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NBA has created the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Award. The new annual league honor that recognizes a current player pursuing social justice while upholding its values of equality, diversity and inclusion. Over the course of a 20-year NBA career and for decades after, Abdul-Jabbar embodied such qualities in dedicating his life to the fight for equality. […]
Hip Hop artist J. Cole is now a member of the Basketball Africa League’s Rwanda Patriots BBC. Cole, 36, arrived in Rwanda two days ago and is in the midst of quarantining, and will reportedly play between three and six games with the team, the first of which will be on Sunday against Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers, […]
Top officials at the NBA and MLB are asking visitors to prove they’ve gotten their shots with “vaccine passport.” Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, are among a longer list of sports spaces that now require digital vaccine verifications. Using an app called Health Pass from technology company Clear for COVID-19 screening showing […]
Alex Rodriguez and former Walmart CEO Marc Lore are working together to buy the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves. The agreement, which also includes the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx, opens a 30-day window for negotiations to be finalized. If accountants and attorneys for both sides agree, the deal would then need to be approved by the league. The reported […]
Los Angeles native and NBA Star Russell Westbrook is planning to open a middle and a high school. “The Russell Westbrook Why Not? Academy will deliver world-class education to South Los Angeles youth grades 6 through 12. Westbrook and his wife Nina Earl, who have three children are working on the academy together with Westbrook’s […]
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving thinks the NBA’s logo needs an update. Suggesting the logo be Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Irving posted a picture on Instagram. The current NBA logo is modeled after Jerry West — a Hall of Fame guard who spent all 14 seasons of his career with the Lakers. West joined […]
According to officials in New Hanover County, Virginia, the NBA champion Michael Jordan has donated over $10 million to open two medical clinics that will help the uninsured or underinsured residents in his hometown. Jordan gave a statement, saying: “Everyone should have access to quality health care, no matter where they live, or whether or […]
NBA Charlotte Hornets Star Rookie LaMelo Ball is suppling hundreds of homeless people in Charlotte, N.C., with blankets during the peak winter months. According to TMZ Sports, Ball is working with the Salvation Army to donate 500 blankets to charitable organization’s in an effort to assist the homeless. The gesture comes at a very crucial time for […]
Longtime supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has shown a great kindness to the family of George Floyd. When he was on “The Rematch” podcast with former NBA player Eten Thomas, fellow former NBA player Stephen Jackson said that Irving bought Floyd’s family a house. Jackson himself was […]
Former NBA and reality Tv star Lamar Odom is the latest Athlete to sign up for a celebrity boxing match. The ex has been a Khloe Kardashian signed a contract with celebrity boxing and will have a fight coming up on June 12th in Atlantic City New Jersey. That’s right now Lamar Odom doesn’t have […]