Tag: nba
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Draymond Green and Jordan Poole Altercation
By Andrew Cheigh Just last week, a video surfaced on the Internet of Draymond Green, an all-star power forward for the Golden State Warriors known for his animated reactions on and off the court, violently punching and knocking out his teammate, Jordan Poole, in the middle of practice. In the video, Green and Poole appeared…
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End of Season NBA Awards Predictions
By Andrew Cheigh and Judson Schnall With the NBA All-Star break on its way, we are going to predict the NBA awards for the season. Coach of the Year (COTY) : Andrew: Billy Donavon (Chicago Bulls) Just last year, the Bulls missed the playoffs, winning only 31 games. Billy Donavon’s Bulls have already surpassed 31…
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The NBA and LegalZoom Partner To Support Underrepresented Small Business Founders
By Zac Cornell The NBA announced a new multi-year partnership with LegalZoom to provide financial grants and support for underrepresented small business founders. The first program in the partnership is the “Fast Break for Small Business” initiative. The program has set aside $3 million for capital and $3 million for services to help support people…
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LaMelo Ball Scholarship Giveaway
By Zac Cornell The 2021 NBA Rookie of the year and Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball has launched a scholarship for students looking to study Sports Management, or Sports Communications and Marketing. The four-year scholarship is part of the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports and Entertainment at Long Island University in Brooklyn. The Roc…
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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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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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LeBron James’ More Than a Vote Initiative Has Recruited 10,000 Poll Workers
By Zac Cornell LeBron James’ More Than a Vote initiative to recruit poll workers to Black electoral districts has been an extraordinary success. The “We Got Next” campaign that the group launched in collaboration with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund has recruited 10,000 volunteers over two weeks! James has become the leading voice in the…
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