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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The Post-Up: Bobby Portis’ suspension is a wake-up call for National Basketball Players Association

Kailyn Smith February 26, 2025
Last Thursday, Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis Jr. was suspended 25 games for violating the league’s anti-drug policy. Portis tested positive for the painkiller Tramadol, which he used to treat an elbow injury.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The Post-Up: The 2025 All-Star Weekend has potential to be the best of this era

Kailyn Smith February 12, 2025
This year’s NBA All-Star Weekend in San Francisco is sure to make Valentine’s Day even more sweet. The weekend is so much bigger than Sunday night’s big game, and it truly is a showcase of the best of basketball.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The Post-Up: If the NBA Cup is to be permanent, the stakes need to be felt

Kailyn Smith November 14, 2024
On Tuesday night, the Emirates NBA Cup 2024 tipped off and the league appears to be learning from mistakes evident in the inaugural season.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

Small-market stars who must join the Lakers | The Backdoor Cut

Luke Scotchie September 13, 2023
These four small-market NBA stars should leave their current team to join up with Austin Reaves and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

The Backdoor Cut: Lamenting the fallen Eastern Conference teams

Luke Scotchie April 6, 2023
While some teams continue to look to make a playoff push, others have been mathematically eliminated and can look toward next season.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

The Fast Break: The injury problem in today’s NBA

Ethan Biddle April 20, 2021
Ethan Biddle discusses how the 2020-21 NBA season's schedule has put players at risk for injury.
Boston University graduate student Naveed Ghani. Youth and minority voters took part in the 2018 midterms in greater numbers than in years prior. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Youth, minorities rush to polls to support diverse candidates

Audrey Martin November 7, 2018
Brandi Griffin, 22, pulled up the hood of her jacket and trudged through the Fenway area in the pouring rain Tuesday, not to catch a game and not to grab a coffee. Griffin was there to vote — an act she called her “civic duty.”
Between the Lines: We need women to make our sports better, but men in power keep ruining that

Between the Lines: We need women to make our sports better, but men in power keep ruining that

Michael Alcaraz February 26, 2018
The NBA should stand firm and show they will have a no-tolerance policy for such environments throughout their league. The NBA is the most progressive of the major sports, and those who work for it should demonstrate that.
Between the Lines: The best TV drama we won’t see

Between the Lines: The best TV drama we won’t see

Michael Alcaraz January 18, 2018

We have just passed the halfway point in the NBA regular season, and All-Star weekend is less than a month away. This season, the NBA decided to shake up the All-Star Game, abandoning the East vs. West...

Zakim, City Council push to increase access to ballots

Haley Lerner November 20, 2017

  Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim filed an ordinance Wednesday that aims to increase voter access in the city by further reducing barriers to polling stations. The legislation mandates...

Going For Two: End college basketball’s “one-and-done” approach

Going For Two: End college basketball’s “one-and-done” approach

David Souza April 6, 2016

The college basketball world was stunned Monday night as Villanova University’s Kris Jenkins hit a championship-winning 3-pointer as time expired to propel the Wildcats to their first national title...

EDIT: Clip the owner

Daily Free Press Admin April 30, 2014

The NBA banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life on Tuesday and fined him $2.5 million for racist comments he made on audio recordings that leaked to the media over the weekend. According...

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