• Trump says NFL season should start on time amid coronavirus crisis

    Trump says NFL season should start on time amid coronavirus crisis

    President Trump believes the NFL season should start on time in September. Trump said as much in a conference call with the commissioners of the major sports leagues on Saturday, and also said he hoped to have fans back in stadiums by August and September, according to ESPN, citing sources familiar with the call. The NFL …
  • Kobe Bryant to be posthumously inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

    Kobe Bryant to be posthumously inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

    This was Kobe Bryant’s first year of eligibility. Official announcements will reportedly be made on Sunday. Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is officially set to be posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year: Bryant and his daugher, Gianna, were among the nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas …
  • NBA suddenly ‘angling’ to cancel season due to coronavirus

    NBA suddenly ‘angling’ to cancel season due to coronavirus

    Hope of resuming the NBA season is fading as even a shortened postseason may not be possible due to the coronavirus. “It is clear that the NBA is angling to set up a deal that enables them to shut the season down,” ESPN insider Brian Windhorst said Friday on “SportsCenter.” “They don’t have to do …
  • Leon Rose’s plan for Knicks front office with crucial 2020 NBA Draft coming

    Leon Rose’s plan for Knicks front office with crucial 2020 NBA Draft coming

    Nobody knows the steps Knicks president Leon Rose would have taken had the NBA season — and normal life — not been suspended by the coronavirus on March 11. For now, Rose is proceeding as status quo with an inherited front office in following an unofficial NBA hiring/firing stoppage with the world stopped cold. According …
  • Kendrick Perkins has credit card denied after kids rack up $16,000 ‘Fortnite’ bill

    Kendrick Perkins has credit card denied after kids rack up $16,000 ‘Fortnite’ bill

    Unfortunately, Kendrick Perkins can’t tell his kids to go outside and play due to the coronavirus pandemic. The former NBA center would probably like to. Their video game addiction is driving him nuts. He had his credit card denied the other day after his kids ran up a $16,000 bill on video games. “I go …
  • Rudy Gobert goes hard in the gym after beating coronavirus

    Rudy Gobert goes hard in the gym after beating coronavirus

    Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert worked out Tuesday for the first time since he became the first NBA player to test positive for the coronavirus two weeks ago. Gobert, who was cleared of the illness on Friday, shared to Instagram photos and a video of him throwing boxing punches with a trainer and the caption, …
  • March mercifully ends with sports, world unrecognizable

    March mercifully ends with sports, world unrecognizable

    On March 1, there were two stories that dominated much of the news cycle. There was much buzz attached to Joe Biden’s stunning political resurrection after winning the South Carolina primary. There was hope surrounding an agreement signed between the U.S. and the Taliban to end America’s longest war, which on that Sunday had lasted …
  • ESPN moving up highly anticipated Michael Jordan documentary in wake of coronavirus

    ESPN moving up highly anticipated Michael Jordan documentary in wake of coronavirus

    ABC/ESPN’s highly anticipated 10-part Michael Jordan documentary, “The Last Dance,” is being moved up to April, The Post has learned. Sources said the start date will be Sunday, April 19. It was originally slated for June. ABC/ESPN plans to make an announcement on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday, according to sources. ESPN declined to confirm …
  • The playoff scenarios NBA is discussing for hopeful return

    The playoff scenarios NBA is discussing for hopeful return

    Though news of the coronavirus pandemic has been discouraging, NBA executives still cling to hope of arranging a one-site, fan-less, 16-team playoff and a five-to-seven-game regular-season prelude, according to multiple NBA sources. “They’re very determined to have a champion,” one industry source said. The playoffs could be reduced to a slew of best-of-three series across …
  • NBA By The Numbers: 30 Stats for 30 Teams This Season (So Far)

    NBA By The Numbers: 30 Stats for 30 Teams This Season (So Far)

    What does 34.36 mean to the Rockets? How about 38 for the Lakers? Here’s one compelling statistic for each team for the 2019-20 NBA season. The 2019/20 NBA season has been one of the most interesting in recent memory, for better or worse. The two past weeks without basketball have felt like a lifetime, so …