Over in Turkey, the FIBA U17 World Cup rolls on, and the U.S. finished up group play by just gobsmacking Italy, 131-80, and now moves on to the knockout round. We don’t know beans about Italy’s team, ...

The FIBA U17 World Cup is always a chance to see young players, and in this year’s edition, that’s more true than ever. Most Duke fans had no idea just how good Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje is because he ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Cameron Boozer and his fellow rookie teammates, Karim Lopez and Richie Saunders, have been introduced to ...

New York Knicks legend Willis Reed is most famous for courageously taking the court in Game 7 of the 1970 Finals despite a very serious leg injury, and scoring the first two baskets. However, there ...

We’ve said for a long time that it’s probably better to be drafted later by a team with a great culture than it is to be taken earlier by a team with a lesser culture. So we were really excited for ...

This is a pretty great article from The Athletic about Duke Basketball in the ‘90s. Those who were around for the early part of the Krzyzewski era will remember that for a while, it was a real uphill ...

The NBA hasn’t always been what it is today. In the earliest days, it was kind of cobbled together, and some guys turned down contracts because they had better offers from other employers. No one made ...

When Larry Bird entered the NBA, he had plenty of doubters. He didn’t pass the eye test: he was slow, couldn’t jump, and was ghostly white. Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan figured it out quickly.

You may remember that in 2025, Charlotte tried to trade Mark Williams to the Los Angeles Lakers, but they canceled the trade after a physical uncovered some problems they had not been aware of. Later ...

The finer points of soccer, or football if you must, are lost on most Americans, present company included. Give us a Eurostep, please, or maybe a step-back three. That said, the World Cup has, as it ...

So the draft is over, and what does it mean for the many tentacles of the Brotherhood? Let’s look at it. Well, some of them, anyway. There’s a lot of sifting and sorting to be done yet. First, this ...