Category: News

North Carolina unveils new basketball court

Brandon King

The University of North Carolina is having its basketball reunion tonight, bringing together former Tar Heels ball players from years past along with current players. Part of the evening’s festivities is the dedication of the basketball court to Coach Roy Williams. Teams in the Dean Dome will now hoop it up on Roy Williams Court. In his 15 season in Chapel Hill, Williams has 424 victories, won three national titles ( 2005, 2009 and 2017), reached the Final Four Fives times, eight regular season ACC titles and three ACC tournament…

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Week 0 HBCU Analysis and Predictions

Brandon King

The start of the 2018 college football season will be upon us this Saturday and two HBCUs will be taking part in the opening day action. Here are the games and our predictions: Prairie View A&M at Rice, 7 p.m. (ESPN+) Prarie View A&M Panthers travel to Houston, Texas to take on the Rice Owls. Both teams feature first time head coaches who recently assumed the role, Eric Dooley for Prairie View and Mike Bloomgren for Rice. The Panthers were picked to finish fourth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s (SWAC)…

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Making A Difference: Vic Mensa and his organization giving away 13,000 pairs of shoes in response to bait truck fiasco

Brandon King

As news of the CPD’s and Norfolk Southern’s underhanded attempt to use a bait truck sting to put more people in the system, made the national rounds, Chicago native and rapper decided to do something in response. Mensa and his organisation , the SaveMoneySaveLife Foundation, have collected over 13,000 pair of shoes. These shoes will be given away free to attendees at the West Englewood Community Center, which sits on the same block the infamous bait truck was placed. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmy-r51AQZ2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Donations to this cause can be made via SaveMoneySaveLife’s Amazon…

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DeMarcus Cousins dunks in latest workout video

Brandon King

In DeMarcus Cousins’ last workout video, it showed him effortless draining three point shots. The latest video he posted ha him going through a variety of drills, most ball handling, with some shooting footage from the last video spliced in. He does dunk a few times, but he does appear a bit hobbled and his lower body movements appear stiff as he moves around on the court. It seems that the Warriors timetable for bringing him along slowly seems a lot more plausible and him being back before January seems…

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Mark Medina: Kevin Durant does not want to play with Lebron

Brandon King

There were some rumblings that Kevin Durant would join forces with Lebron James in Los Angeles. This was bolstered by rumors that LeBron allegedly texted KD about the two of them playing together. When KD signed a “one plus one” deal with Golden State this offseason, the speculation evolved to Durant possibly opting out and signing with the Warriors next offseason. According to Mark Medina of the San Jose Mercury News,Kevin Durant does not want to play with James. In a recent appearance on Yahoo Sports’ NBA podcast with Chris…

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Manu Ginobili is considering retirement, Spurs to be informed soon of decision

Brandon King

Manu Ginobili is trying to decide if he will hang up his sneakers or return for his 17th season and he has an upcoming meeting with coach Gregg Popovich to discuss his future. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Ginobili is “seriously considering” retirement but has not decided yet. He had this to say to reporters after the Spurs were eliminated by the eventual champion Golden State Warriors in regards to his career: I’ve been contemplating retirement forever. Nothing changed. I’ll let a month or two months go by, and…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Duo steals thousands of dollars in kicks from FL mall

Brandon King

Our never-ending accounting of sneakers fast tracking people down the path of mental ineptitude finds its way to Clearwater, Florida. It is here a pair of thieves engaged in a sneaker heist in a local mall. According to police in a Facebook post, the two thieves lifted several thousand dollars worth of sneakers from a Champs Sports at Clearwater’s Westfield Countryside mall. The crime took place in the early morning hours of Sunday August 5. The crooks entered the store by knocking out a section of drywall that was connected…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Memphis man confesses to stealing thousands of dollars worth of shoes

Brandon King

Memphis, Tennessee is the location for this latest edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers. Memphis police arrested a man that allegedly stole $8,000 worth of sneakers. A woman walking down the street said she saw a man carrying a bags of shoes that she indicated she recognized from her neighbor’s storage shed. She approached the individual and took the bags of Nikes from the man, who the took off running. Law enforcement was called and the suspect, whom the police would later identify as Cameron Tate, was located…

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Toronto Raptors sign Kay Felder to one-year deal

Brandon King

According to USA Today Sports’ Sam Amick, the Toront Raptors have signed former Cleveland Cavaliers reserve guard Kay Felder to a one-year contract. Last season Felder played for the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons. He appeared in 14 games for the Bulls, posting numbers of 3.9 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 9.6 minutes per contest before being waived in December. He signed a two-way deal with the Pistons, appearing in only two games and and spending most of his time with the team’s G-League affiliate, the Grand Rapids…

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