There was nothing but pressure surrounding the then-21-year-old during the draft process. He garnered attention in the United States. The year he was drafted, new regulations in China required that any basketball player in the NBA would have to forfeit half of his earnings — salary, endorse...
“They’re probably like Kobe Bryant here or Shaq, that’s how big they are in Serbia if you want to make some comparison,” Bogdanovic said of Divac and Stojakovic. “They are superstars. They really are heroes.” While Divac was unaware, Bogdanovic also had a personal connection to ...
England duly crashed out in the quarterfinals of that competition; what happened at Old Trafford turned out to be no more than a staging post on a road to nowhere. For the visitors, it was different. In hindsight, that draw would come to be seen as the start of a journey that w...
We should talk numbers in a second, but we have generation gaps and we obsess over them. China has generation gulfs. And the problem is a lot of the stereotypes, a lot of the preconceptions we have about China are based on old China, so the last generation in China. And even the ...
K-Dot was once in the presence of the late, greatTupac Shakur.Back in November of 1995, when he was just 8 years old, Kendrick sat on his father's shoulders as he watched ’Pac and Dr. Dre film the video for ’Pac's comeback single, "California Love." ...
K-Dot was once in the presence of the late, greatTupac Shakur.Back in November of 1995, when he was just 8 years old, Kendrick sat on his father's shoulders as he watched ’Pac and Dr. Dre film the video for ’Pac's comeback single, "California Love." ...
the 20-year dynasty that started with the Patriots going 11-5 in 2001 might have also gone down for the count. The Patriots are 2-5 for the first time since 2000, when Belichick was in his first year as the coach and a 23-year-old Brady was yet to throw his first...
Shaquille was one of the most imposing players in NBA history, standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m/216 cm) and weighing more than 320 pounds. However, he struggled when playing against Ming. While Shaq was heavier, Ming had a height advantage over the four-time NBA champion that he used to ...
foolproof solution to this salary cap problem for everyone lies in the draft. It’s where NFL teams find cheap labor, and is the one place the difference could be made up, after they have to cut an old reliable linebacker or the Pro-Bowl guard who was simply making a couple million ...
Joe has already typed that White hada better postseasonthan Lewis did in his first Super Bowl run. Numbers back that up. Now we know that David is right up there with Lewis, too. Damn, what a luxury it was to have David and White patrolling the middle....