This is your chance to dribble with your favourite basketball stars. Basketball fans, get ready to dribble with excitement. The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 are back, and they’re bringing a series of fan events that are bound to make your heart race faster. Returning to the capita for the third time, the event will...
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Nations League: Spain beat Switzerland 4-1 | NEWS.am Sport
Current European champions Spain were hosted by Switzerland and won 4-1 in the second round of the UEFA Nations League. Joselu, the striker of Spain and Al Gharafa, opened the scoring in the 4th minute. In the 13th minute, PSG midfielder Fabian Ruiz netted the guests’ second goal. In the 20th minute, Robin Le Normand,...
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TNT matches Amazon’s $1.8 billion media rights deal for NBA coverage
TNT is likely here to stay when it comes to NBA coverage. After Turner Sports lost out to Amazon and other outlets as it relates to media rights following the 2024-25 season, the company announced on Monday that it has matched Amazon’s $1.8 billion media rights deal with the Association. “We have reviewed the offers...
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NBA Draft grades for every team: Why Lakers, Jazz get top marks while Heat leave questions
Draft grades are undeniably a great way to make a writer look quite silly, but you know what? Everyone gets stuff wrong when evaluating players. Even the best evaluators working within the NBA get things wrong regularly. And ultimately, grades are a great way to reflect on how each team handled the NBA Draft and...
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Cooper Flagg headlines U.S. select team for Olympic training camp
Duke incoming freshman Cooper Flagg is among the 15 Americans selected to practice against Team USA next week in Las Vegas, which is both an honor for him and a possible harbinger for his future on the national team. Each summer in which the U.S. men’s basketball team competes internationally, a “select” team, usually composed...
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NBA free agency: Paul George tops strong group of wings
NBA free-agency breakdown: Overall Top 25 | Point Guards | Shooting Guards | Power Forwards | Centers The small forward position might offer the most inviting possibilities for cap space teams, with two legitimate difference-makers likely in unrestricted free agency in Paul George and OG Anunoby. Beyond that, multiple 3-and-D starting-caliber wings loom, making this...
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Pistons fire Monty Williams
Monty Williams is out as head coach of the Detroit Pistons, the team announced Wednesday. Pistons owner Tom Gores made the call to move on from Williams over the last 24 hours, per team sources. Williams signed one of the largest contracts in NBA history last June and has about $60 million left on the...
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NBA Player Tiers: Tyrese Haliburton, Tyrese Maxey and Tier 3’s All-Star level of play
This is the fifth annual NBA Player Tiers project, in which Seth Partnow names the top 125 players in the league after each season and then separates them into five distinct categories of value, each with their sub-categories to further delineate them. These are not meant to be read as firm 1-125 player rankings. Rather, they’re meant...
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Garden Party: Celtics wash away recent failures by winning 18th NBA championship
For bookkeeping purposes, the Boston Celtics secured their 18th NBA championship on June 17, 2024, at TD Garden. Drama? Well, no, there wasn’t much in the way of heart-pounding stuff, the Celtics closing out a breezy 106-88 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, with Boston’s vaunted J’s — Jayson...
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Van Gundy agrees to be Clippers’ lead assistant
Jeff Van Gundy and the LA Clippers have agreed to a deal that will bring the former television analyst to the organization as the lead assistant on coach Tyronn Lue’s staff, a team source confirmed Tuesday. ESPN first reported the news. Van Gundy, 62, spent the 2024 season as a senior consultant for the Boston...
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Celtics owner says Horford will return next season
After winning his first NBA title at 38 years old, Al Horford plans to return to the Boston Celtics next season, Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck said Tuesday. “Al is coming back for next year. That’s what I’ve been told. Age 38, which is unbelievable,” Grousbeck said on the “The Greg Hill Show” following the Celtics’...
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The Pulse: The first double sweep since 1995?
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Don’t go down 3-0 today. While You Were Sleeping: Woof, finals series For the second straight night, a top seed in a major professional sport won a tight game to...
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