Basketball

5/2/2024 |  WNBA to adjust challenge and timeout rules for 2024 (Reuters Sports) May 2 - The WNBA will usher in a pair of rule changes for the 2024 season, revising the replay challenge format while also eliminating 20-second timeouts.
Teams will be awarded a second coach's challenge if the first one was successful. In a continuation of the previous rule, teams still will need to have a timeout in order to initiate a replay challenge.

5/2/2024 |  Sixers owners buy up tickets to block Knicks fans (Reuters Sports) May 2 - Current and former owners of the 76ers bought more than 2,000 tickets to mute the presence of New York Knicks fans attending Game 6 in Philadelphia on Thursday night.
Sixers star Joel Embiid voiced his displeasure following Game 4 at the Wells Fargo Center, when boisterous Knicks fans cheered their team's 97-92 comeback victory on Sunday.
"Disappointing," Embiid said after New York seized a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference first-round series. "I love our fans. Think it's unfortunate, and I'm not calling them out, but it is disappointing. Obviously, you got a lot of Knicks fans, and they're down the road."

5/2/2024 |  76ers owners buy more than 2,000 playoff tickets to reduce Knicks fans (United Press International (UPI)) May 2 (UPI) -- Members of the Philadelphia 76ers ownership group bought more than 2,000 tickets for Game 6 of their first-round playoff series to reduce New York Knicks fans, co-owner Michael Rubin said Thursday.
Rubin made the announcement on Instagram and X. Co-owners Josh Harris, David Blitzer and David Adelman joined in on the effort. The 76ers will host the Knicks in Game 6 on Thursday in Philadelphia. 

4/30/2024 |  Unable to get on a WNBA roster, ex-LSU star Alexis Morris signs with Globetrotters, plays overseas (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Former LSU star Alexis Morris knows firsthand how hard it is to make a WNBA roster.
The guard was drafted in the second round by the Connecticut Sun a few weeks after helping the Tigers win the national title in 2023, but was cut before the season started.
And when this year’s camps opened on Sunday, Morris wasn’t invited to any of them. 

4/30/2024 |  Court upholds Milwaukee police officer’s firing for posting racist memes after Sterling Brown arrest (Associated Press (AP)) MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a former Milwaukee police officer was properly fired for posting racist memes related to the arrest of an NBA player that triggered a public outcry.
Officer Erik Andrade was involved in the 2018 arrest of Sterling Brown, who then played for the Milwaukee Bucks.