Kevin Durant

Team USA men’s basketball has announced its 12-man roster for the Toyko Olympics starting on Friday, July 23 on the networks and platforms of NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). The basketball tournament starts on Sunday, July 25. The team, which has won three...

The Forbes Top 10 Highest Paid Athletes list had a record four $100 million earners for the period of May 1, 2020 to May 1, 2021. The previous three years contained three $100 million earners. The $1.05 billion earned by this year's top 10 was up 28% from last year's and came...

Founded in November 2019, StarStock offers sports fans and hobbyists the opportunity to buy, sell and invest in a marketplace offering sports cards from athletes' rookie years. About StarStock: The company stores the cards in a secure, centralized vault creating a stock market...

E-commerce company Dutchie completed a $35 million Series B funding round, with backing from Snoop Dogg's Casa Verde Capital, Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures and Former Starbucks Chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz. Thrive Capital and Gron Ventures also participated in the effort...

By Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Kevin Durant compared smoking marijuana to drinking wine after work, and believes NBA players should have access to the plant. NBA superstar Kevin Durant hasn’t exactly hid his relationship to cannabis over the...

Canopy Rivers Inc. (TSX: RIV) (OTC: CNPOF) has added Thirty Five Ventures to its advisory board. Thirty Five Ventures is owned by two-time National Basketball Association champion Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets and sports exec Rich Kleiman. The advisory board includes John Ruffolo of the...

The movement of players in the NBA’s offseason free agency period is so riveting it can rival the play on the court. With over $3 billion in deals made in just one day, this year's NBA free agency is arguably the most exciting one yet, with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving set to join the...

The type of market a player lands in directly affects their ability to push product. No matter how fun the city might be, Zion Williamson landing in New Orleans isn't the outcome sneaker companies looking to sign the future NBA star to an endorsement deal are hoping for. Luck Of The Draw The...

The Benzinga Fintech Focus Podcast took a brief detour last week into the world of term life insurance. This week’s episode features an interview with Peter Colis, founder and CEO of Ethos, a startup looking to change the way consumers buy term life insurance policies. Ethos has raised over $...

When Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport (OTC: PMMAF) announced a comeback attempt in basketball earlier this year, it turned heads in the industry. Why is the brand that has had a really strong run in sportswear over the past few years entering a struggling performance basketball footwear market? A...

At last season’s close, NBA broadcasters sulked to the bus, heads down, defeated. Across Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s ABC and ESPN, NBA TV and Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)’s TNT, the league’s regular-season average viewership had fallen 6 percent year-over-year. TNT, in...

The Golden State Warriors completed a nearly perfect sweep of the NBA playoffs by defeating the defending champions Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Warriors' perfect 12–0 run heading into the Finals could in part be attributed to Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UAA)'s...

A post-season playoff packed with lackluster, lopsided games finally got the rematch that apparently everybody wanted. And maybe needed. The result? Ratings gold for ABC and its parent, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), which has posted numbers not seen since Michael Jordan won his sixth and final NBA...

Nearly every signature shoe release from Under Armour Inc. (NYSE: UAA) Steph Curry’s line has been blasted on social media. After debuting the latest model, the Curry 4, in the first game of the NBA Finals, it appears Under Armour may have finally gotten one right. Better Days Ahead Wells...

The NBA Finals are back. After a string of blowout playoff games, the stage is finally set for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors rematch. In honor of the Finals opener, Benzinga is taking a quick look at the business behind NBA champions. You Have To Pay More To Win More The...