mavericks for three years before being traded to the Sacramento…
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LeBron James Calls Houston Rockets GM ‘Misinformed’ Over Tweet That Could Cost NBA Billions of Dollars—and Twitter Reacts
It’s often been said that freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences, and LeBron James has made it clear that the now frayed relationship between the NBA and China is a direct result of one thing: a lack of consideration. In speaking to reporters on Monday for the first time since Houston Rockets general…
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This Is My Third Season Not Watching the NFL. Here's How My Life Has Changed Since I Stopped
Back in 2017, I decided to give up watching NFL games for various reasons. Chief among them was that I didn’t like how the NFL was treating Colin Kaepernick in the wake of his nonviolent protests against police brutality and the (what appeared to me to be clear) collusion among team owners to keep him…
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Full Court Press: NBA Forces Every Franchise to Employ Psychologist, Behavioral Health Specialist for 2019-2020 Season
From Kevin Love to Metta World Peace, Dennis Rodman to DeMar DeRozen, players in the National Basketball Association—past and present—have publicly grappled with mental health issues. And that makes perfect sense, as the men of the NBA assuredly are part of the nearly 44 million Americans who have confronted mental illness in any given year.…
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NBA Players Who Would’ve Had Better Careers If They Had Megan Thee Stallion’s Vibranium-Enhanced Knees, Ranked
1. Chris Webber 2. Anfernee Hardaway 3. Bernard King 4. Brandon Roy 5. Yao Ming 6. Derrick Rose 7. Amar’e Stoudamire 8. Tim Hardaway 9. Gilbert Arenas 10. Baron Davis 11. DeMarcus Cousins 12. Allan Houston 13. Fat Lever 14. Danny Manning 15. Greg Oden 16. Shaun Livingston 17. Jamal Mashburn 18. Jonathan Bender 19.…