An ode to slamball
Before SlamBall, sports were antithetical to my very being, constantly reminding of my physical shortcomings. But after SlamBall, I began a lifelong love affair with sports.
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Can Giannis Antetokounmpo become face of NBA?
Typically, the identity of the star of the NBA is an all-American kid, whether it was the young farm boy from Indiana who shot basketballs into milk baskets or the kid from Akron, Ohio who overcame socioeconomic adversity to become one of the best of all time.
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The Prodigy Trap: LeBron James Jr. and the Weight of Expectation
Open Season
Social media is full of people critiquing his jump shot and discussing whether he’s really worth all the hype. It’s only a matter of time before he becomes a topic of conversation on mainstream platforms such as Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Bleacher Report.
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UC Berkeley’s RISELab awarded $10M grant for artificial intelligence research, innovation
The grant will be used over the next five years for research in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Berkeley-based institute aims to support AI-related startups
Berkeley-based startup institute The House announced a new initiative via press release Wednesday that aims to support the translation of artificial intelligence, or AI, research into an industrially applicable form.
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Picks of the week: Nostalgia for the classics, discovery of the contemporary
The best part, you won’t have to travel far to discover your new favorite film or music group; every one of these events takes place in Berkeley or San Francisco.
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How to intimidate others
Are you sick of people not taking you seriously? People aren’t nearly as skittish as they used to be, and our street cred is suffering as a result.
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Campus lab receives $1M for research in artificial intelligience
The Noah’s Ark Laboratory of Huawei, a research lab located in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, will provide UC Berkeley’s Artificial Intelligence Research Lab, or BAIR, with funding toward research in artificial intelligence, or AI, as stated in a press release by Huawei.
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NBA Top 25: 1
My brother had his first knee surgery when he was age 14. I was eight. It was summertime in Chicago, so it was blisteringly hot. My parents put an AC window unit in our living room, where my brother was stationed on the couch, ice pack perpetually strapped to his
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Watching sports
I watch a lot of sports. No, really. I can confidently say that I’ve seen about 60 percent of all NFL games this season, including every single game on wild-card weekend. I’ve seen the benign highlight reels of every NCAA football game from the last year — especially of teams
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