Faried helps Team USA win FIBA World Cup gold
Kenneth Faried scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Sunday’s gold-medal game at the FIBA World Cup, helping Team USA rout Serbia 129-92 in Madrid, Spain, to win the […]
Off the court: Sports journalist Habeeba Husain
Like many of the athletes she covers, Habeeba Husain‘s rookie year in the sports journalism industry has been one of learning experiences, both humbling and affirming. At the same time […]
How did the NBA’s greatest player become underrated?
In the immediate aftermath of the San Antonio Spurs dethroning the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals this summer, both the mainstream and social media universe promptly busied themselves answering […]
Rockets to trade Omer Asik to Pelicans
A lesson in “loyalty” for those who may be new to the business of professional basketball: Everybody is expendable. You might remember last summer when the Houston Rockets signed free-agent […]
‘Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant would love Islam’
In a recent episode of “The Deen Show,” a conversation with Imam Abu Taubah about polygyny in Islam evoked references to Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant, two megastar athletes whose […]
Is Thabeet part of OKC’s championship plan?
For the fourth postseason in a row, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s run at an NBA championship came up painfully short of the finish line in 2014. And now reality is […]
Hakeem Olajuwon named NBA ambassador to Africa
The long arm of the NBA has plucked talent from almost every corner of the world. Africa is one continent that has been very good to the league, producing future […]
Watch Omer Asik’s 2013-14 highlight reel
When the Rockets signed Dwight Howard in last summer’s biggest NBA free-agency move, Omer Asik was probably the least excited person in Houston. After starting every game at center for […]
Teletovic helps Nets hand Heat first playoff loss
After Mirza Teletovic scored a team-high 20 points in Brooklyn’s 94-82 loss to Miami in Game 2 of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series, I wrote that the Bosnian Muslim […]
Teletovic gives Brooklyn its best chance to beat the Heat
The Miami Heat are running through the NBA playoffs like the Kool-Aid Man running through a brick wall, sweeping Charlotte in the first round and taking the first two games […]
