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Basketball “superfan” Nav Bhatia became the first fan to be honoured within Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame. Toronto Raptors, the NBA team Bhatia supports, tweeted to congratulate their fan. “A true icon. Congratulations on being inducted to the @Hoophall, @superfan_nav”, tweeted Toronto Raptors. Bhatia posted several pictures on his Instagram account to celebrate the honour.

The Brooklyn Nets can sleepwalk through their first-round series with the Boston Celtics, and they basically did in Game 1. The question is whether they will wake up before their championship mettle is really tested. Brooklyn’s 47 first-half points on Saturday night was their lowest total in any game this season but one — a

There are very few Atlanta bars where Dominique Wilkins has to pay for a drink, but there’s apparently a restaurant in the city that will turn him away. The Atlanta Hawks legend tweeted Saturday that Le Bilboquet Atlanta, part of a chain of swank French bistros, had turned him away. He claimed they did so

12:50 PM ET After a second surgery in 28 months to repair his right quadriceps tendon, Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo could be cleared to return to full-contact basketball as soon as November, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jonathan Glashow told ESPN. Glashow performed the procedure on May 13, and he expressed surprise that Oladipo had even

The Guardian Tim Tebow’s NFL resurrection is no gimmick, but it’s very much a farce The Jaguars signed the faded college star to their 90-man roster, reuniting first-year Jacksonville coach Urban Meyer with his former quarterback. It’s official: Tebow Time is a flat circle Tim Tebow and wife Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters attend UFC 261 at Jacksonville’s

9:56 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Friends since their high school days and former USA Basketball teammates and NBA Players Association leadership members together, LeBron James and Chris Paul are about to go against each other in the playoffs for the first time in their storied careers. “It’s going to be comparable to playing against

It’s hard to think of an opponent more terrifying than Stephen Curry in overtime with playoffs on the line, but the Memphis Grizzlies held firm. And now, they’re in the playoffs. In the final game of the NBA play-in tournament, the Grizzlies defeated the Warriors 117-112 on Friday to continue their season. The win makes

Though some players and teams were openly critical of it, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Friday that he hopes the new play-in tournament becomes a regular thing. Silver, speaking on ESPN Radio, said the biggest thing he felt the new tournament did was create more incentive for teams to finish out the regular season. “Over

1:24 AM ET During an impassioned speech that took place in the middle of the season after a loss, Russell Westbrook told the Washington Wizards that they were going to make the playoffs despite all the injuries, a COVID-19 outbreak and losing streaks the team had to endure this season. On Thursday night, Westbrook delivered