It was a foggy morning on 26th January 2020, when an earth shattering news was delivered to me. I woke up on that day with the news that my hero, and my childhood idol, Kobe Bean Bryant had died in a helicopter crash over the city of Calabasas, California. It’s been one year since he passed, but yet, it still haunts me. Not a single day passes with me not noticing the fact that he was no longer in this world. Everytime I touch a basketball or everytime I shoot a basketball, I remember the name, Kobe Bryant. Every basketball fan, at least once in their lives, shoots the paper into a bin while y ..read more

2nd April 2011 and 19th Jan 2021 would be two moments that will certainly be etched forever in the memories of an Indian born in the 90's. These two moments were the ones that brought tears to my eyes and I felt this is what India is all about. The courage, determination, and whatever else you can call it was at its highest level. And mind you there were few if not many similarities between the two wins which are almost a decade apart. A wicket keeper batsman hitting the winning runs on both the occasions and being instrumental in the win, and an opener scoring 90 odd to lead India to a win wh ..read more

The NBA season never fails to impress and excite basketball fans and end the season in a nail-biting finish, the NBA encourages talent from all corners of the globe. There are players from USA, Canada, France, Germany, Dominican Republic, Sudan, Turkey, Australia and many other countries. The finals will be played by the best team in the East versus the best team in the West. In the off-season players may get traded to balance out or to strengthen a team’s squad and player chemistry. Last time out, we saw some of the Best Ever Passers In The NBA and now, we take a look at the top 5 internation ..read more

Welcome to Athletes Anonymous' Ultimate Sports Quiz! Take it and know where your knowledge stands on football and basketball! In order to make things easier, all answers could be obtained from our previous blog posts. Check them out Please do follow us at: Facebook: Twitter ..read more

Chelsea have always had a But now, given that the ban is over and Chelsea are allowed to make new signings, they must make available a few players who have not contributed much. Here, let us take a look at the 3 players who must be sold by the London giants. - Emerson ( Emerson joined the Blues back in the days of Antonio Conte for a fee of over 20 million euros but despite the price tag, has never really made the left-back spot his own. Constantly fighting for a place in the team with Marcos Alonso, Emerson has made just 52 appearances in over two years at the club. Often, he has been found l ..read more

,Whenever a person thinks about basketball the top skills that come to mind are usually ball handling, shooting and defense. Passing is one of those skills that is very often overlooked, but the players that are good passers are usually the ones with a very high Basketball IQ and they are the play-makers, they can see the play before it happens. When we start playing Basketball, we usually learn 3 kinds of passes, they are the Chest pass, the Bounce pass and the Overhead pass. There are a few players that are very talented and creative with their passes and have the innate ability to get the b ..read more

Everyone knows Arsenal have become the laughing stock of the Premier League. Having been mired in mid-table mediocrity for much of the current campaign, the Gunners' have endured some of the worst form in decades. Such disappointing and dire results led to the dismissal of Unai Emery. Club legend Freddie Ljungberg took over on an interim basis before former captain Mikel Arteta was lured over from Pep Guardiola's coaching team at Manchester City. During his first three months in charge, Arteta led somewhat of a mini-revival, restoring some balance to a team that played with such a lack of cohe ..read more

,When we talk about athletes in any sport, we look at their speed, their power, their unique skill set, their dominance and their attitude both on and off the court. When Athletes play at such a high level, keeping up with all the rapid changes in the pace of the game and all the new changes that are made in the rules of the game is one challenge for all of them. Another major challenge for Sports people that is often overlooked is staying healthy and staying fit. Staying healthy may mean different things to different players, but sports is highly demanding and it may take a toll on the body ..read more

,There are 30 teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA), with 15 teams in the East and 15 in the west. The Toronto Raptors Franchise is the only team that is not actually American, it’s from the North but it falls under the Eastern Conference. They battle perilously and give their best. The NBA season has 82 games, but only the top 8 teams from the East and the top 8 from the West make it through. From here on, it become a best of 7 games series so which ever teams win their 4 games the fastest qualifies and the finals will be played by the best of the East versus the best of the West ..read more

Board members quitting, players unhappy with the top brass, captain publicly calling out the sporting director, manager getting sacked despite being top of the table, former skipper and club icon rejecting the chance to be the replacement. Yes, a lot of things have happened at FC Barcelona in recent months and it has not been pretty! The relationship between the board and the players, already worse, hit an all-time low during the current Covid-19 crisis over wage cuts. The players believe that some at the top, especially club President Josep Maria Bartomeu, are looking out for their own intere ..read more