The forward was a two-time NBA champion and had one of the most iconic championship moments in New York.
Willis Reed, an NBA Hall of Famer who played his entire career with the Knicks, died Tuesday morning, the NBA Basketball Retired Players Association announced. He was 80 years old.
Reed was born in Louisiana and played college basketball at Grambling State, winning three NAIA championships in four years. The Knicks drafted him in the second round of the 1964 NBA draft, and he would instantly become a contributor.
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The Runnin’ Rebels and Las Vegas were once the focus of the NCAA’s ire, now the city will host a NCAA men’s basketball regional and a future Final Four.
One of the biggest events in college basketball has been brought to the American sports betting’s epicenter.
The Hurricanes’ stars took a shot at the Hoosiers after reaching the Sweet 16.
Miami pulled off a stunning upset of No. 1 seed Indiana on Monday night during the women’s NCAA tournament and the team was fired up after the win.
Following the 70–68 shocker, Hurricanes’ twin guards, Haley and Hanna Cavinder, took to Instagram to have some fun at the expense of the Hoosiers.
Rory McIlroy has been an abysmal putter so far this season with the only outlier in 2023 being the week he won the Dubai Desert Classic in January. Given his woes on the greens, the four-time major winner appears to be putting a new putter in the bag for this week’s WGC-Match Play tournament in Austin.
Golf gear guru Jonathan Wall got his hands on McIlroy’s new Scotty Cameron Newport GSS, and it’s a beauty. McIlroy told Wall that he’s simply trying to “rekindle an old flame.
Dallas appears to have found a veteran replacement for Ezekiel Elliott.
The Cowboys appear to have secured some reinforcements in the backfield after it was revealed earlier this month that they plan to part ways with longtime running back Ezekiel Elliott.
According to ESPN’s Todd Archer, Dallas has agreed to a deal with two-time Super Bowl champion running back Ronald Jones II. Jones visited with the Cowboys on Monday and is now poised to join the team in 2023.
The terms of Jones’s deal with Dallas are not yet known.
Mikal Bridges has emerged as a No. 1 option for Brooklyn after its dramatic midseason overhaul. No wonder the Nets wouldn’t trade him for just about anything.
The World Golf Championships — a bold concept born from the threat of a potential rival league led by Greg Norman (sound familiar?) — have died. They were 24.
Stanford’s social media team was not prepared for an onslaught of SEC fans on Sunday night. However, instead of embracing the chaos, the Cardinal tucked tail.
They later righted their wrong but it was still lame.
Stanford women’s basketball, led by Cameron Brink, was one of four No. 1 seeds in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Tara VanDerveer’s team won 27 games in the regular season and dominated Sacred Heart in the First Round of Women’s March Madness on Friday.
The success was not replicated on Sunday as the No. 8-seed Ole Miss rolled into Palo Alto and played stifling defense.
He was asked about playing with the Celtics long-term.
Celtics star Jaylen Brown has blossomed into one of the best players in the NBA since he was drafted in 2016. Boston fans have been able to watch with pride as he has turned into a dynamic scorer and the perfect No. 2 to Jayson Tatum in recent years. It would be hard to imagine that fans and those within the Celtics organization haven’t envisioned him retiring with the team, but Brown doesn’t sound like he’s 100% sure that scenario will play out.