Defending champs Denver Nuggets gear up for LA Lakers rematch, with Michael Porter Jr.'s performance in focus.
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Tragic week for Porter family as brother Jontay is banned from NBA for life for gambling and other brother Coban sentenced to six years in prison for fatal DUI crash. It's understandable if MPJ doesn't perform up to snuff against Lakers in playoffs.
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She is a three-time All-American and the two-time national player of the year. Clark is a bad m**** f****. But there has been a lot of talk that she’s the greatest women' player ever because that's what everyone wants and needs her to be.
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Mookie Betts is hitting a sizzling .369 and Top 5 in MLB in all offensive categories. Once thought of as an elite outfielder, Mookie has a chance to become one of the Mount Rushmore shortstops as well, if he keeps this up. This has never been done.
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These women are more than athletes and coaches. They are also teachers, educating those unfamiliar with Black culture and the Black woman in positions of power and influence. Normalizing the greatness of their existence and erasing the taboo.
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'When I lost or got swept, it ain't have nothing to do with the coach,' Shaq said. 'Me. It's all me, because I'm the one driving the bus.'

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If anyone represents the United States game in its truth, it’s Kyrie Irving, with his playground flair, unrivaled ball-handling skills, and mastery at the basket. It brought him a championship and a perennial position amongst the league’s elite performers.
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Irving also addressed the potential damage that his “reputation” as a locker room malcontent might have done to influence his Team USA omission. He recently told reporters he’s fed up with the various negative narratives surrounding him.

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Aces superstar A’ja Wilson and Liberty superstar Breanna Stewart have won four of the last six MVP awards. What's wild, is neither is in the top ten for annual salaries. In fact, Stewart ranks 15th and Wilson 17th.

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'in a sport where 70% of the players are Black Women, 0 % would be worthy of a shoe or marketable to the people who are watching them?'

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Blame Ice Cube for this mess. When he announced — or did not deny — that he had offered Iowa star Cailtin Clark $5 million to become the first woman in his 3-on-3 Big3 League, it created a firestorm of backlash from Black women.
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Women’s basketball has hit the front stage. This is what women athletes have wanted for many years as they struggled to be seen and respected and have their talents appreciated, especially in the game of basketball.
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Being treated as an equal doesn’t always mean that things get better or easier.
From Sydney Carter’s Wardrobe To Angel Reese’s Attitude, Women’s Basketball Has To Embrace New Attention and Expect Some Ignorance

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MLB teams have their reasons for not signing former Cy Young pitcher Trevor Bauer, and it has been a frustrating road as the pitcher tried to clear his name in the aftermath of sexual assault accusations, which he denied.
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Despite still not being signed by an MLB club, Trevor Bauer is receiving some vindication as one of the women who accused the former pitcher of sexual assault has been charged with defrauding the baseball player and extorting him with a fake pregnancy.

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Anthony Edwards might have something to say about this. Who else?

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After Zion Williamson got injured and had to leave the game, Mills' IG post was all about vengeance. She couldn’t wait to rub it in, like a 10-year-old child. She hasn’t gotten over her failed position as once-valued side piece. It’s always venom.

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In the aftermath of Zion Williamson having to leave the game after scoring 40 points and watching the Pelicans’ playoff hopes go down the drain to the L.A. Lakers, his scorned IG star ex-flame Moriah Mills had no sympathy for the injury-plagued forward.
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The NY Jets hope Rodgers can keep a zip on his lips until he delivers what he came to New York to do. It certainly wasn’t to offer his conspiracy theories.

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Aaron Rodgers has some free time before he takes another crack at leading the Jets on a deep playoff run. Last year’s attempt lasted one game, and while he has been rehabbing, he’s also had time to do more reading and research.
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