Cameron Kennedy

Mental Dimes •

Power, Patience, and Proving Everyone Wrong: Schwarber’s MVP Case

It's late August in Philadelphia, where the Phillies are battling the Atlanta Braves as they look to pull away further in the NL East and chase a second straight division title. At the center of the success for the 2025 Phillies is Kyle Schwarber, the slugger tied with Shohei Ohtani for the second-most home runs in baseball, and suddenly in the thick of the MVP race with the best player in the world. In his first at-bat, he crushes a no-doubt bomb to claim sole possession of second place on the...
Mental Dimes •

No King, No Problem. The NBA's Identity Problem

The NBA's "Face of the League" issue is relatively straightforward: its most prominent faces — LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant — remain the biggest names, even as they continue into their 30s (or 40s in LeBron's case). To be fair, they all still back it up on the court. LeBron just made second-team All-NBA, Curry is still the best shooter in the world, and KD, when healthy, remains one of the best scorers in the association.It's been a gift for the league to have these three overla...
USA Basketball •

USA Men Take Stop 6 Title to Highlight Sunday's Action in Chile - USA Basketball

The USA men won the Stop 6 Final at the 2025 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Americas Conference in Punta Arenas, Chile, to highlight the final day of competition for the Americans. With the week’s results, the U.S. men won their conference and punched their ticket to the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup, set for Sept. 17-21 in Xiong An, China. The women’s team also won their conference title in Chile, but had already qualified for the U23 World Cup after winning the same competition last year.
USA Basketball •

Dylan Travis Makes the World his 3x3 Half Court - USA Basketball

Dylan Travis has played 3x3 basketball in nearly every corner of the globe—France, Canada, Switzerland, China, the Philippines and more.

He recently joined USA Basketball’s 3x3 Champions Cup Team in Bangkok in March. Also in 2025, he’s had stops in Austria, Japan and France.

And this week at the 2025 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, he's competing in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, not for the first, not for the second but for a third time.
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