The history of the NBA is filled with championships, legendary performances, unforgettable rivalries and players who changed basketball forever. But not every chapter has been worth celebrating. Since the league’s earliest years, professional basketball has also endured gambling scandals, premature deaths, devastating injuries, violence, labor disputes, controversial ownership, franchise relocations …
Russell Westbrookâs NBA career was never quiet. For 18 seasons, he played basketball with an intensity that could make an ordinary regular-season game in January feel like Game 7 of the NBA Finals. He attacked the rim with little concern for who was standing in his way, rebounded like a …
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Former NBA players Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom have found a new way to put themselves back into the basketball conversation: announcing plans to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft. Neither announcement should be confused with the ordinary situation of a transgender athlete seeking to participate in sports consistent with …
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History of the Oshkosh All-Stars The Oshkosh All-Stars were one of the most successful and historically important professional basketball teams of the pre-NBA era. Based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the club was founded in 1929 and developed from an independent barnstorming team into one of the dominant organizations of the National …
