Posts by Mason Kern
Dwyane Wade buys ownership stake in Utah Jazz
Two years removed from his soon-to-be Hall-of-Fame career, Dwyane Wade has joined the exclusive group of former athletes who have become owners of professional teams. On Friday, the Utah Jazz announced that Wade had joined majority owner Ryan Smith with an ownership stake in the club. Wade, 39, will become a first-time owner of a…
Read MoreMonaco reaches Eurocup final
AS Monaco advanced to its first 7DAYS EuroCup Finals ever in dramatic fashion on Friday by beating host Herbalife Gran Canaria 74-76 to sweep their semifinal series 2-0. After Gran Canaria tied 74-74 on 3 free throws by Andrew Albicy with 3.4 seconds left, Monaco inbounded to Rob Gray, who measured off a quick jumper…
Read MoreGolden State Warriors suffer ‘humiliating’ 53-point loss
The Golden State Warriors suffered one of the worst losses in franchise history Friday night during a 53-point defeat at the hands of the Toronto Raptors — a team that came into the game having lost 13 of its last 14 games. Did anyone see that coming? The Raptors dismantled the Warriors to such a degree that it was…
Read MoreGonzaga enters Final Four on auto-pilot
Gonzaga got on a roll and put on a show, cruising into the Final Four with an 85-66 beatdown of a Southern California team that was nowhere near ready for what it ran into Tuesday night. The top-seeded and top-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs will be the third team to bring an undefeated record into the Final…
Read MoreBologna, Gran Canaria storm into Eurocup semis!
Virtus Bologna remained undefeated for the season to sweep into the semifinals, where Gran Canaria will join them. At the same time, the two other 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinal series will have do-or-die third games next week. Virtus lost all of a 20-point lead before defeating host Joventut on Friday, the same night that Gran Canaria…
Read MoreShaquille Harrison: From Obscurity to Eminence
It was 2012 and Shaquille Harrison had a decision to make. He could either play Division I college football at the University of Kansas or go a different route toward Division I basketball at Tulsa University. He opted for the latter, which was a pinnacle decision that has wholly Scholar-Athlete ever since. Shaquille Harrison grew…
Read MoreCleveland Cavaliers Contenders Once More?
The Cleveland Cavaliers have a new look. The organization had a busy trade deadline in which it made several moves that wholly reshaped the face of the team. And necessary this was amid a team rife with strife: calling each other out in team meetings, questioning loyalty, flailing trust in the locker room and overall…
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