Category: Sports

Thunder’s Jalen Williams named Western Conference Rookie of the Week

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Courtesy of the Oklahoma City Thunder OKLAHOMA CITY, April 11, 2023 – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams has been named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for games played in March and April, it was announced today by the NBA. Williams appeared in 18 games (all starts) and averaged 18.7 points on a team-leading 54.7 percent shooting, 5.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.67 steals in 33.7 minutes per game in March and April. His points, assists and steals led all Western Conference rookies, while his rebounds were tied for fourth among…

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DIllion Brooks says he “wouldn’t mind” facing LeBron and Lakers in 1st round of playoffs

Brandon King

The latest rsident heel of the NBA,Dillion Brooks has spent the year getting under the skin of the majority of his opponents on the court. His verbal spars with the Golden State Warriors, notably Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, who he once said resembled the PBS logom have garnered plenty of attention, but Brooks has a new target of his brand of smack talk-LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Speaking after the team’s practice on Tuesday, the Association’s preimenent agitator had this to say about facing James and the…

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These sneakers worn by Michael Jordan were sold for a record amount

Brandon King

Michael Jordan has not dribbled a basketball on a NBA for 20 years and yet he continues to set records. The Air Jordan XIII that the consensus greatest player ever wore while scoring 37 points 5 rebounds and 2 assists in Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals- a pivotal game in which the Bulls were victorious 93-88 to tie the series at 1 game apiece – were sold at auction for $2,238,000, which was the highest price ever paid for a pair of sneakers. Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s head of…

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DeMarcus Cousins signs with Puerto Rican team Guaynabo Mets as initial step of NBA comeback

Brandon King

According to reporting from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, NBA veteran center DeMarcus Cousins signed with Guaynabo Mets of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional , which is the first-tier professional men’s basketball league in Puerto Rico. The four-time NBA All-Star was one the league’s preimenent big man and players overall, averaging 22 points and 10 rebounds before suffering a torn Achilles toward the later part of the 2017-18 season and then tore his ACL, costing him the entire 2019-20 season. In the subsequent season, Cousins has bounced around the Association a bit. He finished…

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Family of Dwayne Haskins files lawsuit alleges he was robbed and drugged

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Courtesy of the Associated Press The family of deceased Pittsburgh Steelersquarterback Dwayne Haskins has filed a lawsuit against several people, businesses and the state of Florida, claiming he was drugged, robbed and extorted before he was fatally struck while standing drunk on a highway after running out of gas. The lawsuit, filed recently in Fort Lauderdale, alleges the former Ohio State star was drugged and robbed by a man and three women in the hours before the April 9, 2022, accident. They say it happened at a Boca Raton hotel, at an upscale…

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Isaiah Land talks being overlooked and why he returned to FAMU

Brandon King

In 2021 Florida A&M edge rusher Isaiah Land burst onto the national radar when he put together an incredible season in which he lead the nation in sacks with 19 as well as tackles for loss with 25.5.  Land’s play earned him a laundry list of awards including SWAC Defensive Player Year, All-SWAC First Team, AP All-American 1st Team, AFCA All-American 1st Team, and Buck Buchanan Award Winner, among many others. Read my story on Land’s interview with NFL NOW at hbcusports.com.

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Anything you can do, I won’t get called out for The differences in the perception of the actions of Angel Reese v that of Caitlin Clark

Brandon King

When LSU’s Angel Reese let Iowa’s Cailtin Clark know that she was incapable of optically perceiving her, it kicked up a firestorm with many, who happened to be of a lighter persuasion, took umbrage to Reese’s action. Keith Olbermann, one of these liberals who are supposed to be friends of black people took to twitter, calling Reese a “fucking idiot.” ( Olbermann has since offered an apology that was spurred more from the backlash he received, rather than authentic contrition.) Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy ( this is who you…

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The LeExcuses never stop

Brandon King

Last night the Lakers and the Clippers met in a pivotal matchup with playoff implications. The Clippers emerged victorious , defeating the Lakers 125-118 in a game that was not as close as the final score would indicate. The win moved the Clippers in the number 5 seed in the Western Conference and also marked the 11th straight victory for the Clippers over their down-the hall rivals. The cause for the loss, was not the hole they dug themselves in the second quarter , the demure play of Anthony Davis…

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That time Paul George thought he was going to play with LeBron

Brandon King

Back in 2017, the relationship between Paul George and the Indiana Pacers was in its death throes and the only way to put it out of its misery would be to find the All-Star forward a new home. Many teams were suitors for George’s services, but to the surprise of many, including George himself, PG would end up going to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for guard Victor Oladipo and forward Domantas Sabonis. What will come as a surprise to many is that PG nearly ended up in Cleveland…

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