Tag: National Basketball Association

The video was recorded Monday and by Tuesday became the viral clip du jour after being posted to social media. By Tuesday afternoon it was the top trending topic on Twitter in the US.

By now evidence exists on six continents that the virus has infected more than 120,000 people and killed more than 4,300.

It boggles the mind that Maccabi Tel Aviv had a chance to count the amazing Kobe Bryant in its ranks – and he already looked fantastic in a yellow uniform…

"Today Maccabi signed up not just a player, it signed up a fan."

Back in 2016, when James was playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was instrumental in getting the team's Israeli head coach David Blatt fired.

Mutombo, who played 18 seasons for the NBA, spearheaded and helped fund the creation of the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in 2007 – the first modern medical facility to be built in decades on the outskirts of his hometown, the Congolese capital of Kinshasa.  

The Greens rank second all-time among international basketball teams in games played against NBA opponents.

"Sports have the great power to break down barriers between people from different communities."

All you need is a few days vacation and a few thousand dollars to show the Israeli flag at the big game.

Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the NBA, had an appendectomy. The Cleveland Cavaliers forward had his appendix removed on Saturday night at...