Imagn Images The enshrinement of the 2025 Naismith Hall of Fame class is about a month away, and in preparation for the event, the list of presenters has been announced. There’s no shortage of star power in the names that will be presenting the nine members of the 2025 class featuring Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, … Read more
Getty Images NBA veteran Marcus Morris has had the fraud and theft charges against him dropped according to court documents obtained by KLAS 8 News Now. The 13-year veteran was arrested at a south Florida airport on July 27 and was charged with fraud for writing a check with insufficient funds to pay a gambling … Read more
The halcyon days of American men’s basketball players bulldozing their way to international gold medals are long gone, and last year’s heated Olympic battles with Serbia and France reminded us just how important roster-building has become for Team USA. Compiling a hodgepodge of the 12 best players you can find is no longer an option … Read more
This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. 🏈 Good morning to all but especially to … NFL FANS Even if the preseason is just an appetizer for the … Read more
As arguably the most promising American prospect since LeBron James, the spotlight would have shined brightly on Cooper Flagg regardless of his draft destination. Flagg landing on the Dallas Mavericks, following their unprecedented stroke of lottery luck in the wake of a season of shocking change, only adds to the intrigue. It also puts Flagg … Read more
Getty Images The New England Patriots were out at practice on Wednesday and another Boston sports star — Jayson Tatum of the Celtics — was on hand. Notably, Tatum, roughly three months after suffering an Achilles tear in the NBA playoffs, was seen without a boot and walking rather comfortably. Tatum suffered a torn right … Read more
Getty Images Things are looking up in Lakerland as of late after the team signed franchise centerpiece Luka Doncic to a three-year, $165 million contract extension last week. It locks in Dončić for the foreseeable future, and now the Lakers can focus on building a contender around their superstar point guard. After acquiring Dončić in … Read more
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Jayson Tatum was spotted at practice on Wednesday — just not on a basketball court. The Celtics star made an appearance at the New England Patriots’ joint training camp practice with the Washington Commanders. Jayson Tatum, who had surgery in May to repair a torn Achilles tendon, was seen at Patriots training … Read more
I’ll admit, after last year’s ranking of every traded first-round pick in the NBA, I assumed I’d discovered the pattern. The 2022 ranking included 47 draft picks. The 2023 ranking had 56. Last year, we got up to 68. I figured we were headed for linear growth and that this year, we’d land somewhere around … Read more
I’ll admit, after last year’s ranking of every traded first-round pick in the NBA, I assumed I’d discovered the pattern. The 2022 ranking included 47 draft picks. The 2023 ranking had 56. Last year, we got up to 68. I figured we were headed for linear growth and that this year, we’d land somewhere around … Read more
This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. Happy Wednesday! This is Will Backus, here to get you caught up on all the sports news you need to know … Read more
When LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, it had been five years since the franchise’s last NBA postseason appearance, a drought as antithetical as it gets for a team that prior to that dry spell had only missed the playoffs five times in its 65-year existence. Now, five years removed from … Read more