After the NBA fined Ja Morant $75,000 last week for making finger-gun gesture celebrations, the Memphis Grizzlies star has found a new way to commemorate a made 3-pointer. In the Grizzlies’ 141-125 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night, Morant mimicked pulling a pin, tossing a grenade and covering his ears following a made…
It is not often these days that Sean Payton is the youngest guy in a room. He has been a head coach in the NFL for nearly two decades and first entered the NFL as an assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1997. Players he once coached, like Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn, are now…
MS Dhoni (Photo Source: X) Building or curating a team of legends has always been a fantasy for most fans across team sports. When it comes to cricket, the dopamine rush that the sport’s consumers in the subcontinent get is simply irresistible. As India’s great summer carnival, the IPL, turns 18, TOI dons the avatar…
Team Shaq dominated the 2025 NBA All-Star Tournament, defeating Team Chuck 41-25 in the final. Jayson Tatum and Stephen Curry led the charge, with Curry earning MVP honours for his stellar performance. Team Shaq’s squad emerged as champions in the 2025 NBA All-Star mini-tournament, defeating Team Chuck’s international All-Stars 41-25 in the final. The victory…
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a shared skill among former NBA stars who played from 1991 to 2009. Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. After all, they saw the original up close. Vernon Maxwell, a longtime guard, does a particularly strong version by adding the subtle trash talk…
If there were any doubts about who owns the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, Mac McClung put them to rest. Winning any pro-level trophy in a row is a rare event. He made it look easy. The G League star won his third title in a row at NBA All-Star Saturday. He recorded perfect scores of…
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Daigneault arrived at the University of Florida 15 years ago in search of a master’s degree without any guarantees of a job while on campus. Billy Donovan, now head coach of the Chicago Bulls, was near the tail end of his legendary run in Gainesville, Fla., having led the Gators to…
SAN FRANCISCO — They are Walk TMC now. Chris Mullin has a bum left foot, Mitch Richmond rarely shoots a basketball these days and Tim Hardaway arrived for this on-court reunion by patting the ample midsection of his tight-fitting jersey. “Maaaaan, we used to run around all sexy,’’ Hardaway, 58, lamented as he stepped into…
The East’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell, and the West’s Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and LeBron James were selected as NBA All-Star starters, according to voting results announced Thursday on TNT. James will make his record 21st consecutive start as an All-Star and Curry, the…
LAS VEGAS – As expected, the upcoming NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco will be a mini-tournament of three teams composed of the top 24 players in the league and the team who wins the Rising Stars Challenge. The new format, announced jointly on Tuesday by the NBA and National Basketball Players Association, will include…