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The two-time defending WNBA champions LV Aces drafted Dyaisha Fair 16th overall in the early second round. 𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 😮💨 With the 16th pick in the 2024 #WNBADraft, the Las Vegas Aces select @DyaishaFair from @CuseWBB!#ALLINLV pic.twitter.com/1JomMrAKeE — Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) April 16, 2024 Dyaisha Fair, a 5-foot-5 guard, becomes just the sixth […]
Dyaisha Fair, a 5-foot-5 guard from Rochester and a Syracuse University player, has defied the odds to make her mark in NCAA women’s basketball history. Starting her journey with a bold declaration to her high school coach at Edison Tech, Fair faced skepticism due to her height but never let it deter her ambition. She […]
Allen Iverson is one of the greatest basketball players to ever step on the hardwood. Newport News, a city in Virginia, honored The Answer by naming a street after him. Moving forward, 16th Street in Newport News will now be known as “Allen Iverson Way.” The NBA Hall Of Famer will take a trip to the city for the […]
The Los Angeles Lakers have commemorated Kobe Bryant, the late basketball icon, by unveiling the first of three statues in his honor outside the Crypto.com Arena. The statue captures a memorable moment from Bryant’s career: he points to the sky after scoring 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in 2006, marking the second-highest point total […]
Greece, N.Y. (WROC) – Over two decades after James Reaves Sr.’s stellar basketball career at Edison Tech and professional play, his legacy continues through his nephews at Athena High School, Greece, NY. Khorie, a senior guard, and his junior twin brothers, I’zayah and I’zick, have propelled the Athena Trojans to an unbeaten season, echoing their […]
According to a recent Bloomberg report, NBA icon Michael Jordan’s net worth currently sits at $3.5 billion, the largest fortune any athlete within the organization has earned. This is attributed to a licensing deal with Nike the recent sale of his majority stake in the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, and other major investments. According to a report […]
Rochester native Isaiah Stewart has agreed to a 4-year $64 million with the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. https://twitter.com/Dreamville_33/status/1678585141420244994 Source: WHEC-TV
The Aquinas Grad and Penn State college All-American Jalen Pickett was the 32nd overall NBA pick by the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the NBA Draft. The journey for Pickett to reach the NBA was a long one. He left Aquinas as a state champion, but with no Division I offers. After a […]
The TV ratings for Sunday’s national championship game between LSU and Iowa are in. Tigers notching a 102-85 victory for the program’s first-ever title. The game drew in 9.9 million viewers making it the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record, according to ESPN. On the streaming side, the game was the most-watched sporting event—men’s […]
Congratulations, to Rochester’s Own Jeenathan Williams. The UPrep grad signed a two-year deal to join the Portland Trail Blazers. Williams, spent his college career at Buffalo, before joining the NBA G League’s Salt Lake City Stars after going undrafted in the 2022 NBA draft. He has averaged 14.4 points in G League action this year. […]