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Curry, Warriors Add a Year
Curry, Warriors Add a Year
Aug 29, 2024 4:50 PM CDT

Curry, Warriors Add a Year

Star guard extends contract for $62M

(Newser) - Stephen Curry has agreed to wear Golden State Warriors uniform through the 2026-27 season. The star's agent, Jeff Austin, told ESPN the one-year extension is for $62.6 million. That would make Curry the third player in the NBA to top $500 million in career earnings, after LeBron James...

Curry's 3-Pointers Lift US to Fifth Straight Gold
Curry's First Olympics Is Golden
Aug 10, 2024 5:30 PM CDT

Curry's First Olympics Is Golden

Kerr calls clutch performance 'storybook stuff'

(Newser) - Team USA had a balanced attack against host France in the men's basketball gold medal game on Saturday at the Paris Olympics. Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Devin Booker all scored in double figures, NBC News reports. But it was Curry who provided the heroics, hitting four...

Stephen Curry Sets Record for 3-Pointers
Steph Curry
Notches Another
Big NBA Stat
UPDATED
Dec 29, 2021 12:11 AM CST

Steph Curry Notches Another Big NBA Stat

He now has 3,000 3-pointers

(Newser) - Update: Two weeks after setting the NBA record for 3-pointers, Steph Curry had another big night Tuesday when the Golden State Warriors player became the first player in league history to make 3,000 3-pointers, the AP reports. Even so, the Denver Nuggets beat the Warriors 89-86. Video of No....

'Greatest Shooter in NBA History' Played With Blurry Vision

Steph Curry just got contacts, and 'it's like the whole world has opened up'

(Newser) - If you were impressed by Steph Curry's shooting skills, get ready for what may be coming now that he can actually see. The NBA star revealed this week to the Athletic , via the San Francisco Chronicle , that he recently got long-needed contact lenses due to blurry vision. Fox News...

NBA Great Floats Conspiracy About Moon Landings
NBA Great Floats Conspiracy
About Moon Landings
the rundown
Dec 11, 2018 10:55 AM CST

NBA Great Floats Conspiracy About Moon Landings

Stephen Curry seems to think NASA faked them

(Newser) - Stephen Curry is one of the NBA's biggest stars—in fact, the Golden State Warriors great just picked up Player of the Week honors for the second time this season, notes NBC Sports . But the most recent headlines about him have nothing to do with basketball and everything to...

NBA Star Responds After Girl's Plea About His Shoes

Riley Morrison wanted to know why Steph Curry sneakers came only in 'boys' sizes

(Newser) - Riley Morrison knew which shoes she wanted on her feet as she kicked off her basketball season. Unfortunately, she appeared not to have the right feet. "Girls want to rock the Curry 5s too," the 9-year-old Golden State Warriors fan from Napa, Calif., wrote in a letter to...

Dynasty? Golden State Just Made a Powerful Case

Stephen Curry's Warriors sweep LeBron James' Cavaliers, win 3rd title in 4 years

(Newser) - Stephen Curry scored 37 points, Kevin Durant added 20 and a triple-double, and the Golden State Warriors stamped themselves a dynasty after winning their second straight NBA title and third in four years Friday night. The Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 to complete a sweep and perhaps drive LeBron...

Cleveland, Golden State Set for 4th Straight NBA Finals

Both won Game 7s in conference finals

(Newser) - Here we go again. And again. And, well, again. Round 4—as many predicted, and others probably lamented—is happening. Cleveland and Golden State will meet for the fourth straight year in the NBA Finals, the Warriors looking for a third championship in that span and LeBron James and the...

Steph Curry's Mom Will Wash His Mouth Out With Soap

The NBA star dropped an F-bomb on TV and his mom was not happy

(Newser) - Even NBA stars need to watch their language around Mom. Just ask Steph Curry, whose recent F-bomb after scoring 35 points to beat Houston in game 3 of the Western Conference finals on Sunday caught the attention of, you guessed it, Mrs. Sonya Curry. “She already sent me two...

Warriors Skipping White House on Washington Visit

'We're not going to politicize anything, we're just going to hang out with some kids,' champs say

(Newser) - The Golden State Warriors are heading to Washington, just not to the White House. The traditional champions' invitation was never granted from President Trump—and it appears the Warriors might have declined it, anyway. So they plan to spend their day in the city with local children Tuesday, the AP...

Warriors: Trump 'Made It Clear We Are Not Invited'

Steph Curry and Co. are fine skipping White House visit; Trump keeps up attack on NFL

(Newser) - The Golden State Warriors appear to be good with skipping a victory lap at the White House in wake of President Trump's war of words with Steph Curry, the NBA, and the NFL, reports CNN . "While we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we...

Athletes React to Trump Comments: 'U Bum'

After urging owners to fire 'son of a bitch' NFL players, Trump takes on Steph Curry

(Newser) - President Trump's war on professional athletes continued a day after he told supporters in Alabama that NFL owners should fire any "son of a bitch" player who protests during the national anthem. "Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team,"...

Steph Curry Gets Biggest Contract in NBA History
Steph Curry
Just Made
NBA History
Jul 1, 2017 9:54 AM CDT

Steph Curry Just Made NBA History

Golden State Warriors star agrees to biggest contract ever in NBA

(Newser) - That'll buy a lot of fresh mouthguards . Business Insider reports Stephen Curry has agreed to the biggest contract in NBA history at $201 million over the next five years. The Golden State Warriors star becomes the first NBA player to earn a so-called "supermax" contract—one over $200...

Under Armour Boss, Celebs at Odds Over Trump

Kevin Plank called Trump 'a real asset'

(Newser) - Celebrities sponsored by Under Armour are speaking out after the company's CEO praised President Trump this week, triggering #BoycottUnderArmour to trend on Twitter, per the San Jose Mercury News . In an interview with CNBC Tuesday, CEO Kevin Plank said he's "a big fan" of the "pro-business...

Steph Curry's Wife Says NBA Is 'Rigged'

Tweet followed Curry's ejection from Game 6

(Newser) - Steph Curry was thrown out of his first NBA game during the Golden State Warriors' 115-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday—and his wife is really not happy about it. In a since-deleted tweet, Ayesha Curry said the league is "...

People Really Hate Steph Curry's New Shoes

What's wrong with them? Absolutely nothing, if you're someone's grandpa

(Newser) - While Hillary Clinton is burning Donald Trump on social media, everyone else is burning Steph Curry. Not for any recent screw-ups on the court, but for his new Curry Two Low "Chef" sneakers, released Thursday by Under Armour, reports For the Win . Not that there's anything atrociously hideous...

Man's Steph Curry Tweet Gets Him Fired

Moe Wahdan lost his job as a result

(Newser) - A Cleveland Cavaliers fan apparently trying to get under the skin of the NBA's MVP instead ended up losing his job. The 21-year-old sister of Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors tweeted Wednesday morning that Curry's whole family was heading to Cleveland to watch him play in...

US Olympic Basketball Team Loses NBA's MVP

Stephen Curry won't be going to Rio Olympics in August

(Newser) - Stephen Curry has withdrawn from consideration from the Olympics, leaving the US basketball team without the NBA's MVP. Curry said Monday in a statement that he has decided to pull out for "several factors—including recent ankle and knee injuries." He didn't specify what the other...

Obama Gives Steph Curry Advice on His Jump Shot

He also proves to be the superior Connect Four player

(Newser) - Steph Curry made more three-pointers this season than any player ever while leading the Golden State Warriors to the most wins in NBA history. But when the President of the United States offers jump-shooting tips, you listen. The Hill reports a PSA about mentorship starring Curry and President Obama was...

Hansbrough Wins Wooden Award
  Hansbrough Wins
  Wooden Award
Apr 12, 2008 8:06 PM CDT

Hansbrough Wins Wooden Award

North Carolina junior sweeps MVP awards; Parker takes women's honor

(Newser) - He already earned an armful, but Tyler Hansbrough took one last bit of brass Friday night. The North Carolina junior won the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball's top player, giving him essentially a sweep of the season's individual honors, including The Associated Press college basketball player of the...

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