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Antonio Kozlow

Sports Editor

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Antonio is a life long sports enthusiast and professional journalist, who shares an obssesive urge to find and dig up the most interesting facts to guide gamblers towards more exciting, yet safe bets. In his own words, ''you can never really know enough about the things you love''.

Articles by Antonio Kozlow (1972)

College Basketball: Purdue star Zach Edey skips the NBA Draft and returns to the Boilermakers

Not even the player who holds the reigning consensus for National Player of the Year in college basketball is heading for the 2023 NBA Draft to be held in June, as Zach Edey decided to back down and return for a fourth season defending the Purdue jersey.  Ranked No. 72 by CBS Sports NBA Draft […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  01 Jun 2023
Heat’s Duncan Robinson reveals why he taunted the Boston crowd in Game 7: ‘I wanted to do it, there was a little internal conflict’

Just as the Celtics were hoping to complete a historic comeback from a 3-0 series deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Heat, Duncan Robinson scored a layup midway Game 7’s fourth quarter to put his team up by 21 points. Just as he dropped the ball inside the rim, he trolled the Boston […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  01 Jun 2023
Hawks’ Bogdan Bogdanovic explains why basketball in the NBA is a ‘totally different dimension’ than in Europe

After completing his third campaign representing the Hawks, Bogdan Bogdanovic has been back in his native Serbia enjoying the summer with friends and family in Belgrade. He recently attended a school activity where young kids were able to ask him a wide range of questions about life in the NBA, and even his potential return […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  01 Jun 2023
Shannon Sharpe is leaving Fox Sports “Undisputed” and reports suggest his last show will be after NBA Finals

After seven years co-hosting his “Undisputed” show on Fox Sports 1, it has emerged that Shannon Sharpe has decided to part ways from Skip Bayless in the next couple of weeks.  According to reports, the former NFL athlete has agreed a deal with the media company over a buyout on his terms, committing to present […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  01 Jun 2023
Projected No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft Matas Buzelis signs with G League Ignite

Born in 2004, young Matas Buzelis jumped from being a five-star high school prospect, to participating in the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Game in March, to just recently signing for the NBA G League Ignite, as it has been announced by the team’s General Manager Anthony McClish this Wednesday.  “It’s a dream come true to join […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  01 Jun 2023
College basketball: Top prospect Mikey Williams loses NIL sponsorship after controversial arrest

Once a high school basketball star, Mikey Williams has had a turbulent first months after committing to Memphis, as he’s been surrounded by controversy in the wake of his arrest linked to a shooting in Southern California back in March.  The top prospect has been attending state courts these past couple of months, and while […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  31 May 2023
NBA Rumors: New York’s RJ Barrett ‘will be a piece’ in a major trade deal this summer

RJ Barrett is becoming quite the entaglement for the New York front office, especially considering he comes from signing a four-year $120 million extension deal and many believed he underperformed this season. According to reporter Sean Deveney from Heavy.com, a general manager from the Eastern Conference is certain that the 22-year-old will be traded out […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  31 May 2023
Jayson Tatum stresses how ‘it’s extremely important’ to extend Jaylen Brown’s contract in Boston

The hype around the possibility that the Celtics could produce a historic comeback after a 3-0 deficit against Miami and then tying the series, was quite a rollercoaster ride for the Boston squad. Now that they’ve been eliminated in Game 7, they are confronted with many crucial decisions this summer than could shape the franchise for […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  31 May 2023
Former player Brian Scalabrine details how coach Erik Spoelstra proved that the NBA isn’t always star-driven

Now that Miami made it to the NBA Finals, fans and basketball experts can’t help but show their amazement over the fact that the eighth-seeded team beat the two top-ranked franchises in the Eastern Conference (Milwaukee Bucks No. 1 and Boston Celtics No. 2) on their way to the top.  According to former player Brian […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  31 May 2023
Denver’s Aaron Gordon shows respect for the Heat: ‘They fight and they scrap, they have no quit in them’

As Miami finally qualified to the NBA Finals after beating Boston in the seven-game thriller of the Eastern Conference’s last stage, the buzz prior to Game 1 against Denver is rising, as it’s the first time both franchises face off each other in the playoffs. Looking ahead to the first game of the series, the […]

Antonio Kozlow  •  31 May 2023