It's Over For College Basketball

The NBA G League today announced a Select Contract as part of a comprehensive professional path that will be available, beginning with the 2019-20 season, to elite prospects who are eligible to play in the NBA G League but not yet eligible for the NBA.

The contracts, which will…

Canada Just Became Your Favorite Country

Jubilant customers stood in long lines for hours then lit up and celebrated on sidewalks Wednesday as Canada became the world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace.

In Toronto, people smoked joints as soon as they rolled out of bed in a big “wake and bake” celebration. In Alberta, a government…

Canelo Just Signed The Richest Deal in Sports HISTORY

vaaOscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions stable of fighters, including Canelo Alvarez, the unified middleweight world champion and boxing’s biggest superstar, have long been stalwarts of HBO. But with the premium cable network’s recent announcement that after 45 years of putting on most of the biggest…

Chance The Rapper Picks A Mayor for Chicago

Declaring that he will “probably never” run for mayor himself, Chance the Rapper on Tuesday endorsed Amara Enyia in the crowded race to replace Mayor Rahm Emanuel and promised a “massive” voter registration drive to get her elected.

“I’d like to say very narcissistically, if I back you, you…

College Players Are Getting Smart. The NCAA is in Trouble

Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa has withdrawn from school to focus on his rehabilitation of an injured core muscle, the Buckeyes announced Tuesday. The All-American will now presumably turn his attention to the 2019 NFL draft.

“I was hopeful that Nick would be able to return to play…