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Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press The Sacramento Kings have started the season 0-4, and head coach Mike Brown is hoping his team can show mental toughness to get through the adversity. (via FOX40 News): “The interesting part now is we’ve hit some adversity. We’re 0-4. Nobody’s feeling good about that start….

As one of the four major sports leagues in the US, the National Basketball Association (NBA) generated a record $1.6 billion in sponsorship revenue during the previous season, ranking third behind the MLB ($1.7 billion) and the NFL ($1.8 billion). Companies from the crypto and technology sectors were the main…

Photo: Getty Images On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers superfan and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Michael Peter Balzary, known professionally as Flea, took to Twitter to beg the Lakers to fix the team: “Dear Rob Pelinka, do something now. Either blow it all up and rebuild, or mortgage the…

Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/YouTube The Lakers again have multiple players on the injury report. For their road game against the Timberwolves the Purple and Gold could miss Anthony Davis (low back tightness) and Russell Westbrook (left hamstring soreness) as both they are listed questionable. They should have LeBron James though…

Even Magic Johnson didn’t escape the flowing anxiety and doubts regarding the slow performance of his beloved Los Angeles Lakers. Posting on Twitter this Thursday, the all-time great point man delivered his personal concerns about the Lakers’ 0-4 record and unpleasant shooting display so far. I’m agonizing over the @Lakers…

AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Demonstrators with advocacy group DC Marijuana Justice plan to gather at the Russian Embassy in Washington and light up in protest of Russia’s treatment of weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner.  “We want Brittany released and free of the sham charges that Putin imposed on her as his…

Just being the NBA’s second-youngest head coach of all-time, interim coach Joe Mazzulla has a lot of pressure on him in his first season for the Boston Celtics. With the campaign that Coach Ime Udoka had last year getting the organization to the NBA Finals, Mazzulla has some big shoes…