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Nuggets List Ranch, BBQ, And Honey Mustard As Game Time Decisions
After a downpour of playoff near-misses, Denver’s front office spent the past offseason building a mouthwatering super team for the Nuggets. But now that head coach David Adelman has a

WNBA Offers Players Salaries Paid In Coins So It Looks Like A Lot More
With the WNBA season slated to tip off on May 8th, a looming work stoppage on the horizon, and no agreement between the league and the players in sight, WNBA

Bracketonomers Accuse Bracketologists Of ‘Psuedo-Madness’
Tensions escalated Monday after leading bracketonomers publicly denounced bracketologists as “the astrologers of March,” accusing them of reducing a complex statistical exercise to “mood boards with seed numbers.” “Bracketology is

NBA Warns Ja Morant Is Just Days Away From Developing Nuclear Weapons
Following two tumultuous seasons with several arms violations, NBA intelligence officials have warned that Ja Morant is merely days away from successfully developing nuclear weapons in order to decimate Earth

Lakers Fan Assumed Team Would Have Won Championship By Now
Chase Spencer, a Los Angeles spin instructor and “the biggest” Laker fan, thought that her team would have already won the NBA championship. “Is basketball really still going? we’re the

Report: White House Deeply Disappointed Upon Learning “W” In WNBA Not For “White”
Sources close to the President have confirmed confusion and displeasure. “I love the NBA, everybody loves the NBA, who doesn’t love the NBA? But last night I wanted to watch

Why The NBA Switched From Cubic To Spherical Balls In 1973
The debate about cubic versus spherical basketballs has raged for over 50 years. Purists, of course, prefer the cubic ball and decry the modern Michael Jordan era as “soft,” “without

An Apology From Our Editors: Coach Budenholzer Was Not ‘Fired Into The Sun’
This past Monday, we at Sports Riot incorrectly reported that Phoenix had fired their head coach, Mike Budenholzer, “straight into the sun.” This reporting was made surrounding a tight deadline

This Day In Sports History: Judas Dunked On Jesus
Over two millennia ago, during a game of holy one-on-one, Judas dunked on the son of God. “This act of aggression showed the other apostles that Judas was not faithful

NBA Announces ‘Charlotte Hornets’ Will Not Be Renewed For Another Season
An NBA spokesman announced Monday that the league would sadly not renew The Charlotte Hornets for a twenty-eighth season. The announcement comes on the heels of other cancellations such as

Is It Too Soon To Be Concerned About The 76ers?
A recent poll taken in the Greater Philadelphia area reveals that a small percentage of Sixers fans are starting to worry about the team’s chances for the 24–25 season. While

Report: We Tried Shaq’s Diet For One Day And Now We’re In The Hospital!
Shaquille O’Neill is a generational athlete whose talent is unmatched. We at Sports Riot know that is only part of the equation, though, and that the right diet is what

LeBron Announces He’s Retiring To Spend Less Time With His Kid
LeBron James has been the center of several key bombshell announcements — most notably in 2010, when he declared his intentions to take his MVP-sided “talents to South Beach.” So
