Via @CalAthletics
Arike added to her stellar career when she became the Women’s Notre Dame Basketball all-time scoring leader on Friday. She passed Skylar Diggins with 2,358 points and counting. Congrats to Arike on an amazing accomplishment. I’m excited to see how much more points Arike will add to her total before she plays her last game in South Bend.
This TNT documentary highlights how Giannis Antetokounmpo was discovered leading up to the 2013 NBA Draft.
“Tough times don’t last tough people do” – Victor Oladipo
I feel like I’m always shouting out Oladipo during my Motivational Mondays segment. However, after the news of his season ending injury, I felt like it was only right to highlight his response today. Check out Oladipo’s full IG response below:
As I stated before, I definitely expect a full recovery by Oladipo because “tough times don’t last tough people do”.
Via @NBAAllStar Twitter
Giannis Antetokounmpo will make his third NBA All Star appearance on February 17th in Charlotte (second straight year as a starter). Giannis was the top-vote getter in the Eastern Conference and as a result was named the captain of the Eastern Conference squad. Giannis and fellow captain LeBron James will choose their teammates during a televised draft on Thursday February 7th at 7PM EST on TNT.
On Wednesday night versus the Toronto Raptors, Victor Oladipo suffered a gruesome knee injury. The MRI today confirmed that Oladipo has a ruptured quad tendon in his right knee. This will require surgery and Oladipo will be out for the season.
This is devastating news not only to the Indiana Pacers, but the entire NBA as a whole. Oladipo is one of the bright young stars in the league. You can tell that his fellow NBA peers respects him just by all of the get-well tweets after the injury occurred. Oladipo was averaging 18.8 PPG and career highs in both rebounds (5.6) and assist (5.2) this season. After coming off a thrilling seven game series vs. LeBron and the Cavaliers in last year’s playoff, we were all excited to see what Oladipo was going to do in this year’s playoffs. The coaches will most likely vote Oladipo as a reserve for the upcoming NBA All Star game in Charlotte.
This is just a minor setback for a major comeback for Victor. We’ll see you back on the court dominating soon. Prayers up!
Image via @CAF_Online Twitter
The 27th annual Confederation of African Football (CAF) took place today in Dakar, Senegal. Nigeria won the Women’s National Team of the Year. Congrats to the Lady Super Falcons on amazing year.
The CAF is the continent’s football governing body and the awards highlighted the best players & teams on the continent from this past year.
[Image via @LouisvilleMBB Twitter]
Air Nwora!!! This definitely will be a poster hanging on Jordan’s wall one day. Check out the video of this one hand alley oop:
Image via Tennessee Titans Twitter
After 10 seasons in the National Football League, Brian Orakpo announced his retirement from the league. Orakpo spent his career with both Tennessee (4 seasons) & Washington (6 seasons). He finished his career with 423 tackles, 66 sacks, 12 forced fumbles, 1 interception, & a defensive touchdown.
In his press conference, Orakpo stated “I always wanted to be able to walk away from the game on my terms, healthy and in a great state of mind”.
Orakpo was 13th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft to Washington after a standout career for the University of Texas Longhorns.
During the holiday season, it’s always great to hear about stories like this. Victor Oladipo, who won the NBA 2017-2018 Most Improved Player award last season, surprised a fan Renita Hills by donating the car that he won to her. Well-done Victor!
Over the weekend, FIFA announced the grouping for the upcoming 2019 Women’s World Cup. The Nigeria Falcons are in Group A with France, Korea, & Norway. Group A is already being considered by some to be the Group of Death, The World Cup will take place in France beginning on June 7th. Nigeria, who are ranked 39th in latest FIFA ranking, is one of three African nations in the tournament. Now that we know who we will competing against in the group phase, it’s time to get back to basics in order to the shock the world again.
PostLikeUgo 