moranelkarifnews : Next for Luka Dončić? The Lakers star has a decision to make
Luka Dončić thought he would spend the rest of his career with the Dallas Mavericks; that, as he was (and we were) stunned to learn back in February, won’t happen. What comes next, now that the Los Angeles Lakers team that traded for the Slovenian superstar has been eliminated from the 2025 NBA playoffs, is […]
moranelkarifnews : Gregg Popovich Retires With $200 Million+ in Career Earnings
Longtime San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich will transition from head coach to the team’s president of basketball operations, the team announced Friday. Mitch Johnson, who took over as coach after Popovich suffered a stroke in November, will be the permanent replacement. The move ends the sideline career of 76-year-old Popovich, who was by far […]
moranelkarifnews : NBA & Fantasy Basketball Loser Lineup: Detroit Pistons — the rebuild is over; are you paying attention yet?
The playoffs are where stars rise and weaknesses get exposed. Every defeated team leaves behind stories of promise and failure — the players who stand at the crossroads of potential and uncertainty. We’re not here to dwell on the heartbreak of a postseason exit, but to sift through the aftermath, piecing together what it means […]
moranelkarifnews : Memphis Grizzlies remove interim tag, make Tuomas Iisalo head coach
Tuomas Iisalo was thrown into an impossible situation. He’d been brought to America by the Grizzlies just a year ago from Paris Basketball — where he had won EuroCup with a high-powered offense — to help ramp up the Memphis offense. Then, when Taylor Jenkins was fired as the Grizzlies’ head coach late in the […]
moranelkarifnews : Texas football player told police he was taking recruits to strip club during DWI arrest, authorities say
A football player at the University of Texas was arrested last week for driving while intoxicated, and apparently he wanted the party to keep on going. Offensive lineman Nick Brooks, who will start his college career in the fall, was stopped when he was caught doing 47 mph in a 30-mph zone, Travis County police […]
moranelkarifnews : Giants great Phil Simms says he would let top pick Abdul Carter wear his retired jersey number
New York Giants No. 3 overall pick Adbul Carter wanted to wear Lawrence Taylor’s retired No. 56 jersey, but Taylor said no. Luckily for Carter, another Giants’ great may be more willing to un-retire his jersey number. Phil Simms, 69, said that giving up his retired No. 11 for Carter or rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart […]
moranelkarifnews : Nick Saban says former Alabama player ‘pushed the red button’ in Oval Office during Trump White House visit
Former college football coach Nick Saban introduced President Donald Trump before graduating students at the University of Alabama on Thursday night, but before the president could give his commencement speech, Saban shared a funny story about the Crimson Tide’s visit to the White House during Trump’s first presidency. Alabama had defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in overtime after […]
moranelkarifnews : NBA Playoff MVPs: Ranking the top postseason performers
Outside of the two No. 1 seeds, who swept their respective opponents, NBA teams have treated us to some of the most entertaining, physical, nail-biting and ridiculous first-round playoff series, maybe ever. With that have come some sensational individual performances. Here we rate them as our Playoff MVPs. (So far.) (And this should be an […]
moranelkarifnews : Spurs to reportedly hire Mitch Johnson as head coach after Gregg Popovich steps down
The San Antonio Spurs already have their replacement for legendary head coach Gregg Popovich. The team will reportedly hire Mitch Johnson as its next head coach, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Johnson, 38, served as the team’s interim head coach last season after Popovich took a leave of absence following a stroke. The Spurs finished […]
moranelkarifnews : Three degrees of Gregg Popovich: The coaching tree that connects the entire NBA
A decade ago, when a number of NBA coaches lauded Gregg Popovich for the willingness to welcome newcomers to his fraternity, Frank Vogel called the San Antonio Spurs coach the league’s “godfather.” How true that remains in 2025. Popovich’s fingerprints are literally everywhere across the NBA. Back then, when Brad Stevens accepted the coaching job […]