Good news for NBA player Jason Collins, the first male athlete in a major U.S. sports league to declare his homosexuality: If a company signs him to a sponsorship deal, consumers will likely view him just as effective a product endorser as a straight athlete.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rick Pitino became a Hall of Famer and an NCAA champion on the same day. Now the Louisville basketball coach is positioned to become a Kentucky Derby-winning owner if Goldencents wins on Saturday.
It was a business decision Anthony Bennett was wise to make. But while announcing he is leaving UNLV for the NBA, he displayed how much it all meant on a personal level.
In the movie “Steel Magnolias,” which is based on a true story, Sally Field’s character M’lynn recalls the moment doctors pulled the plug on her comatose daughter Shelby. She stayed in the room as her daughter left the world, M’lynn tells her friends, but Shelby’s father couldn’t do it, nor could her husband. Too hard to watch.
UCLA freshman star Shabazz Muhammad has decided to enter the NBA Draft after this season, Bruins coach Ben Howland said Saturday night.
RENO — As Anthony Bennett discussed his mysterious injury, his eyes turned wide open when a reporter mentioned “brachial neuritis” as the diagnosis.
The rain clouds have moved away from those storms of disaster that were road losses to Fresno State and Air Force, and light appears to be shining through the mist upon UNLV’s basketball team.
Kelli Thompson would watch her older brother take it to future NBA All-Stars on the courts in Southern California, his talent unquestioned as he would outplay James Harden, Russell Westbrook and other top players.
