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Sweet 16 Mascots, Ranked (2025 Edition)

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  This issue is presented by Booking.com 💻 When you travel, do you try to stay at the same brand of hotel every time? That can lead to points and rewards, but it also sort of limits your options. If there’s not

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Call Me By Your Name: 5 Great NBA Nicknames

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Do you have a nickname? It’s not your birth name, but it’s how people refer to you. It would almost sound weird to not be called that. Sometimes certain people have nicknames for you that no one else ever uses. Like someone could be

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Coming Painfully Close to an NBA Milestone

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Hedo Turkoglu on the Orlando Magic

You may remember when LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the league’s all-time leading scorer. ESPN had a tracker estimating the exact date, based on things like LeBron’s scoring average, minutes per game, if Mercury is in retrograde, etc. etc. Scoring a

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Silly, Goofy, and Brilliant Gifts for Basketball Fans

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A basketball-shaped mug with a hoop and marshmallows in hot cocoa

‘Tis the season for last-minute, frantic shopping. I love me some Christmas celebrations. Decorating a tree? Fantastic. Eating all kinds of festive treats? Lemme grab my bib. Watching corny movies? Grab the remote. But when the topic of presents comes up, I struggle

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Cheers to NBA Obscurity in Music

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Silhouette of a man playing basketball while listening to music.

The NBA put together a terrific article about the feeling of being name-dropped in songs and how special it is. As Drake notes, the bond between music and sports is so tight because musicians want to be athletes, and vice-versa. And while stars get

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Are the Original Basketball Rules Dumb or Brilliant?

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On January 15, 1892, Dr. James Naismith published the original rules of basketball in The Triangle, the newspaper of Springfield College. At the time, basketball was a budding sport, and people weren’t really sure what it was. To help explain, Dr. Naismith released 13 rules.

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When Someone Says “I Don’t Like You”

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A group of men playing pickup basketball on the court.

Back in the day, I used to live in Los Angeles. I still know a handful of people in the SoCal area, so anytime I visit I like to see what people are up to. Like me, my buddy Mike is a big

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The First Week of College Basketball is Bananas

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The Stetson Hatters logo with S-U and a stetson hat on top.

The college basketball season tipped off this week. While 98% of America only tunes in during March Madness, I find basketball’s first week so intriguing. Most teams are full of players who are 18 to 22 years old. I don’t know about you,

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Spotify Wrapped, Hoops Edition

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Every December, Spotify shares its tailored “Wrapped” recaps with users. The premise is simple: Do you use Spotify? Then here’s a list of your most frequently listened to songs and artists, as well as some other fun facts about your habits. Spotify has

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Trashketball: Your Next Holiday Game

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A bird munching on remnants from a trash can.

Here in the United States, we’re still recovering from Thanksgiving. No matter how you celebrate it, it’s kind of a draining holiday. You eat a ton of food, you interact with a lot of people (hopefully without politics getting dragged into the mix),

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