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Basketball

Hawks Fire Veteran Coach Nate McMillan After Just Two Years In Charge

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 22 2023

The Atlanta Hawks have parted ways with their veteran head coach Nate McMillan after just two years with the Franchise. McMillan is one of the most experienced coaches in the…

Nate McMillan
Basketball

Jayson Tatum Named All-Star MVP After Record 55 Points

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 20 2023

Jayson Tatum was named All-Star MVP on Sunday after the Boston star broke the previous points record for the All-Star game, with Tatum scoring an incredible 55 points in the…

Jayson Tatum
Basketball

Kevin Durant Means Business For the Suns: “We’ve got work to do”

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 17 2023

Durant was unveiled to the media for the first time as a Phoenix player on Thursday, with the 13-time All-Star answering questions in front of 3,000 excited Suns fans. The…

KD Suns
Basketball

Giannis Suffers Sprained Wrist vs Bulls, Could Miss All-Star Game

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 17 2023

Giannis Antetokounmpo exited the Bucks win against the Bulls on Thursday night after suffering a wrist injury, with a scan later revealing a sprain to the two-time MVP’s right wrist. Antetokounmpo…

Giannis injury
Basketball

Cavaliers To Buy Out Kevin Love Contract: Heat Emerge As Favourites To Sign

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 16 2023

Kevin Love is the final remaining member of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 2016 Championship winning side, however his time in Cleveland looks to be up after five years in Forest City….

Kevin Love
Editorial

Joel Embiid Unsure If He’ll Play In the All-Star Game: “We’ll see how the next few days go”

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 16 2023

Ahead of this weekends exhibition game, the NBA world was left disappointed to see the likes of Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and Zion Williamson all withdrawing from the match and…

Embiid
Basketball

Dunk Contest and Skills Challenge Competitors Announced for All-Star Weekend

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 15 2023

The All-Star weekend is just around the corner and although many will be focused on the game itself, there is plenty of other action going on including the Skills Challenge…

all star weekend
Basketball

Shaedon Sharpe Drops Dunk Of The Season Contender On Kyle Kuzma

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 15 2023

With the NBA Dunk Contest just days away, we may have witnessed one of the dunks of the year from Shaedon Sharpe of the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night….

Shaedon Sharpe dunk
Editorial

Kyrie Irving Refuses To Answer Contract Questions: “I’m focusing on what we have ahead as a team”

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 14 2023

Kyrie Irving refused to answer any questions regarding a long-term contract at the Mavericks after their loss against the Timberwolves, saying his focus is on the rest of the season…

Kyrie Irving
Editorial

Steph Curry Hoping To Return To Action Shortly After All-Star Game

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 14 2023

The NBA world was filled with disappointment when Steph Curry announced he would miss the All-Star game this season after picking up an injury against the Mavericks, and the superstar…

curry
Basketball

Ben Simmons Sees His Minutes Decline Yet Again After Horror Show vs Knicks

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 14 2023

Ben Simmons has been a walking disaster in the NBA for the past couple of seasons and this week Nets fans were forced to endure yet another painful performance from…

Ben Simmons
NHL

New York Rangers Score In Overtime To Break Calgary Flames Hearts

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 7 2023

Alexis Lafreniere scored just one minute and 37 seconds into overtime to seal a dramatic 5-4 win for his New York Rangers against Calgary Flames at Madison Square Garden on Monday…

Rangers vs Flames
Editorial

Sean Payton Warns Denvor Broncos Of New Culture Of Discipline At First Press Conference

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 7 2023

Sean Payton was officially introduced to the media on Monday afternoon and discussed what changes he will make as Broncos head coach as well as what is expected of his…

Sean Payton
Basketball

Jason Kidd Backs Kyire Irving To Make The Dallas Mavericks NBA Title Contenders

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 7 2023

Kyrie Irving has completed his blockbuster trade to the Dallas Mavericks from the Nets and head coach Jason Kidd says the new addition to the Dallas roster could make them…

Kyrie Irving
American Football

Joe Montana Would Choose Jimmy Garoppolo over Trey Lance and Brock Purdy as 49ers QB

Author image Olly Taliku  •  Feb 6 2023

The 49ers QB position is very much up in the air right now after a season riddled with injuries meant third string QB Brock Purdy led the offence for most…

Joe Montana
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