by Jim Heath | Feb 2, 2021 | Entertainment, NBA
A glammed up spectator was ejected from an NBA game between the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Lakers on Monday after heckling LeBron James for ‘talking s***’ to her husband. Juliana Carlos, 25, has been identified as the woman the basketball star dubbed...
by Jim Heath | Aug 26, 2020 | Headlines, NBA, Race
All three NBA playoff games scheduled for today will be postponed as players protest the August 23 shooting of Jacob Blake, the league announced. “The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to...
by Jim Heath | Feb 14, 2020 | Headlines, NBA
Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were laid to rest side-by-side at a private ‘family estate’ burial plot where heart rosaries are placed on their headstone. The father and daughter’s funeral service was held quietly last Friday at...
by Jim Heath | Jan 26, 2020 | Headlines, NBA, Obit
Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died today in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif. He was 41. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna was also with him when the helicopter crashed. LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters that nine people were on board the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 26, 2020 | Headlines, NBA, Obit
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, were among five people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Bryant was 41. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, there were no survivors of the crash....
by Jim Heath | Oct 6, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, NBA
The NBA has been accused of being a ‘puppet of Beijing’ and craven to the lucrative Chinese market for failing to back Daryl Morey after he tweeted support for Hong Kong protesters, sparking business to cut ties with the Texas team. Fans, and politicians...
