The Newport native will soon find himself in the NBA, and people in and around the league expect him to make a winning difference right away.
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Cooper Flagg’s next move should be obvious
Even though the end of Duke’s season was abrupt, the Newport hoops phenom should move on to the NBA without hesitation.
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Celtics fend off Pelicans’ upset bid, 120-119
Jayson Tatum helps Boston recover from a slow start in a game that featured the return of New Orleans’ star Zion Williamson.
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The power of Kobe Bryant
Four years after NBA legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter Gianna and 7 others, on Jan. 26, 2020, his memory endures in many tangible forms.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Bill Russell was ‘an arrogant Negro’ to the end
To speak up in the 1960s was dangerous – to livelihood and, conceivably, to life. Russell did it anyway. And kept doing it.
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Our View: Bill Russell’s legacy goes far beyond his 11 championships
A principled and uncompromising activist, Russell used his status to stand up for racial justice.
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NBA notebook: Kerr expects Steph Curry to play in Game 4
Steph Curry injured his foot in the fourth quarter of Game 3.
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Another View: NBA players’ strike was the most powerful message they could send
Slogans and ‘Black Lives Matter’ T-shirts don’t get the point across, even when you’re famous.
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UMaine’s Edniesha Curry gets taste of NBA Summer League
The only female assistant coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball, Curry was a guest coach for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Summer League.
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Leonard Pitts: Some reasons to hope
It’s refreshing for a black American to see white counterparts who are wrestling with their own racial assumptions.