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It’s worth taking a glance at the numerous figures, especially Democrats, who buddied up to the former crypto tycoon over the years. ... Not that long ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world. Sporting a net worth of approximately $15.6 billion, Bankman-Fried was the CEO of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange platform launched in 2019 that had accumulated more than a million consumers by 2022. At 30 years old, he was extremely successful — that is, until last week when he was exposed as a con artist. After a Nov. 2 article from the digital currency news site Coindesk...

The devastating news the Warriors feared came to fruition on Thursday. Klay Thompson suffered a season-ending Achilles tear while working out with fellow NBA players in California, ESPN.com reported. Thompson, 30, will miss his second straight full season after being out in 2019-20 for a torn ACL he suffered in the NBA Finals against the Raptors. It is a crushing blow for Golden State, which had hoped to regain its place on top of the NBA with Thompson and Steph Curry healthy

NBA All-Star Stephen Curry and his family endorsed Joe Biden in a unique 2020 Democratic National Convention segment Thursday. The Golden State Warriors guard and his wife Ayesha appeared in a pre-recorded video with daughters Riley, 8, and Ryan, 5, on the final night of the convention. “We want to ensure that our kids live in a nation that is safe, happy, healthy and fair,” Ayesha said. “And so this election…” “We’re voting for Joe Biden,” Steph continued.

The Toronto Raptors are NBA champions for the first time in franchise history. The Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors 114-110 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night to clinch the series in Golden State.

Programming note: Watch Steph Curry's MVP press conference today at 2pm on CSN Bay Area, and streaming live right here. The NBA made it official on Tuesday morning, as Steph Curry captured his second straight MVP award. Curry, who led the Warriors to a come-from behind victory on Monday night by scoring an NBA-record 17 points in overtime, becomes the first unanimous MVP in NBA history. Draymond Green finished in seventh place after capturing two second-place votes, six fourth-place votes and 19 fifth-place votes, for a total of 50 points. Kawhi Leonard came in second with 634 points 54 second-place...