Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant further etched his name in the history of the NBA as he moved past former Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O’Neal on the league’s all-time scoring list on Wednesday. The 35-year-old scored 22 points in the Suns’ win over the Philadelphia 76ers at Phoenix’s Footprint Center to take his career total to 28,610 career points in 1,048 games....
Novak Djokovic paid tribute to Kobe Bryant as he cliched a 24th Grand Slam title by defeating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in the final of the US Open on Sunday. The game was a rematch of the 2021 final which Medvedev won in straight sets. Djokovic came into the tournament having been triumphant at the Australian Open and French Open before losing to Carlos...
Seventeen-time NBA champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, revealed on Thursday that they will be paying tribute to Hall of Famer and former NBA star Kobe Bryant with a statue in front of the franchise’s Crypto.com Arena, next year. The Lakers announced that Bryant, who spent the entirety of his 20-year NBA career with them, will have his statue erected on February 8, 2024, a date that...
Vanessa Bryant, the wife of former Los Angeles Lakers star and basketball legend Kobe Bryant, has settled her outstanding claims with the Los Angeles County police over photos they shared after his unfortunate demise three years ago. The LA County deputies made the graphic pictures of the fatal helicopter crash available to the public and they have now agreed to pay Kobe’s widow approximately $29 million...
Like the popular William Shakespeare’s saying, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”, the story of LeBron James encapsulates the thought behind this great quote. Coming into the NBA at the age of 18, a young James had so much expected of him, unlike any other player before him, but the now 20-year veteran continues to make a case...
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