Devin Booker scores 51 points in 3 quarters, Suns rout Bulls
Devin Booker scored a season-high 51 points in just three quarters, Deandre Ayton had 30 points and 14 rebounds and the Phoenix Suns stretched their winning streak to six games with a 132-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday react after losing to Celtics in Game 6, NBA playoffs
Here's what Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday, Pat Connaughton and coach Mike Budenholzer had to say after a Game 6 loss to the Boston Celtics in their NBA playoffs series. Video courtesy of the Milwaukee Bucks.
news.yahoo.comPerfect Paul, top-seeded Suns finish off Pelicans in Game 6
Chris Paul went 14 for 14 in the best shooting night in NBA playoff history, Devin Booker returned from a hamstring injury to hit a late 3-pointer and the Phoenix Suns beat the New Orleans Pelicans 115-109 on Thursday night to finish off the first-round series in six games.
Innocence claims denied in death of Chris Paul's grandfather
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Judges denied the innocence claims Thursday of four men who were convicted of killing the grandfather of NBA star Chris Paul when they were teens, even though a key witness has recanted her testimony. In 2020, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission found sufficient evidence of factual innocence to send their cases to a panel of three Superior Court judges. Nathaniel Jones, 61, died from a heart attack outside his Winston-Salem home after being tied up, beaten and robbed in November 2002.
news.yahoo.comBooker, Paul deliver at end, Suns hold off Warriors 107-103
Devin Booker’s two free throws with 34.2 seconds left put Phoenix ahead, Draymond Green traveled to turn it over before Chris Paul made a short jumper, and the NBA-best Phoenix Suns held off the Golden State Warriors 107-103 in a furious finish between Western Conference rivals.
McCollum continues scoring spree, Pelicans top Suns 117-102
McCollum continued his scorching start with his new team by scoring 32 points, Ingram added 28 and the Pelicans earned an impressive road win over the Phoenix Suns, 117-102 on Friday night. “We're just starting to figure it out,” Pelicans coach Willie Green said about the McCollum-Ingram pairing.
news.yahoo.com'Women cannot fight this fight alone': Chris Paul and other athletes on equal pay and male allyship
As conversations around the need to close these gaps continue to take place, many men, both inside and outside of corporate America, are stepping up to show allyship in the fight for equal pay. On average, women working full-time in the U.S. are paid just $0.82 for every dollar paid to men. For women of color, this pay gap is even worse with Black women, Native American women and Latinas earning $0.63, $0.60 and $0.55, respectively, for each dollar paid to white men. March 24 marks Equal Pay Day , the symbolic date for how far the average woman has to work into the new year to earn the same pay men earned the previous year. "Women cannot fight this fight alone," Paul tells CNBC Make It.
cnbc.comClothing line Support Black Colleges celebrates HBCUs in style
Clothing brand Support Black Colleges aims to amplify the importance of historically Black colleges and universities and strives to encourage people to support and attend HBCUs. Support Black Colleges' clothes were also frequently seen at demonstrations held this summer for racial justice. Support Black Colleges has partnered with Billboard, BET, MTV, Google, Shopify, and the NBA to assist with these endeavors. For this year's NBA All-Star game, the NBA partnered with Support Black Colleges to create NBA All-Star merchandise that celebrates HBCUs. Support Black Colleges has also partnered with Paul to highlight HBCUs.
cbsnews.comNBA star Chris Paul says HBCUs are "important to our history"
NBA star Chris Paul didn't attend a historically Black college as a young man, but he has long been a vocal supporter of HBCUs. More than 70% of HBCU students have limited finances, according to the American Council On Education. The Phoenix Suns star will serve as a judge to select 10 current or prospective HBCU students for a new scholarship. For it to be about Winston-Salem State, which is where I had AAU practice as a kid growing up. Paul, who attended Wake Forest University for two years before jolting to the NBA, said he wouldn't rewrite history to attend an HBCU.
cbsnews.comNBA star Chris Paul says HBCUs are "important to our history"
NBA star Chris Paul didn't attend a historically Black college as a young man, but he has long been a vocal supporter of HBCUs. More than 70% of HBCU students have limited finances, according to the American Council On Education. The Phoenix Suns star will serve as a judge to select 10 current or prospective HBCU students for a new scholarship. For it to be about Winston-Salem State, which is where I had AAU practice as a kid growing up. Paul, who attended Wake Forest University for two years before jolting to the NBA, said he wouldn't rewrite history to attend an HBCU.
cbsnews.comNBA star Chris Paul starts Goalsetter campaign to deposit $40 in a million minority youth accounts
Financial tech company Goalsetter has launched its Black History Month campaign alongside basketball star Chris Paul, who will help minorities learn how to save money. Featured athletes in the campaign will each select 100 youths and deposit $40 into savings accounts set up on the Goalsetter mobile banking app, the company told CNBC. Paul will jump-start the campaign by drafting kids from the Club 61 Leadership Alliance in his hometown, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. "Black History Month is a reminder of the hundreds of years that Black people have been a labor force and a consumer class in America," Paul said in a statement. Goalsetter is a mobile banking app that offers peer-to-peer banking transactions.
cnbc.comNBA stars Kevin Durant and Chris Paul invest in banking app Goalsetter
Van Court, a former Nickelodeon executive, said the Goalsetter's uniqueness centers around financial literacy, especially among Black youth. "And it will unfreeze once that kid takes their financial literacy quiz." With her background leading NickJr.com, Van Court developed the quizzes for children and teenagers incorporating cultural and kid-friendly content with financial education. "We use humor, lyrics, personalities that kids can relate to, hip-hop, and culture to explain key financial literacy concepts," Van Court said. Goalsetter app Source: Goalsetter
cnbc.comLeBron: "Definitely not giving up on the season"
LeBron James reiterated Monday that he is hopeful the NBA season can resume, with the caveat that the health and well-being of players wont be jeopardized by a return to play. Definitely not giving up on the season, James said. Theres a lot of players that I know personally that want to play. James was among a group of some of the leagues highest-paid players, National Basketball Players Association president Chris Paul of the Oklahoma City Thunder also part of the group, who met last week to talk about the season. Those players affirmed to one another on that call that they would like to see the season resume.