Maxey is the eighth consecutive first-time All-Star to win the award
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury are due to go head to head on May 18 in Riyadh. Their heavyweight title fight was postponed in February after Fury's injury. Usyk 's promoter Alexander Krassyuk admitted doubts over next month's fight
Insiders say the 56-year-old Greek will not care about the fallout that followed. He had a point to make and he made it, utilising the platform that provides him with access to tens of millions.
Despite his multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards, those in the NBA believe that Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the most overrated player in the league. According to an anonymous poll run by The Athletic, today’s NBA players believe that Gobert is the most overrated (13.6% of the vote), followed by Jordan Poole (8.6%) […]
When this season started, it looked like Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid would defend his regular season MVP title. Unfortunately, he got injured and was ruled out of the season. However, it didn’t discourage Drew Hanlen from naming Embiid as the best player. Hanlen is Joel’s trainer and accompanies him most of the time. He …
The NBA said it banned Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter Jr. for violating the league's gaming rules. He was accused of manipulating his own performance and tipping off bettors. NBC News' Sam Brock reports.
A number of NBA contracts include player options in the final year. Those
Lindy Ruff was named coach of the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. The 64-year-old replaces Don Granato and returns to Buffalo for his second stint, having coached 15 seasons there from 1997-98 to 2012-13. He holds Sabres records for regular-season games (1,165), regular-season wins (571), Stanley Cup Playoff games coached (101) and playoff wins (57). "I am thankful to (Sabres owner) Terry \[Pegula\], the Pegula family, and (general manager) Kevyn Adams for this opportunity," Ruff said. "This is a...
The New York Jets have been named in a lawsuit involving cornerback Brandin Echols, who is being sued over a car accident that occurred outside the team’s facility in Florham Park, New Jersey back in 2022. According to the lawsuit filed by the Essex County, New Jersey man, on April 26, 2022, Echols lost control […]
President Marcos has named a retired associate justice of the appellate court as chief of the Presidential Commission on Good Government , the agency tasked to recover the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses and their close associates.
Three international basketball prospects — Nikola Topic, Ulrich Chomche and
Naz Reid went undrafted in 2019 after his freshman season at LSU. He spent much of his first professional season in the G-League. He was out of Minnesota’s rotation as recently as the start of last season.