3 min readMay 4, 2025 07:21 PM IST NBA’s widely adored coach Gregg Popovich stepped down this week from his head coach duties of San Antonio Spurs. The 76-year-old had suffered a stroke last November but has returned in capacity of president of basketball operations, while Mitch Johnson takes over. Popovic or Coach Pop was…
2 min readUpdated: May 13, 2025 10:41 PM IST The legendary six-time champion basketballer Michael Jordan, who is rarely seen or heard in the circuit, has been roped in as special correspondent on NBC’s coverage of the NBA league in USA. NBC are returning as a rights-holder of the league next season as part of…
3 min readUpdated: May 15, 2025 11:58 AM IST Former NBA champions Golden State Warriors were eliminated from the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves one step away from the Western Conference finals. The Warriors were forced to play without star Stephen Curry, who has been out with a hamstring strain since the second quarter in…
4 min readUpdated: May 22, 2025 05:40 PM IST Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was voted as the NBA regular-season MVP on Wednesday night, beating former MVP-winning superstars like Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo. Gilgeous-Alexander winning the MVP title means that for the seven consecutive year, a player born outside the US — extending the longest such streak…
3 min readUpdated: Jun 23, 2025 01:13 AM IST NBA Finals: Oklahoma City Thunder will host Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals in a few hours and ticket prices to watch the season finale at Oklahoma City’s Paycom Arena are through the roof! According to an article on Sports Illustrated, courtside seating…
2 min readJul 30, 2025 06:40 PM IST The WNBA game between Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream was interrupted at the end by a neon green sex toy thrown on the court by a fan on Wednesday which led to a delay as officials contemplated their next step. Finally, a security officer removed…
3 min readUpdated: Aug 7, 2025 10:34 AM IST Just five days after she lashed out on Twitter against fans throwing sex toys on court during WNBA games, Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham was almost hit by one herself as her team took on Sparks in an encounter in Los Angeles. This marks the fourth…
3 min readAug 14, 2025 04:22 PM IST For the largest price ever paid for an American professional sports team, a consortium led by private equity mogul Bill Chisholm will take at least 51 percent control of Boston Celtics, the most successful franchise in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The NBA has…
3 min readSep 10, 2025 02:27 AM IST NBA great LeBron James wrote a rare op-ed in Chinese state media this week, pointing to basketball as an avenue for diplomacy amid tensions with the U.S. Writing in Monday’s edition of the People’s Daily newspaper, the 40-year-old Los Angeles Lakers star said “basketball is not only…
2 min readUpdated: Oct 24, 2025 01:09 PM IST NBA Hall of Fame Chauncey Billups, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, and Terry Rozier, a guard with the Miami Heat, were among the 30 people who were charged with two separate federal gambling investigations, which involved the mafia and the league. The schemes included…
