Playing without fans in the NBA bubble inside Disney World, there have been no positive Covid-19 cases so far, and the fixtures have played out as scheduled. On the face of it, basketball’s return has been a success, but is this really the case?
The first openly gay player on a team sport, Jason Collins, said on Twitter he believes he caught it on March 4 when the Brooklyn Nets hosted the Memphis Grizzlies.
Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson‘s “All The Smoke” had Former Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce as a guest on the podcast and went into detail about being stabbed eight times in September 2000 in a Boston nightclub.
Donovan Mitchell was the second NBA player to test positive for the coronavirus. His teammate, Rudy Gobert was the first, and their diagnosis sent shockwaves throughout the league and to their fans.
Big venues appear to be exercising an abundance of caution even though officials are still determining what we’re actually dealing with as the Coronavirus spreads. Teams are warned to prepare for possibly playing games in empty arenas as the Coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, according to a memo from the NBA.
In honor of Kobe Bryant, the NBA and its Players Association auctioned off 25 All-Star jerseys from its 2020 game in which that of LeBron James sold for a whopping $630,000, with all proceeds headed to Mamba’s charities.
Legendary director Spike Lee is slamming the Knicks owner claiming he was harassed after he was denied entry while attempting to watch his favorite team play at Madison Square Garden (MSG) on March 2nd.
Vanessa Bryant is holding the helicopter company fully responsible for the crash that killed her husband Kobe and daughter Gigi, along with 7 others (including the pilot).