A year-and-a-half ago, the Toronto Raptors became the first Canadian team to win the NBA Championship, dethroning the greatest dynasty in recent memory: The Golden State Warriors. In the months that followed, they lost their star player to free agency as well as another important starter, yet last season they
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Cigar Aficionado Debuts World Premiere of Michael Jordan: The Complete Video Interview
New York, NY—In 2017, NBA legend Michael Jordan sat down with Cigar Aficionado editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken for a rare, exclusive interview and video shoot for the magazine's special 25th-anniversary issue. Now, for the first time, the magazine will air the 58-minute Michael Jordan interview on Thursday, July 30 at 7pm
CNBC EXCLUSIVE: CNBC’S LESLIE PICKER WAPNER INTERVIEWS APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CO-FOUNDER JOSHUA HARRIS FROM CNBC INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR DELIVERING ALPHA CONFERENCE
Josh Harris talks about the Devils and 76ers and mentions Jack Hughes LESLIE PICKER: We could turn to sports if you want. Why don't we do that? Why don't we turn to sports? JOSHUA HARRIS: Great. LESLIE PICKER: Okay. So got a hockey team? JOSHUA HARRIS: Got a hockey team. LESLIE PICKER: Basketball team?
Five Takeaways from the 2019 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot
Interview with Charlotte Hornets rookie Devonte Graham
Yesterday’s star – George Mikan
The NBA draft this 2017 version seems more frenetic than ever. Prospects are dissected, analyzed, and compared to heroes of yesteryear. There is the pre-draft camp, the endless talk show hustle as well as fantasy drafts. Preceded by hype, hope and hoopla, the NBA Draft finally will finally arrive with
Sports Bookshelf
NBA Play-offs looming and big-time books about basketball all over the place. What follows is your faithful reviewers picks – all slam dunks. Golden by Marcus Thompson II (Touchstone, $26.00, 259 pages) is sub-titled “the miraculous rise of Seth Curry” and it is all about that and much more. Thompson, who
NBA TEAM NICKNAMES, A SHORT HISTORY
Bill Russell One of Three Recipients of Muhammad Ali Legacy Award
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bill Russell, who led the University of San Francisco (USF) to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 1955 and ’56 and won 11 NBA Championships in his 13-year professional career with the Boston Celtics, has been selected as one of three recipients for the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy