The Miami Heat and BankUnited are offering $25,000 in scholarship funds to high school seniors attending Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe or Palm Beach schools. Scholarship applications are available each school year and recipients are awarded in May. Students with financial needs are giving priority. This will be the eighteenth year that the Miami Heat has offered scholarships. Scholarships are […]
It all started with the Twitter hashtag, #LeBronMeetEbony, that went viral in February, as the Milwaukee community rallied around a cancer-struck athlete. According to Fox Sports, Ebony Nettles-Bey, a standout girls basketball player for Verona High School, not only got to meet her hero on Saturday, but she also led the Heat onto the court […]
Indiana Pacers star Paul George was believed to be the victim of an elaborate online hoax. According to many outlets George– and other NBA players–were…
Poor Nick Young! Burglars struck his place and robbed him while he was playing for the LA Lakers! Young came back to a broken home … a broken INTO home, that is! And now law enforcement is investigating the crime. “I walked in and saw drawers open, clothes all over the floor. I know I […]
Indiana Pacers star Paul George is the alleged victim of an online catfish scheme, sending naked selfies to what he believed to be a woman. Turns out it was a gay male who schemed him (and others, including Kenyon Martin and rapper Romeo) all along and is now making the scandalous photos public. George says that photos that recently surfaced […]
The oftentimes troubled ex-NBA-star Jayson Williams (pictured) reportedly filed a lawsuit last year against his former landlord, the Berkeley Hall Club. The filing against the…
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has finally met his estranged father after 42 years of separation, following an exhibition game in the Philippines. (Photo: AP) Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has finally met his estranged father after 42 years of separation, following an exhibition game in the Philippines. Philander Rodman Jr., who has acknowledged fathering […]
Shaquille O’Neal is a big figure in sports. But he’s also a big figure in working to help young people through various charitable programs and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He and his mother, Lucille O’Neal, are working together with the Boys and Girl’s Clubs of America, of which Shaq was a member, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert apologized Sunday morning for using a gay slur and cursing during his news conference after Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. About 12 hours after he made the comments, the team issued a statement from Hibbert in which he said he was sorry for his “insensitive […]
Lindsey Hunter is in select company as interim head coach of the Phoenix Suns. The former Jackson State point guard is just the sixth HBCU product to be head coach of an NBA team, joining Earl Lloyd (West Virginia State), Willis Reed (Grambling State), Al Attles (North Carolina A&T), Bob Hopkins (Grambling State) and Avery […]
Fans can see what happens when the amazing 1992 Dream Team goes up against this year’s Olympic gold medal winner once NBA 2K13 hits the shelves this fall. (Photo: AP) Michael and Magic versus Kobe and LeBron? Sounds like a dream matchup, and it could be coming to a video game console near […]
The Knicks have until 11:59 p.m. EDT Tuesday to match Houston’s three-year, $25 million offer sheet or release Lin. (Photo: AP) Time to make a decision, New York. Keep Jeremy Lin, or let him go? The Knicks have until 11:59 p.m. EDT Tuesday to match Houston’s three-year, $25 million offer sheet or release […]
