Tag: Basketball

Brunson Leads Knicks to Tight Victory

Brunson Leads Knicks to Tight Victory

In one of the most impressive games of the Knicks’ 2025 season, point guard Jalen Brunson rallied the team for an incredible come-back in the fourth quarter in their match against the Rockets at Madison Square Garden on Monday, February 4.  Things were looking bleak for the team after superstar OG Anunoby suffered another injury. […]

Basketball Bullies: South Carolina Goes Too Far Celebrating Victory Over LSU

Basketball Bullies: South Carolina Goes Too Far Celebrating Victory Over LSU

In one of the season’s most anticipated women’s college basketball matchups, LSU took on South Carolina in SC’s home court. Despite dominating in rebounds and shots, LSU couldn’t find the net and ended the game ten points behind the 2nd-seeded South Carolina. It was the team’s first loss of the season. As the Tigers headed […]

Brittney Griner Looks to Switch Teams

Brittney Griner Looks to Switch Teams

For the first time in her career, WNBA star Brittney Griner will solicit herself as a free agent as she searches for a potential new team for the upcoming 2025 season. Griner was initially drafted to play with the Phoenix Mercury in 2013 as the number one pick and has remained with the squad for […]

Who is Kim Mulkey?

Who is Kim Mulkey?

Known for her wild outfit choices, high standards, and questionable morals, Kim Mulkey is one of the most famous names in college basketball – but she’s not a player. The head basketball coach at Louisiana State University made headlines this week after she was photographed wearing a basketball hoop sweater while on the sideline of […]

Caitlin Clark Named Time Magazine Athlete of the Year

Caitlin Clark Named Time Magazine Athlete of the Year

It’s been an impressive rookie year for basketball phenom Caitlin Clark. She stepped onto the Brooklyn Academy of Music stage in April as the outstanding number-one pick in the WNBA draft. She set viewing records for the league with her debut game and became the highest-paid female basketball player in the world – all of […]

UCLA Upsets South Carolina, Ending 43 Game Winning Streak

UCLA Upsets South Carolina, Ending 43 Game Winning Streak

The South Carolina Gamecocks finally saw their almost two-year winning streak come to an end on Sunday, November 24, when they faced off against UCLA. South Carolina hadn’t lost a game since being defeated by Iowa in the 2023 Final Four.  Following the game, South Carolina’s players hung their heads in defeat. It was the […]

Why You Need to Know Paige Bueckers

Why You Need to Know Paige Bueckers

Paige Bueckers is the next big thing in women’s basketball. Rising to stardom in the NCAA as UConn’s standout point guard, Bueckers has already amassed an impressive resume. She graduated high school in 2020 as ESPN’s top-ranked recruit for her class and became the first freshman to win National Women’s College Player of the Year. […]

How Caitlin Clark is Changing the WNBA

How Caitlin Clark is Changing the WNBA

Women’s sports have risen in popularity over the last ten years – but one athlete has forever changed the trajectory of the WNBA. Caitlin Clark already had name recognition as a college all-star who had broken the all-time Division one scoring record when she entered the WNBA draft in 2024. Few were surprised to see […]

Derrick Rose was waived by Memphis

Derrick Rose was waived by Memphis

Shams Charania of The Athletic reported yesterday that the Memphis Grizzlies would waive former MVP Derrick Rose. Rose played a pivotal role for the Grizz last season running their offense without star guard Ja Morant. For those who don’t know, Morant was suspended for flashing a firearm on a social media livestream. Morant had massive […]

Smart basketball hoops coming to East Village

Smart basketball hoops coming to East Village

‘The Huupe’, a new smart basketball hoop has been installed at Tompkins Square Park. The founders Paul Anton and Lyth Saeed accompanied Sue Donoghue, the NYC Parks Commissioner, to cut the ribbon yesterday afternoon. They invited some local children to come to learn about this new technology and be the first to play on the […]

Caitlin Clark picks up another tech, now 2 away from league suspension

Caitlin Clark picks up another tech, now 2 away from league suspension

On Sunday afternoon, Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever defeated the Seattle Storm by the score of 92-75. Despite the victory, Clark picked up her 5th technical foul of the season in the third quarter of the contest. After missing a three-pointer, Clark slapped the padding underneath the backboard in frustration. Clark was confused by […]

Curry drops 36 as USA wins thriller vs Serbia

Curry drops 36 as USA wins thriller vs Serbia

Yesterday afternoon the USA men’s Olympic basketball team took on Nikola Jokic and the Serbian national team in the tournament semifinal. All of Team USA came off sluggish except Steph Curry who exploded for 17 points in the first quarter. Despite Curry’s onslaught of three-pointers, the US found themselves in an early deficit. Things went […]

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