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‘Gaming has saved a lot of guys’: Inside the NBA bubble’s favorite pastime

Many players have found solace — from the pandemic, social isolation and the daily grind of basketball — by playing video games

Sports

FIFA tournament shows global reach of gaming and soccer

While COVID-19 has forced many of us back to the console, some never left

Sports

Patrick Mahomes becomes fifth black QB on ‘Madden 20’ cover

‘I expect my rating to be 100,’ says the NFL’s reigning MVP and Offensive Player of the Year

Culture

How Atlanta Hawks rookie Trae Young created his own avatar for ‘NBA 2K19’

The Steph Curry comparisons keep coming, but the shooting sensation has his own moves

Culture

Behind the scenes of Heat Check’s loss to Knicks Gaming in the epic NBA 2K League finals

Similar to the Miami Heat in 2011, the villainous Heat Check Gaming squad fell short of a title

Culture

The Miami Heat’s Derric Franklin is the first black leader in the very new history of the NBA 2K League

With players Hotshot, MaJes7ic and 24K DropOff, has the guy in the violet Afro created the best big three since D-Wade, LeBron and Bosh?

Culture

Our gaming expert unpacks ‘Ready Player One’

The female characters are tougher than the white guy in the lead, but it’s still candy for gamers

Culture

Why are pro athletes obsessed with ‘Call of Duty’? — we asked them

Karl-Anthony Towns, Golden Tate, Alejandro Villanueva and others explain why ‘there’s a soldier’ in all of them