Basketball

Craig O'Donoghue

Cotton’s amazing streak halted as Wildcats get reality check

Bryce Cotton made a blazing start to Perth’s game against Illawarra as he looked to keep a historic hot streak rolling. But what happened next stunned everyone.

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22 Dec 2024

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AFL stars like Christian Petracca are paid vast sums compared to our top female athletes like the Matildas.

Sport

Georgie Parker

The damning stat that shows how bad sport gender pay gap is

GEORGIE PARKER: Women’s sport is more popular that every, but the players are nowhere near being rewarded for it has well as they should be.

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17 Dec 2024

Record breaker! Extraordinary Cotton makes NBL history

Perth Wildcats superstar Bryce has broken the NBL’s single-game scoring record against New Zealand at RAC Arena.

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01 Dec 2024

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Basketball

Matt Shrivell

Bombshell announcement as LeBron James ‘quits’

‘Everybody calls me a liar’: LeBron James speaks out about online harassment and tells his 160 million Instagram followers he ‘quits’.

Staff Writers

‘Going to do to you’: NBA star banned for shoving columnist

The 2023 NBA MVP allegedly confronted a writer from his home town who mentioned the All-Star centre’s late brother in a series of columns.

Chris Robinson

Former Wildcat Sarr’s baptism of fire on NBA debut

Former Perth Wildcat Alex Sarr has endured a tough start to life in the NBA, with the No.2 draft pick’s Washington Wizards blown out by defending champions Boston.

Glenn Valencich

Ex-NBL player dies just weeks after sharing rare cancer diagnosis

‘We will forever love you and those big hugs you would give, miss you big fella.’

Staff Writers

NBA mourns sad death of Hall Of Fame legend

NBA in mourning as much-loved Hall of Fame basketball legend dies.

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Jasper Bruce

Adelaide sack coach on eve of NBL season

Scott Ninnis has been released from his contract as coach of the NBL's Adelaide 36ers midway through the rebuilding club's pre-season.

Aaron Kirby and Josh Kempton

Opals strike bronze as Magbegor unleashes scoring beast

30 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and a bronze medal; Ezi Magbegor has played the game of her life to overcome a Belgian shooting spree and lead the Opals to their first Olympic medal in 12 years.

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Ben McClellan, Josh Kempton & Shayne Hope

How the Boomers were robbed of a shot at victory

Aussie basketball fans are seething over a last second decision that could have won the Boomers their Olympic final.

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07 Aug 2024

The NBA star who could end Boomers’ Olympic campaign

Having already been on the losing end of brilliant performances from two of the world’s best players in Paris, the Boomers face another huge challenge in their sudden death quarterfinal tonight.

Harry Grigson

Future in the balance as clumsy Boomers go down to Greece

The Boomers have been handed an agonising defeat in their crunch-time clash with Greece and their Olympic fate is now up to the basketball gods.

Craig O'Donoghue

REVEALED: Superstar DJ to headline HoopsFest at RAC Arena

One end of RAC Arena will be transformed into a Boombox for multiple basketball games during HoopsFest after the event secured a world-renowned headline act.

Murray Wenzel

Giddey, Boomers outgunned by Canada late

The Boomers are locked in a battle to progress to the quarter-finals after they were outgunned 93-83 by Canada in a high-quality Olympic pool game in Lille.

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31 Jul 2024

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