[ad_1] In 2004, Defoe joined the Eagles from Hackney White Heat near to where he grew up.Since then the 6ft 8in centre has collected a staggering 27 pieces of silverware consisting of seven BBL regular season wins, seven BBL Championship play-off successes, seven BBL Trophy triumphs and six BBL Cups.But he picks out the 2015 Championship play-off victory over London Lions at the O2 Arena as the highlight."That was pretty
[ad_1] Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 14, 2024, 07:28 AM ETSEVEN MINUTES INTO Wednesday's Game 3, it seemed the Boston Celtics were in danger of loosening their grip on the NBA Finals.The Dallas Mavericks had leapt out to a 25-12 lead, a run punctuated by a pull-up 3-pointer from former Celtic Kyrie Irving, and the partisan home crowd inside American Airlines Center was in a frenzy. Boston, already without Kristaps Porzingis after
[ad_1] Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer STORRS, Conn. — A night before finalizing the most significant choice of his career, Dan Hurley, who was weighing a massive contract extension from Connecticut against the "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to lead the Los Angeles Lakers, engaged in a 21st-century thought experiment with his wife. He and Andrea Hurley, to whom he's been married for more than two decades, agreed to text
[ad_1] The Detroit Pistons announced today that General Manager Troy Weaver is leaving the organization. “I very much appreciate all the dedication Troy displayed to our Pistons franchise,” said Pistons owner Tom Gores. “As much as we have struggled lately, we will look back and see Troy as an important person in the remaking of the Pistons. He took the pain of rebuilding head on and he did the hard
[ad_1] Bill Bradley, the basketball Hall of Famer and former United States senator known as a staunch opponent of legalized sports betting, was speaking about the topic back in January. But he might as well have been predicting the future.“Well there hasn’t been a scandal, yet,” he said, discussing how professional sports have become ever more entwined with the gambling industry in recent years. “So the worst has been avoided,
[ad_1] Kyrie Irving praises Celtics' ‘special' defense in NBA Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonKyrie Irving did not play well in the first two games of the 2024 NBA Finals, and it was among the reasons why the Dallas Mavericks lost both of those matchups to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.Irving scored a total of 28 points on 13-of-37 shooting (0-of-8 from 3-point range) in those first two
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[ad_1] Jun 12, 2024, 11:35 PM ETThe Boston Celtics are one win from capturing the 2024 NBA title -- and they earned it.Boston built its fourth-quarter lead to 21 points before a frantic rally by the Dallas Mavericks turned Wednesday's Game 3 into a roller coaster. However, the Celtics withstood every late charge by the Mavericks, who lost superstar guard Luka Doncic in the final minutes after he fouled out
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[ad_1] The Phoenix Suns have hired Matt Tellem as assistant general manager and Brian Gregory as vice president of player programming. “We’re excited to add Matt and Brian to our basketball operations team,” said James Jones, Suns president of basketball operations and general manager. “Matt’s insight and strategic thinking are highly regarded throughout the NBA and will elevate our team. Brian’s expansive coaching and development experience uniquely positions him to
