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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.

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Fortunately, the news was more positive later in the evening. Alvarado posted an update on Instagram to calm concerns: “Appreciate the love, y’all. But your boy good. God got me.” Alvarado has battled injuries throughout his NBA career, never playing more than 61 games in a single season.

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Danilo Gallinari has finally lifted the first team trophy of his long career — at the age of 37. The Italian forward guided Vaqueros de Bayamón to the Puerto Rican league title, defeating Leones de Ponce 82-68 in the decisive game to win the finals 4-1. In the crucial Game 5, Gallinari delivered 24 points, six rebounds, and four assists, going a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line to secure the championship and earn Finals MVP honors.

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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

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Ira Winderman: Heat at ongoing press conference announce Oct. 4 exhibition against Magic in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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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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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.”

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The expectant mother jokingly threatened legal action against the shark, saying the apex predator would be hearing from her lawyers. Boi’s hospitalization caused her and Gallinari to miss the Bad Bunny concert in San Juan. “Don’t be deceived, it’s only for a little (while),” she said. Gallinari hasn’t publicly commented on the incident. The 36-year-old former NBA journeyman was the sixth overall draft pick by the Knicks in the 2008 Draft.

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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).

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Saturday, if there was any hostility between the organization and James, it never showed up in any obvious ways. He arrived with his wife, Savannah, daughter, Zhuri, and a group of his closest friends. James arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday morning after attending a Bad Bunny concert in Puerto Rico on Friday night. James sat near Lakers assistant Greg St. Jean for most of the third quarter. Earlier, he spoke with other members of the coaching staff in attendance, a group that included assistants Nate McMillan and Bob Beyer, and teammate Dalton Knecht, who didn’t dress after playing in four games with the summer league team over the past four weeks.

New York Times

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.

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LeBron James and Bad Bunny met in 2021, where the NBA legend famously wore Nike Air Ghost Racer sneakers to meet the Latin artist.

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Ex-Knicks Isaiah Hicks joined Puerto Rican team Capitanes de Arecibo for the remainder of the 2025 season.

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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.”

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