Simone Biles, at a training session Tuesday in Le Bourget, France, has talked with her coaches about the possibility of not competing in all four events of team event.Simone Biles, at a training session Tuesday in Le Bourget, France, has talked with her coaches about the possibility of not competing in all four events of…
I don’t think at all about the others. If I am focused on what they are doing, I am not focused on me,” Rebeca Andrade told The Associated Press. As the 2024 Paris Olympics draw near, this tenet might just become the driving force for her impending successes. Should Simone Biles, shiver her timbers yet?…
Talking trash to Larry Bird rarely ever ended well, as former NBA player Rodney Rogers found out the hard way. On The Players Tribune’s “Knuckleheads” podcast, former NBA All-Star Jamal Mashburn said Rogers had talked trash to Bird after a day of practice between the 1992 College Select Team and the 1992 Dream Team. After…
The NBA All-Star Game of 2023 was so boring that the league decided to change the format for 2024. No more All-Star Draft. No more Elam Ending. indiana Pacers player Reggie Miller, center, 12-time NBA All-Star Oscar Robertson, left, and NBA legend Larry Bird speak to the fans before the start of the NBA All-Star…
Larry Bird couldn’t believe a young Michael Jordan could dominate his championship-caliber Boston Celtics so vigorously. The 1985-86 Boston Celtics team, boasting four Hall of Famers in their starting lineup, were determined to reclaim championship glory. With former Finals MVP Bill Walton coming off the bench, the Celtics not only recorded the best defensive rating…
Bird acknowledged that he was struggling while chasing his third consecutive MVP award. For many, the 1985-86 campaign was a redemption campaign for the Boston Celtics as they eventually went on to win their third NBA championship in six years after losing in the previous NBA finals against the LA Lakers. However, for Larry Bird,…
The American men’s basketball team will enter the Paris Olympics as the heavy favorites to win a fifth-straight Gold medal. However, the globalization of the game has made that throne more susceptible to new kings than the previous four Summer Olympiads. Newly minted US star Joel Embiid may know that better than anyone. Embiid committed…