Basketball

SAN FRANCISCO–Klay Thompson dropped 30 points and hit eight 3-pointers to lead the Warriors past the Los Angeles Lakers 127-100 in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinals series at the Chase Center on Thursday, May 4. The series is even at 1-1, the Lakers still managed to get the split with Tuesday nights opening victory. The incredible performance marked...

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Lakers shocked the entire sports world by signing the NBA's greatest player, LeBron James on Sunday, July 1. King James inked a 4-year contract for $153 million. The city of Angels rejoiced as news quickly spread; after five  years of agony and losing, the Purple and Gold are once again relevant. James, 33, is a four time...

SHERMAN OAKS—Former UCLA basketball star Tyler Honeycutt was found dead on Saturday, July 7 after a shootout with police. Honeycutt, 27, was a former NBA player from Sylmar, California. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Honeycutt's mother called the police because he was behaving erratically. It is unclear what caused his erratic...

UNITED STATES—The talent on display in the NBA these days is absolutely outrageous, those of you born in the 80s or early 90s even will have a point of reference for just how good the game has gotten over the last 10-20 years. Put it this way, you remember the Monstars from Space Jam? They’d stand no chance against...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IND—Rallying from 14points down the UCLA Bruins earned a furious come from behind overtime victory over the Michigan State Spartans, 86-80 in the play in round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 18 at Mackey Arena. The tandem of Johnny Juzang and Jaime Jaquez Jr. led the way as the Bruins outscored the Spartans 53-36 in the...

SAN FRANCISCO—The paradigm shifts in the NBA will be on full display for the first time on Friday, October 4. The newly formed, star-studded teams in the Bay Area and Los Angeles took to practice and media day earlier this week. New additions in D'Angelo Russell for the Golden State Warriors and Anthony Davis for the Los Angeles Lakers...

UNITED STATES—The 2019 NCAA Tournament has been a whirlwind for basketball teams. Several #1 seeds fell to the waistline, surprises were delivered and when the dust settled it was all down to #3 seeded Texas Tech doing battle against #1 Virginia. Yes, I will admit after my Spartans lost to Texas Tech, I was not that happy to see...

SAN FRANCISCO—James Wiseman, the center for the Golden State Warriors is out for the rest of the season after tearing his right knee. He will also need time to recover from surgery. The injury took place during the Golden State Warriors game against the Houston Rockets on Saturday, April 10. During the second quarter, he dunked over the Rocket's Kenyan...

UNITED STATES—On Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4, Lebron James and Anthony Davis re-signed new contracts with the Los Angeles Lakers. Anthony Davis, 27, a Lakers Forward, signed a 5 year contract for $190 million, which is the maximum contract a player can sign, with an option for easy termination after the fourth year.  Davis is on track to...

UNITED STATES─In my personal opinion, March is that one month during the year that is a tricky one. How so? It’s like a transition from winter to spring, and then you really don’t have too many holidays. I really wouldn’t call St. Patrick's Day a holiday, but as I’ve aged, it really is one. It’s like the biggest drinking...