Category: Basketball
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Why college athletes should be able to profit from their likeness
By Kyle Block In the United States millions of fans spend time watching college sports whenever available. Whether watching to support a local team, to support one’s alma mater, or to watch highly skilled competition there is always an audience and money to be made through collegiate sports. While billions of dollars in revenue come…
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Shaq Pays For Stranger’s Engagement Ring. “I’m Just Trying To Make People Smile.”
By Zac Cornell NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal proves once again why he is such a beloved role model. The super successful sportscaster and businessman admits that he commits random acts of kindness every day to help make people happy. One lucky recipient of his generosity was a young man who was in Zales jewelry store…
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NBA Early Season Takeaways
By Zac Cornell Even without in-person fans in the NBA, the league has started off with a hot start. Many surprises and breakouts have occurred thus far and I expect many more. There have been shocks and disappointments as teams strive to find their chemistry and consistency, all the while dealing with the distraction of…
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The WNBA’s Role in Raphael Warnock’s Senate Win in Georgia
By Zac Cornell Political and social activism among athletes is a powerful force, and the WNBA players who rallied behind newly elected Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock can claim a significant amount of credit for his historic win over incumbent Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler. A major cause of Loeffler’s defeat can be traced back to when…
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NBA Top-10 Mock Draft
By Zac Cornell Now that the 2020 season has been concluded in Orlando, we can start moving on towards the offseason. And that all begins tonight. The NBA draft is happening at 7pm EST and it will be streamed on ESPN. Due to COVID, the draft will be held virtually with NBA commissioner Adam Silver…
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An Interview with NBA’s Paul Hirschheimer
By Cameron Song Paul Hirschheimer, a Westchester resident for the past 17 years, has built a thirty two year career with the NBA by capturing the stories and drama of professional basketball through the eyes of a fan. “Hirshey” took his passion for sports and sports fandom and worked his way up from a production…
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2020 NBA Free Agency
By Samuel Kobi This year the NBA free agent class isn’t the most impressive. The end of the season has hurt many teams financially, but few are looking to acquire new players to be part of the team. At the top of the list is: 1. Anthony Davis(Power Forward/Center) 2019-20 Stats: 26.1ppg, 9.3 rebounds, 3.2…
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Jimmy Butler The Coffee Mogul
By Zac Cornell The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a lot of career pivots and innovative entrepreneurs, but perhaps one of the more surprising new business enterprises being born is Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler’s foray into the coffee industry. While living In the NBA bubble, in response to many NBA players complaints about subpar coffee,…
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WNBA Gets Support From NBA Players and Other Celebs #OrangeHoodie
By Zac Cornell The WNBA notoriously gets less attention than their male counterparts in the NBA, and over the years many NBA players from Kobe Bryant who was a huge supporter of women’s basketball to Stephen Curry who brings his daughters to watch games, have shown their support and sought to raise the profile of…
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Sabrina Ionescu Is The First 2020 Draft Pick for the WNBA Gianna Bryant and Mamba Academy Teammates Are Honorary Draft Picks
By Zac Cornell Sabrina Ionescu, the history-making top point guard for the Oregon Ducks was unsurprisingly the first pick in this year’s WNBA draft and will be joining the New York Liberty. The superstar basketball player is a new marquee name for the WNBA and is expected to help raise the profile of the New…
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