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Jose Alvarado suffers scary fall in AmeriCup play
Puerto Rico NBA guard Jose Alvarado gave his team and fans a scare after a hard fall during Thursday night’s AmeriCup matchup against Argentina. The 27-year-old appeared to suffer a lower back or tailbone injury after driving to the rim in a tight overtime battle.
The pregnant wife of former NBA player Danilo Gallinari has spoken out after being a victim of a shark attack off a beach in Puerto Rico, an ordeal she says has affected her physically and mentally. During an interview with "Good Morning America" on Thursday, Aug. 14, Eleonora Boi, Gallinari's wife, said the incident on July 31 left her "traumatized." Boi, 39, is a sports journalist who was six months pregnant at the time of the attack, which occurred near the shore of a crowded beach in Carolina, a municipality in the northeastern part of the U.S. territory, just east of San Juan.
Jason Beede: The #Magic will travel to Philadelphia to round out their 2025 preseason schedule, @orlandosentinel.com has learned. Orlando’s full preseason schedule: - Oct. 4: at Miami (San Juan, Puerto Rico), - Oct. 10 at Philadelphia, - Oct. 12: vs. Miami, - Oct. 16: vs. New Orleans
Ira Winderman: The game in Puerto Rico will be the sixth exhibition for the Heat in Puerto Rico and the 15th outside of the United States or Canada over the team's 38 seasons.
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Pregnant wife of former Knicks forward Danilo Gallinari attacked by shark
The pregnant wife of former New York Knicks first-round draft pick Danilo Gallinari was attacked by a shark during a family beach day in Puerto Rico. Eleonora Boi was wading in the crowded waters of a beach in the Puerto Rican municipality of Carolina when she was bitten on the leg, she revealed Friday. “It was the worst day of my life,” the 39-year-old wrote on Instagram, according to a translation. “I never thought I could get attacked by a shark and I was near the shore and on a super crowded beach. Thankfully me and my baby are fine.”
The pregnant wife of former NBA star Danilo Gallinari was bitten by what experts believe may have been a shark during a terrifying beach outing in Puerto Rico. The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) dropped the bombshell Thursday afternoon, revealing that the bite - sustained while the woman was swimming at the popular Carolina Resort - shows signs that it could be from a shark. Gallinari, 36, originally from Italy, is currently suiting up for the Vaqueros de Bayamón in Puerto Rico's National Superior Basketball League (BSN).
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson on channeling Kobe Bryant during World Cup: I watched Kobe, Jordan clips every day, and decided to wear the armband
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson: And so right after I won the Philippines championship, because I was refreshed, I wasn't playing in Korea. I'm averaging 10 minutes a game. The games I did play, I would dominate, but for the most part, I'm recharged going into the Philippines. So that's when I stopped drinking. I'm in bed by 9.30, 10 o'clock. I'm waking up at 4 or 5 am, and I'm working out. I'm super locked in. And literally from then on, it was the best basketball of my career. And that's where I'm watching Kobe every day. I'm watching Jordan every day. I'm just like, it's on repeat every single day. Any of my teammates from Puerto Rico to Turkey, to Korea, any of my teammates, every game, they'll see me on my phone. I'm not on Instagram. I'm not on, I'm watching Kobe. I'm watching Jordan. I'm just watching how they move. I'm watching how they're being guarded and all of these things. So, like leading up to the World Cup, I've always loved the armband and things like that. But leading up to the World Cup, I'm like, "Nah, this is gonna be special."
LeBron James brought the heat to the first night of Bad Bunny's concert residency in Puerto Rico this weekend. On Friday (July 11), the Los Angeles Lakers star joined Benito onstage for the inaugural No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí concert. Held at Puerto Rico's José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, James was seen dancing with the three-time Grammy winner and was spotted on the jumbotron enjoying a drink and a two-step.
Marc Stein: The Nuggets, I’m told, have also shown strong interest in ex-Mavericks guard J.J. Barea for a spot on Adelman’s staff. Barea has been HC for multiple teams in his native Puerto Rico’s Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
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“The Olympics now was the next level because now I’m playing Team USA, Serbia, Puerto Rico,” Maluach said. “We’re playing good teams that they have great players, Hall of Famers. Me being able to watch them, being able to step on the floor with them and see the gap I have and what I need to do to get where they are, showed me I’m on the right path. And me playing in the Olympics showed me that whatever I’m doing is right and I should keep on doing that.”
The Indiana Pacers have their sights on another Puerto Rican. Phillip Wheeler, starting forward for the Quebradillas Pirates in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), stated that he has been in talks with the new Eastern Conference champions. “We’re seeing how that could work,” said Wheeler in a brief interview with the press prior to the All-Star Game at the Carlos Miguel Mangual Coliseum.
Former NBA big man JaVale McGee is now suiting up for the Vaqueros de Bayamón in Puerto Rico’s top professional league, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Following his stint with the Sacramento Kings in the 2023-24 campaign, the 16-year NBA veteran made the leap abroad, signing his first international deal.
Iacopo De Santis: Danilo Gallinari said this will be his last summer with NT, but he also talked about retirement: "I honestly don’t know, the plan is to finish the season in Puerto Rico and play at @EuroBasket. But honestly, even with basketball in general, as of today, I just don’t know".
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