Joshua Rogers

1 week ago | talksport.com | Joshua Rogers

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's season just got even better. Last week, Gilgeous-Alexander was crowned MVP for the first time in his career, fending off three-time MVP Nikola Jokic and two-time winner Giannis Antetokounmpo to scoop the award. Gilgeous-Alexander received 71 first-place votes and 29 second-place votes. Jokic, who finished second in the voting, received 29 first-place votes and 71 second-place votes. Antetokounmpo, meanwhile, did not receive any first or second-place votes.

1 week ago | talksport.com | Joshua Rogers

The 1995 NBA Finals pitted two of the greatest big men ever against one another. A 22-year-old Shaquille O'Neal was only three years into his NBA career but managed to steer the once lowly Orlando Magic into The Association's promised land. On the other side, Hakeem Olajuwon was the greatest player in the league in the aftermath of Michael Jordan's brief baseball hiatus, and was a reigning champion, Finals MVP, and regular season MVP for the Houston Rockets.

1 week ago | talksport.com | Joshua Rogers

Sheduer Sanders has officially signed his rookie NFL contract. Sanders, son of Dallas Cowboys legend Deion Sanders, endured an unprecedented slide in the NFL Draft last month despite being widely projected to be a first-round pick. Sanders waited, waited, and waited some more, before eventually being selected by the Cleveland Browns on Day 3 of the draft with the 144th overall pick.

1 week ago | talksport.com | Joshua Rogers

Few people could go toe-to-toe with Michael Jordan on a basketball court. Larry Bird was one of them. 12-time All-Star Larry Legend is a three-time NBA champion, two-time Finals MVP and three-time MVP who, along with Magic Johnson, is credited with reviving the NBA in the 1980s and reigniting the once-dormant rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. Jordan entered the league in 1984 and crossed paths with Bird and the high-flying Cs in the 1986 playoffs.

1 week ago | talksport.com | Joshua Rogers

For years, Jerry Stackhouse was compared to Michael Jordan. Both were North Carolina natives who excelled as shooting guards at the collegiate and professional levels. Like MJ, Stackhouse also went to college at North Carolina, one of the leading basketball programs in the country. Over a decade earlier, Jordan was the jewel in the Tar Heels' crown, lifting them to a national title after hitting the game-winning shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game against Patrick Ewing's Georgetown.