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Kelly Loeffler (above), a U.S. senator and part-owner of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, has offended her players with her unwillingness to support Black Lives Matter. (Courtesy of Twitter)

Kelly Loeffler’s Rhetoric Offends Her WNBA Team

September 16, 2020

Kelly Loeffler, a U.S. Senator and owner of the Atlanta Dream, has publicly refused to speak out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement that her players have supported.

Kevin Durant (above) chose the Knicks over the Nets in free agency. (Courtesy of Flickr)

“Not the Savior of the Knicks:” Is Kevin Durant “Chilling” Or Dodging the Challenge?

September 16, 2020

Did Kevin Durant shun the Knicks in free agency because he would've been unable to deal with the pressure of bringing a title back to Madison Square Garden?

Javontae Hawkins (above) and Erten Gazi have signed professional contracts overseas. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Former Men’s Basketball Players Gazi, Hawkins Sign Overseas Deals

August 10, 2020

A pair of former Fordham Men’s Basketball players have signed professional contracts in Europe. Erten Gazi, who completed his senior season in March, has signed with Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Turkey. ...

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony standing united before speaking their peace at the 2016 ESPY Awards. (Courtesy of Flickr)

Beyond the Scoreboard: Speak up and Dribble

June 2, 2020

At some point last week, we all became witnesses to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis after Darnella Frazier’s video went viral on social media. We witnessed George Floyd’s final cries for help as he called out for his mother and repeatedly yelled, “I can't breath.” We witnessed him gasp h...

Michael Jordan's shot at the end of Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals (above) clinched the Bulls' sixth championship. (Courtesy of Twitter)

Last Dance Diaries: Let It Be

May 19, 2020

“Michael’s a mystic. He was never anywhere else.” — Mark Vancil, Author, “Rare Air” These reviews, after each week’s episodes of ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” have focused heavily — ...

Michael Jordan has a laugh at comments made by Gary Payton in

Last Dance Diaries: “Nice Game, Mike”

May 12, 2020

Sunday night’s episodes of “The Last Dance” are the most emotional of the series. The first 15 minutes of episode seven delve into the sudden passing of Jordan’s father — gunned down on the s...

The late John Michael Wozniak, a security guard at the United Center, won this week's edition of

Last Dance Diaries: To Be Like Mike

May 5, 2020

“A lot of people say they’d like to be Michael Jordan for a day or for a week, but let them try to be Michael Jordan for a year and see if they like it.” — Michael Jordan Michael Jordan is one of...

Michael Jordan (above) watches video of Isiah Thomas. This became the leading meme from Sunday night's episodes of

Last Dance Diaries: DNP (Vegas)

April 28, 2020

“The Last Dance” is only tangentially about the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls. Sure, that season is the subject of ESPN’s documentary, which aired episodes three and four on Sunday night. All of the docume...

VCU erased a 17-point deficit to stun Fordham in the A-10 semifinals. (Courtesy of Atlantic 10 Conference)

Women’s Basketball Surrenders 17-Point Second Half Lead in Atlantic 10 Semifinal Loss to VCU

March 8, 2020

Fordham Women’s Basketball has prided itself on execution and limited mistakes over the past few years. Fordham is first in the Atlantic 10 in turnovers per game and second in the conference in turnover m...

Bre Cavanaugh became Fordham's first conference player of the year on Thursday. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Women’s Basketball’s Bre Cavanaugh Wins Atlantic 10 Player of the Year

March 5, 2020

On Thursday, the Atlantic 10 confirmed what everyone already knew: that Fordham junior guard Bre Cavanaugh was its best player. Cavanaugh has been named A-10 Player of the Year for the 2019-20 season after sh...

Led by Cavanaugh, the Rams charge into the A-10 Quarterfinals in Dayton against Duquesne. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Women’s Basketball Wins First-Round Game Against St. Joe’s

March 4, 2020

Fordham Women’s Basketball entered the Atlantic 10 Tournament on a quest to win its second-straight conference title. So far, that journey is off to an excellent start. Fordham defeated Saint Joseph’s...

With a loss this past weekend, Men’s Basketball fell to the bottom of the conference. (Courtesy of Fordham Athletics)

Men’s Basketball Falls to Last Place in A-10

March 4, 2020

With the University of Dayton having clinched the Atlantic 10 conference regular-season title last Friday, one question remained over the weekend: who would finish in last place?