LeBron James will compete in his 21st NBA All-Star Game on Sunday.James stood center court and was recognized by the Los Angeles Lakers fan base before the home game against the Utah Jazz on Feb. 10. James has averaged 24.3 points, 9.0 assists and 7.7 rebounds in 34.5 minutes in 32 games this season. James will extend his NBA record to ...
The annual Daytona 500 is back at the Dayton International Speedway to host some of the top drivers in the sport. Chase Briscoe won the Dayton 500 pole after qualifying results were finalized. Austin Cindric of Team Penske will join Briscoe in the front row. Bubba Wallace and Erik Jones are lined up immediately behind them to start the race. ...
The three-peat is complete. Orlando Magic guard Mac McClung won his third consecutive Slam Dunk Contest, becoming the first player in the event’s history to three-peat and joining Nate Robinson as the only players to ever win three titles. McClung, who plays for the Magic’s G League affiliate team, the Osceola Magic, completed each of his four dunks on the ...
A hallmark of ‘Saturday Night Live’ has been capturing – and skewering – pop culture with sharp, smart, and sometimes sophomoric comedy. Sport is not immune from that mission, including the games, athletes and announcers – right from the start on Oct. 11, 1975. In the first episode of ‘SNL,’ which celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend, sports were part ...
Despite the NBA’s best efforts over the last decade to juice up its All-Star Game to a vague level of competitiveness and credibility, it’s hard to see the league’s newest gimmick generating significantly different results this weekend than the Elam Ending or having LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo drafting the teams. If that’s the case, NBA commissioner Adam Silver will ...
The 2025 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest was over soon after it began. Mac McClung became the first player in NBA history to be crowned the slam dunk champion in three consecutive years after putting together four impressive dunks during the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend in San Francisco. McClung’s first dunk paid homage to 2011 Slam Dunk champion Blake Griffin, ...
Moments after fans at Montreal’s Bell Centre could be heard booing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ ahead of the Team USA vs. Team Canada showdown in the 4 Nations Face-Off on Saturday night, multiple fights broke out between players immediately after the puck was dropped to start play. As the opening face-off took place, the first donnybrook between Team USA’s Matthew Tkachuk ...
SAN FRANCISCO — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said another Steph Curry-Sabrina Ionescu 3-point All-Star shootout didn’t materialize because it felt forced this year vs. the organic nature of the popular and energetic Curry-Ionescu showdown at last year’s All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis. “Last year was so magical, that competition, that it started to feel forced (this year),” Silver said. “And I ...
Major League Baseball’ s offseason is truly an annual free-for-all, with more than 100 free agents aiming for guaranteed contracts and 30 general managers ready to strike when the right deal comes around. Yet there’s typically one traffic cop orchestrating much of the mayhem: Agent Scott Boras. For the past two winters, baseball’s silly season has been marked by a ...
NFL RedZone already underwent a major change at the end of the 2024 NFL season, introducing a few ads to its previously famous ‘seven hours of commercial-free football.’ The program may see another occur ahead of the 2025 NFL season, as long-time host Scott Hanson’s future with it is uncertain. Hanson has hosted NFL RedZone since the program’s creation in ...