The arrest of NBA insiders last week has highlighted the potential risks posed by the close relationship the four major North American men's sports leagues have cultivated with legalized betting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/26/basketball/nba/nba-arrests-sports-betting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #terryrozier #chaunceybillups #gambling #portlandtrailblazers #miamiheat
Shohei Ohtani's immense talent and growing popularity are reshaping baseball, but while he's a global sports superstar, he faces challenges in matching Michael Jordan's level of cultural influence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/24/japan/ohtani-can-never-be-a-michael-jordan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shoheiohtani #michaeljordon #baseball #basketball #sports #losangelesdodgers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 55 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 141-135 double-overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals on Thursday in Indianapolis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/24/basketball/nba/thunder-pacers-finals-rematch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #shaigilgeousalexander #oklahomacitythunder #indianapacers
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were among more than 30 people charged on Thursday in connection with federal gambling investigations involving the NBA and the Mafia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/24/basketball/nba/billups-rozier-gambling-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #terryrozier #chaunceybillups #gambling #portlandtrailblazers #miamiheat
Coach JJ Redick says the Los Angeles Lakers must find a way to win without LeBron James, but even he felt the absence of his injured superstar in an season-opening loss to the Golden State Warriors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/23/basketball/nba/lebron-james-injury-cover/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #jjredick #losangeleslakers #lebronjames #lukadoncic
BTW, it apparently took a long time for Porzingis to get this diagnosis, but a POTS-literate doctor could have diagnosed him in 10 minutes with a blood pressure cuff, a stopwatch, and a wall. It's called the NASA lean test and it is woefully underutilized.
National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver says WNBA players will receive a "big" salary increase when their new collective bargaining agreement is finalized. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/22/basketball/wnba-salary-increase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #wnba
Giunge notizia che, nei pressi di Terni, un pullman di supporters della squadra di basket di Pistoia, reduce dalla vittoria in quel di Rieti, sia stato oggetto di un lancio di sassi di grandi dimensioni.
Risulterebbe morto il secondo autista colpito in pieno da un sasso.
Un secondo Sasso avrebbe preso in pieno anche l'autista ma il parabrezza ha resistito.
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Giunge notizia che, nei pressi di Terni, un pullman di supporters della squadra di basket di Pistoia, reduce dalla vittoria in quel di Rieti, sia stato oggetto di un lancio di sassi di grandi dimensioni.
Risulterebbe morto il secondo autista colpito in pieno da un sasso.
Un secondo Sasso avrebbe preso in pieno anche l'autista ma il parabrezza ha resistito.
Ne dà notizia la pagina facebook di TVL
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@sport
#UnoBasket #Mastobasket #FediBasket #Basketball #Basket #UnoBasket
🎉 Celebrate the small wins!
🏀 Before teaching my inclusive HIIT class at the Early Learning Center in Malden, I saw that kids’ hoop and my Boston basketball roots kicked in! I turn 51 in a few days, but I still had to test my skills.
👏🏽Gave myself three chances after years of not playing... and sank it on the third try!
Always find time to play and SMILE! 😅
#over50 #fun #basketball #health #smile #keepmoving #oldschool #NeverGiveUp #believe #coach #fitness
After reaffirming his commitment to the Milwaukee Bucks in the offseason, All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo went on Greek television and said he would like to finish his playing career in his native Greece. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/15/basketball/giannis-finish-career-greece/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #giannisantetokounmpo #milwaukeebucks #greece
After a rocky first half of the regular season, the Las Vegas Aces flipped the odds to lift their third WNBA championship in four years on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/12/basketball/aces-wilson-wnba-comeback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #wnba #lasvegasaces #a039jawilson
The NBA brought star-studded lineups to Macao last week for the league's return to China after six years but many of the biggest wins happened off the basketball court, industry insiders and experts said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/12/basketball/nba/nba-china-return-business/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #china #macao
The Las Vegas Aces, powered by 31 points from A'ja Wilson, captured their third title in four seasons on Friday, beating the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 to complete a sweep of the WNBA Finals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/11/basketball/aces-sweep-mercury/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #wnbafinals #wnba #lasvegasaces #phoenixmercury #a039jawilson
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is set to miss the team's season-opener after the Lakers said he will be sidelined three to four weeks with sciatica. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/10/basketball/nba/lebron-james-miss-nba-opener/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #losangeleslakers #lebronjames
The NBA returns to the lucrative Chinese market this week with two preseason games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/08/basketball/nba/nba-china-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #china #adamsilver #yaoming #macao #phoenixsuns #brooklynnets
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said on Friday the league "has to do better" to make players feel valued after sharp criticism from the Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/04/basketball/wnba-commissioner-collier-criticism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #wnba #napheesacollier #cathyengelbert #lasvegasaces #phoenixmercury
Caitlin Clark said that she supports fellow WNBA player Napheesa Collier ahead of upcoming labor negotiations and that the players are headed toward a moment they need "to capitalize on." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/03/basketball/clark-supports-collier-wnba-criticism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #caitlinclark #napheesacollier #wnba #cathyengelbert
Minnesota guard Napheesa Collier blasted WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert for "the worst leadership in the world" in a resounding statement sending shockwaves around the league on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/01/basketball/napheesa-collier-wnba-leadership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #napheesacollier #wnba #minnesotalynx
Restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga will return to the Golden State Warriors on a two-year, $48.5 million contract, ESPN and The Athletic reported Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/01/basketball/nba/kuminga-warriors-contract/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #jonathankuminga #goldenstatewarriors