Banned NBA player Jontay Porter asks judge for modified release so he can play pro ball in Greece Less than a week after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Jontay Porter asked a federal judge if he could move to Greece to continue playing basketball. Porter’s NBA career ended April 17 when he was issued a…
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James is the greatest small forward the league has ever seen. That title used to be reserved for the Boston Celtics’ Larry Bird, but James, who rejoined the Cavs during free agency this past summer, has surpassed him with his brilliant play during his career. That might sound like an inflammatory statement, but LeBron can…
Simone Biles gave her TikTok followers a sneak peak of Team USA’s final preparations before heading out to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. On Friday night the 27-year-old gymnastics star took posted a nearly three-minute-long montage of her final practice at her home gym before jetting off to the City of Love. Biles’ video featured…
McIlroy tries to plot how to salvage a season without winning a major TROON, Scotland (AP) — Rory McIlroy had plenty of time to accept that a 10th straight year would pass without him winning a major. He now has to wait 265 days for the next one, when he hears the starter at Augusta…
American looks a pale imitation of the man who once dominated the world of golf but he has no plans to throw in the towelYou find all sorts of characters hanging out around the foot of the Open leaderboard. There’s Denwit Boriboonsub, a 20-year-old Thai who qualified by shooting 28 around the back nine of…
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the Senior Women’s competition of the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships.Jamie Squire Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the Senior Women’s competition of the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships.With all the hype around USA Gymnastics heading into the 2024 Summer Olympics, it’s easy to forget, for a…
Some analysts claim the Lakers’ management inadvertently placed a target on James’ back. Bronny James had a shaky start to his professional career. Criticism rained down on the Los Angeles Lakers rookie after two less-than-stellar performances in the NBA Summer League; however, some analysts consider that it was all the fault of the team’s management. The eldest son of Lakers star LeBron…
With four Olympic gold medals and 23 gold medals from the World Championships, Simone Biles is considered one of the most decorated gymnasts. Following the release of Simone Biles Rising, a Netflix docuseries about Biles’s return to the Olympics, there is renewed interest in knowing about her withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.Here…
The crisis rocking the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) peaked today as the factional Executive Committee of the section has asked a Delta State High Court presided over by Justice Anthony Olotu Akpovi to jail NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN for allegedly disobeying a court order. In a Form…
Is there a rivalry brewing between the two gymnastics heavyweights?he world of gymnastics is competitive and cutthroat. It takes great skill and endurance to represent the sport at an Olympic level, and Simone Biles has combined both fortune and undeniable talent to suit up for the United States at her third Olympic Games later this month.But is Olivia Dunne coming for her crown? Dunne,…