NBA 2K23 is like watching your favorite team clank a wide-open dunk to lose the game. They’d been playing well the whole time, with on-court gameplay that’s better than ever, plus various retro modes that are amazing for basketball history nerds like myself, and there is a litany of modes meant to hold your interest …
The human brain, studies have shown, is wired to scout for the bad stuff. We have a natural tendency to focus on the negative as opposed to positive experiences. In the sports take industrial complex, fans and media alike feed off the engagement dopamine rush of picking at the struggles of a player or franchise. …
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They’re not breaking up the band quite yet. They’re not even thinking about breaking up the band at the moment. They’re still loaded with cash, banners, trophies and talent, and the Warriors would like to remain that way for more light-years than you can count. Sure, the Warriors have some tough financial decisions coming up. …
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0 of 7 Elsa/Getty Images Professional sports remain the peak of reality television, and few leagues offer quite as much drama as the NBA. Like any good story, it has good guys and villains. You can’t really have that tension without having both. And for today’s slideshow, we’re only looking at one side of that …
Team Canada’s AmeriCup run came to an end on Sunday night with a heartbreaking loss to the United States in the Bronze medal game. While Canada surpassed many people’s expectations of them coming into the tournament with a young and inexperienced roster — including just three holdovers from the Olympic Qualifiers earlier this summer — …
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Ask any basketball enthusiast — from the casual participants to the hardcore junkies — of their shortlist of the best defensive teams in the league, and they’ll give you differing answers. The Boston Celtics’ unholy trinity of length, switchability, and rim protection is a blend that arguably no other team in the league can boast …
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It’s time to unveil the results of The Athletic‘s first-ever Philadelphia 76ers fan survey. We received 1,120 responses. And while the data here is not nearly enough to speak for the entire Sixers fan base, it provides a feel for where things stand heading into the 2022-23 season. One note on the survey methodology before …
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Roughly 36 hours after moving on from Kyrie Irving, the Lakers executed a trade that helps the franchise in both the short and long term. In their first move since signing LeBron James to an extension last week, the Lakers traded Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson to Utah in exchange for Patrick Beverley, as first …
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The Lisfranc joint, one of the lamest joints in the country, was named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin. Big Cousteau was a gynecologist of considerable achievement who found himself bandaging up Lil’ Napoleon’s army. A field surgeon in the Napoleonic Wars. A lifeguard in a hurricane. One who grinds. One day, a French soldier …
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Carrying the last name of perhaps the greatest NBA player of all time has its benefits, but also has its challenges. For high school star LeBron James Jr., better known as “Bronny,” that includes the lofty expectations surrounding his development as a prospect. It all adds up to intrigue if — as LeBron James himself …