Retired Laker Pau Gasol Named to the 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame Class
April 1, 2023
Pau Gasol, 42, the venerable power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, received professional basketball’s highest honor today.
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Gabrielle Union on using ‘radical honesty’ to tell her story
September 23, 2021
Gabrielle Union’s using “radical honesty” in her new book, which combines lively lighthearted stories with chapters dealing with her recovery from sexual assault, racist encounters and mental health struggles.
Las Vegas Aces Oust Sparks 99-75
July 1, 2021
The shorthanded Los Angeles Sparks continue to struggle after falling to the Las Vegas Aces 75-99. They lost despite four starters scoring in the double digits. Sparks center Amanda Zahui B made a strong showing with 22 points, nine rebounds, and two blocks. She scored 14 of those points in the first quarter. “She just accepted the challenge tonight to play against a great front court in Vegas,” said Sparks head coach Derek Fisher. “She came out there and competes and played hard and did some really good things for us on both ends.” The Aces had full control of
Lakers Don’t View Trailblazers as a Underdog Matchup
August 21, 2020
Lakers don’t view the Blazers as underdogs, says head coach Frank Vogel. Portland was held under 20 points in the first and third quarters, and Vogel expressed that it’s hard to do. “This team was in the Conference Finals last year. We have tremendous, tremendous, respect for the offensive firepower of the team we’re playing, Vogel states. He infers that this series is going to be difficult for them to win.
The 2019 ESPYS, Hosted by Legendary Comedian Tracy Morgan, Celebrated the Biggest Achievements, Performances and Moments of the Year in Sports
July 11, 2019
On Wednesday evening, the biggest names in sports and entertainment descended on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate the year’s best moments in sports at The 2019 ESPYS Presented by Capital One. The show was hosted by comedian Tracy Morgan and aired live on ABC. Morgan’s opening monologue kicked off the night on a high note – the diehard sports fan brought the laughs while discussing his recent sports car dust up and ribbed former New York Giant Odell Beckham Jr. on his departure for the Cleveland Browns. The evening’s first award went to NFL Rookie of the Year Saquon Barkley, who was
WATCH: Oprah Speaks with Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade About the Stigma of Using a Surrogate
December 8, 2018
Actress Gabrielle Union and NBA star Dwyane Wade recently welcomed their beautiful new daughter, Kaavia James, via surrogate on November 7. Here, in a deeply personal conversation with Oprah, Gabrielle opens up about the backlash they received on social media in regards to their path toward parenthood and says she hopes that sharing their story will erase some of the stigmas that surround the use of a surrogate. For more on #supersoulsunday, visit http://bit.ly/1tNw5dg
‘Devastated’: NBA saddened by death of Rasual Butler
February 1, 2018
Tributes like that were offered all over the basketball landscape in honor of Butler, a longtime NBA player who died Wednesday in what police said was a single-vehicle rollover crash in Los Angeles. Police said Butler and his wife, R&B singer and former “American Idol” contestant Leah LaBelle Vladowski, died at the scene and that autopsies were pending.