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Dwyane Wade’s legacy with the Miami Heat will be immortalized with a statue outside the Kaseya Center in 2024, team president Pat Riley announced on Jan. 14. It will be the first statue erected to honor a former Heat player. “When we retired his jersey in February 2020, I said Dwyane was the face of this franchise forever and I meant it,” Pat Riley said. “Dwyane’s legacy is a towering one

LeBron at USC's Galen Center for son Bronny James' college debut last Sunday.

The Caleb Williams saga is going to be one that we're going to get tired of quickly. It's a unique situation. As long as Williams stays healthy and doesn't completely shit the bed, he will go number one in next year's draft. He's already got a Heisman Trophy, and now it seems like he's making demands. About a month back, it was reported that Williams would consider staying in college if the Cardinals ended up with the number one overall pick. I think that's such an insane thing to entertain. It was like the first week of the season, why...

Former NFL player Sergio Brown has been arrested in connection with his mother’s death after being seen partying in Mexico in the wake of her death, according to a report. He was deported from the country on Tuesday and taken into custody near San Diego based on an arrest warrant issued in Illinois, an unidentified law enforcement source told CNN. Police in San Diego are now reportedly working to transfer the former pro-footballer from Southern California to the Chicago area, where his mother, Myrtle, was found dead in her home last month.

LeBron James’ son Bronny suffered cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California Monday. The 18-year-old athlete was taken to the hospital where he was treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) before being released to general care, a spokesperson for the James family told TMZ Tuesday. “Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest. Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital. He is now in stable condition and no longer in ICU,” the statement began. “We ask for respect and privacy for the James family and we will...

Count Charles Barkley as someone who isn’t going to be boycotting Bud Light anytime soon.According to TMZ, the NBA legend and TV personality was in Lake Tahoe for the American Century Celebrity golf tournament. At some point, he got a little time away from the links. This gave him a chance to take the mic and lambast people unhappy with Bud Light’s descent into wokeness.“I want y’all to drink this f–king beer,” Sir Charles said. “I want y’all to drink this f–king beer, I got three cases of Bud Light.”Those three cases may mean that Barkley was holding onto the...

Kendrick Perkins does not think Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic should win his third consecutive NBA MVP Award this year, and he has decided to go the race-baiting route in an attempt to prove his point. Perkins said on ESPN’s “First Take” Wednesday that he believes Jokic has race on his side in the MVP discussion. Perkins, who was ripped by fellow ESPN analyst JJ Redick this week for accusing Jokic of “stat-padding,” accused MVP voters of historically changing the criteria for which player should win MVP based on skin color. “When I come on here every single time and...

Love him or hate him, there is no denying him. LeBron James set the NBA record for most points scored when he made a jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on February 7th, giving him 38,388 points and breaking the record Kareem Abdul-Jabbar held since 1984. Unfortunately for his team’s more immediate concern, the Lakers lost at home to the Thunder 133-130.The game was paused for several minutes as James was honored by NBA commissioner Adam Silver and greeted by his mother, wife, and children. Abdul-Jabbar was also on hand.Entering the game,...

NBA star LeBron James, whose net worth is estimated at $1 billion, endorsed Georgia’s Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock on the day Americans go to the polls for the 2022 midterm elections, saying, “We’ve been oppressed for so long.” James, who sponsored his left-wing “More Than a Vote” campaign in 2020 to fight mythic “voter suppression” in Georgia, claimed in an Instagram post late on Monday evening that he wants “change” in Georgia, and so he urged voters to vote for the same guy who is already in office there. “Obviously, tomorrow is Election Day, and there’s only one choice when...

LeBron James is the GOAT when it comes to telling small, meaningless lies.The NBA community has been mourning the death of rapper Takeoff, whose real name is Kirshnik Ball, since he was killed in Houston last week. Takeoff was 1/3rd of Migos, the popular rap trio from Atlanta that went to the top of the charts with their sophomore album “Culture” and were often seen in NBA circles. LeBron James was asked about Takeoff’s death on Sunday afternoon after the Los Angeles Lakers lost the Cleveland Cavaliers, 114-100, in LA. His answer went viral for all the wrong reasons. James...

The San Francisco 49ers traded for Pro Bowl running back Christian McCaffrey late Thursday night, according to multiple sources. The Carolina Panthers will receive second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-round picks for McCaffrey, who was on the team since his rookie season in 2017. This acquisition is huge for the 49ers. The San Fran offense led by Jimmy Garoppolo makes the 49ers a serious threat to win the National Football Conference if not the Super Bowl. The quick and crafty McCaffrey will play alongside other All-Pro players on the 49ers offense such as Deebo Samuel and George Kittle now. (RELATED: REPORT:...

Kele Inc., a building products supply company in Memphis, Tenn., has apparently fired an employee for condoning Alabama receiver Jermaine Burton striking a female Tennessee fan on the field Saturday after Tennessee’s 52-49 win over Alabama at Neyland Stadium. "I am glad he did it," the employee said on Twitter Tuesday in reference to Burton’s alleged swat of the female fan. "Should have knocked her head off. Not supposed to be on the field anyway."'

A recent Associated Press story praised NBA coach Doc Rivers for using training camps and practices to indoctrinate players in left-wing social justice theory and to push his support for handpicked liberal Democrat politicians. In its Oct. 3 article, the AP happily notes that “Doc Rivers is at ease using his platform as an NBA coach” to push his hard-left views on players at work and to use his coaching time to attack Donald Trump and his voters.

Count LeBron James among those who felt Suns owner Robert Sarver got off easy. The NBA suspended Sarver for a year and fined him $10 million after an investigation revealed that Sarver, allegedly repeating statements made by others, said the “N-word” at least five times. The 60-year-old Suns owner was also found to have made inappropriate comments about women and their physical appearances that were sex-related. Further, the report said that Sarver had inappropriate physical contact with men and was verbally abusive to employees. James expressed his displeasure with the ruling on Twitter on Wednesday. “Read through the Sarver stories...

Smith took issue with the Broncos hiring Hackett, who is White, while Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bienemy, who is Black, was overlooked. [cut] "I’m telling you right now, as a Black man, it is sickening, it is insulting, and it bothers the living hell out of me."

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich hasn't been shy about discussing hot-button political issues. On Sunday before the Spurs' game against the Philadelphia 76ers, he took aim at Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who voted with Republicans to block the advancement of a sweeping voting rights bill that was supported by Democrats and U.S. President Joe Biden. The vote Wednesday night to end debate on the bill was shot down, 51-49, with every Republican voting against moving the bill. Popovich's comments came after being asked about Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. "As many have said, it’s been time,...

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James mocked alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse over a video showing the 18-year-old crying in court while testifying in his murder trial. "What tears?????" the 17-time All-Star tweeted Wednesday evening after the conclusion of Rittenhouse’s testimony in his unfolding murder trial, where the teen broke down on the stand recounting the August 2020 shooting he was involved in that left two people dead and one injured. "I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court," James added. The tweet was retweeted thousands of times and liked...

Derek Carr said Henry Ruggs III needs to be loved right now and needs to know he has people in his corner. "And if no one else will do it, I'll do it," the Las Vegas quarterback said Wednesday. Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia said it's important to keep the focus on the fact 23-year-old Tina O. Tintor was killed Tuesday morning in a fiery crash caused by Ruggs, the 22-year-old receiver who was cut by the team Tuesday night. "We want to express our sincere condolences to the victim's family," Bisaccia said from a prepared statement. "We're deeply saddened...

The Nets’ home opener was a wreck, from the testy pro-Kyrie Irving protests outside that forced Barclays Center to briefly close its doors, to getting their doors blown off in a 111-95 loss to the Hornets. After leading by double-digits just before halftime and by nine in the third quarter, the Nets got blitzed 32-17 in a sorry fourth quarter to lose their home opener before a sellout crowd of 17,732, including Jay-Z sitting right next to their bench. [cut] Durant had a game-high 38 points, but James Harden, who scored 15 points, was the only other Net in double-figures....

NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes in Jacobin arguing that athletes like Kyrie Irving aren’t making a “personal choice” by refusing the COVID vaccine — they’re jeopardizing the public health of all through their platforms. =========================== I'm a huge fan of LeBron James, both as one of the greatest basketball players ever and as a humanitarian who cares about social injustice. I have written his praises many times in the past and undoubtedly will in the future. I admire him and have affection for him. But this time, LeBron is just plain wrong — and his being wrong could be deadly,...