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Culture, Sports

I Still Can’t Believe What Jimmy Butler Just Did to the Milwaukee Bucks

The Miami Heat forward dropped 42 points to eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks from the NBA Playoffs.

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

April 27, 2023
News, Obituary

Paul Silas, Legendary NBA Player and Coach, Dies At 79

3x NBA champion, LeBron’s first head coach, cast a long shadow over basketball

By

Keith Reed

Published

December 12, 2022
Culture, Sports

Golden State Warriors Win 4th NBA Championship In Eight Years

If Steph Curry ain’t on your GOAT list, it’s time to rewrite it.

By

Keith Reed

Published

June 17, 2022
Culture, Sports

Emotions Fill the Arena as Kobe Bryant and Others are Inducted Into the 2020 Class of the Basketball Hall of Fame

It’s been going on a year and a half since NBA superstar Kobe Bryant’s devastating death on Jan. 26, 2020. Over the weekend, the sports world celebrated Bryant’s life and achievements as the “Black Mamba” was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. From the Washington Post: Basketball’s biggest names converged on the Mohegan Sun…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 16, 2021
Culture, Sports

Michael Jordan Is the Perfect Choice to Present Kobe Bryant at His Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony

Throughout the course of his NBA career, Michael Jordan was the ultimate competitor. As such, his only rapport with most players began and ended with abusing his opponents on the basketball court. But Kobe Bryant was different. “If you just watched them interact in a game, Kobe always was like a magnet going toward Michael,”…

By

Jay Connor

Published

April 16, 2021
Culture, Sports

NBA Reveals When Kobe Bryant Will Finally Be Inducted In Basketball Hall of Fame

It feels like we’ve been waiting for an eternity, but three of the greatest players in the history of the NBA—Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan—will finally be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in May 2021. The festivities were originally scheduled to take place back in August, but because COVID-19…

By

Jay Connor

Published

November 30, 2020
Culture, Sports

Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Postponed to 2021 Amid COVID-19 Concerns

As if the coronavirus hasn’t already ruined enough of our lives, now comes the news that another sports-related event has been postponed until 2021. From ESPN: Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of the board of governors for the Hall, told ESPN on Wednesday that enshrinement ceremonies for the Class of 2020 — one of the most…

By

Jay Connor

Published

May 28, 2020
News

Kobe Bryant to be Inducted Into the Basketball Hall of Fame as Gianna Becomes an Honorary UConn Husky

As people are still coming to grips with the sudden and untimely deaths of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash that killed seven others, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the University of Connecticut will honor them in the wake of tragedy. It was announced…

By

Zack Linly

Published

January 28, 2020
News

You Won’t Have Tim Duncan, the Pumpkin-Spice Latte of the NBA, to Ignore Anymore

On Monday, Tim Duncan ended his career much the way he played: quietly. He didn’t announce that he was leaving at the top of the season so he could go on an NBA farewell tour like Kobe Bryant did, but such is life for the man who made his living as one of the most…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

July 12, 2016
NBA Champ Tim Duncan Retires After 19 Seasons

It’s been almost 20 years, and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs is ready to slow down a bit. On Monday he announced his retirement, signaling the end of an era, CBS News reports. It’s been a long ride, marked with five NBA titles, two NBA MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances, ESPN notes,…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

July 11, 2016