SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jaren Barajas shoots on his backyard hoop maybe once a month these days. He’s a busy 18-year-old college student now, so basketball has taken a backburner to academics. On Sunday night with the world watching, Barajas somehow beat Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard in a 3-point shooting contest during the All-Star … Read more
Archyde College Student Sinks Game-Winner for $100,000 at NBA All-Star Weekend Table of Contents 1. College Student Sinks Game-Winner for $100,000 at NBA All-Star Weekend 2. A Giant Leap 3. looking Ahead 4. Teen’s Unlikely Heroics Stun NBA Star in All-Star Shooting Contest 5. A Heartwarming Tale of Luck and Skill 6. The Thrilling Final … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Basketball loves revisionist history. From softening big, heartbreaking losses in hindsight or myth-making a game where someone was sick and rallied to play into an analogous-but-makes-zero-sense-out-of-context, colloquial short-hand (I’m not saying the Flu Game doesn’t deserve it), the sport’s chroniclers have never struggled to rearrange reality just so for the sake of … Read more