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Sean Keane

NBA Writer

Sean Keane is a sportswriter and a comedian based in Oakland, California, with experience covering the NBA, MLB, NFL and Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league, The Big 3. He’s written for Comedy Central’s “Another Period,” ESPN the Magazine, and Audible.com. His debut album “America’s Uncle Dad” debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes comedy chart and since 2016, he’s co-hosted the NBA podcast “Roundball Rock. In 2014, the San Francisco Bay Guardian named Keane an “Outstanding Local Discovery” and promptly went out of business.

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NBA, NFL, MLB

Sixers plod their way to 1-4 start

The Philadelphia 76ers are off to a slow start. In every way. The Sixers, who lost to Toronto Wednesday night to fall to 1-4, are one of the league's most disappointing teams so far.

Ben Simmons barely has more points than fouls

Through four games, Ben Simmons of the Brooklyn Nets has 21 points. He also has 18 personal fouls, plus two technical fouls, which means his scoring is still outpacing his fouling, but it's close.

Gary Trent Junior racks up points - and nothing else - in Raptors win

Shooting guard Gary Trent Jr. had a one-dimensional night for the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. Luckily, that dimension was scoring.

Charles Barkley says 'Father Time is knocking on the door' for Klay Thompson and Draymond Green

The Warriors lost by 29 points to the Suns Tuesday night, and Barkley thinks it's because Thompson and Green are "not the same." 

Suns' Jae Crowder: Narrative about me is 'definitely not true'

Crowder said that the report that he requested a trade after Phoenix told him he might lose his starting job is false.

Will Smith visits Lakers for a Genius Talk

Smith hasn't made many public appearances since he slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars.

Warriors and Suns tie record for most technicals in a quarter

The Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns got chippy in the 3rd quarter of Phoenix's 134-105 blowout win, combining to draw seven combined technical fouls in a single quarter.

Trey Murphy III lives up to his name and shoots down Mavericks

Kenneth "Trey" Murphy III has a name that's all about threes, and a game that's all about threes as well. He continued his red-hot shooting Tuesday night for the New Orleans Pelicans, making all eight of his shots from the floor, including 4-4 from behind the arc.

Jaylen Brown and Aaron Donald leave Kanye West's sports agency

One day after Brown told the Boston Globe he was sticking with West's agency, he reversed course and left Donda Sports Tuesday, as did Donald.

Pels' Zion Williamson to miss game vs. Luka Doncic, Mavericks with hip/back contusion

Zion has been ruled out for Tuesday night's game versus Dallas.

Are Lakers prioritizing cap space over winning this year?

The Lakers need to get rid of Westbrook. But they might be better off simply sending him home than taking back 2023-24 salary.

Brittney Griner's appeal denied, U.S. hopes for prisoner swap

Griner remains in limbo, and with the upcoming midterm elections in the U.S., she may not get home anytime soon.

Watch: Celtics' Marcus Smart drills ref twice on one play

The Celtics' relationship with the referees didn't get any better, coach Joe Mazzulla was hit with two technicals and his first career ejection later in the third quarter.

Watch: Sloppy Embiid pass leads to McConnell steal, Mathurin and-one

The play was indicative of the way the Sixers have played to start the season, although the team did handle the Pacers to get its first win of the season.

Clippers debut streaming service, but is ClipperVision worth $199 per year?

Part of ClipperVision's "augmented" services includes foreign-language feeds in Spanish and Korean.

ESPN writer: 'Things need to change in LA, and rather quickly'

The Lakers season is already threatening to go off the rails. 

Lakers working out veteran Maurice Harkless

The Lakers aren't the NBA's deepest team, but they're especially shallow at the wing positions. That's why they worked out Maurice Harkless.

Thunder's Jalen Williams has surgery for orbital fracture

The Oklahoma City Thunder have a large crop of rookies this season, with three lottery picks joining the No. 34 pick, Jaylin Williams on the roster this year.

NBA Hall of Fame inductee Tim Hardaway Sr. once shot 0-17...and won

While Russell Westbrook shot 0-11 on Thursday night in a loss to the Clippers, he became the only player in NBA history to go 0-11 twice in his career.

Lakers' Russell Westbrook misses all 11 shots in loss to Clippers

Overall it was a forgettable night for Westbrook.

Clippers considering using Kawhi Leonard off bench

Kawhi Leonard hasn't played in an NBA game since he tore his ACL during the 2021 playoffs. Now the LA Clippers are thinking about making the Board Man a Sixth Man as he makes his way back from the injury.

Suns bench Chris Paul in fourth-quarter comeback win vs. Mavericks

Paul didn't seem perturbed by sitting down, and it clearly worked out for the Suns.

Watch: Ben Simmons scores first points as a Net

Through three quarters, Simmons has five assists, five rebounds, and five fouls.

Watch: Magic rookie Paolo Banchero scores first NBA points

How long did it take No. 1 overall pick to put his stamp on the NBA season? About 24 seconds.