News about Lauren Jackson

She is one of our all-time greats and now Michele Timms has become the third Aussie to be honoured in basketball's Hall of Fame - where she received a big surprise from Hollywood royalty.

After receiving the unanimous vote, the forward joins Cynthia Cooper-Dyke as the second player to sweep the voting.

The proud parents of Australian bronze medalists have been denied the chance to watch their children for the most insane of reasons: 'You have ruined the Olympics for us.'

The Opals will play for Olympic bronze after their latest effort to unseat the all-conquering Americans was swatted away in a 85-64 semi-final loss

The WNBA-stacked Opals have thrown down the challenge to their "s***-talking" rivals, confident they have the muscle required in what's become a Games of attrition.

The Opals' time in France got off to a shocking start when they lost to Nigeria in their first match of the tournament - but a stunning result has now breathed new life into their campaign.

Lauren Jackson reckons she's no longer the star but try telling that to her Australian Olympic teammates as she suits up for a fifth Games, 12 years after her last.

The Dolphins are the first NRL team to endorse a medicinal cannabis firm as a sponsor for the expansion club's new Alternaleaf brand on the front of their jersey this season.

Lauren Jackson, an Opals legend, has confirmed that she will not attend the 2024 Paris Olympics after Australia qualified for the Games with an 85-52 victory over Germany. Following Saturday's victory (Sunday AEDT) in Belem, Brazil, almost 18 months after she made a dramatic comeback at the 2022 World Cup, the 42-year-old announced her retirement from international basketball. I'm done...'I'm done...' Brazil has been really kind to me,' Jackson, who was part of the Opals' triumphant 2006 World Cup bid in Brazil.

Paul Seedsman, the Adelaide midfielder, is the first footy celebrity to return to medical cannabis in the hopes of recovering from concussion following the example set by NRL Immortal Andrew Johns and basketball legend Lauren Jackson. Since being placed on the inactive list in January and playing the last of his 132 AFL games back in 2021, the 31-year-old is out of the season due to persistent concussions. But he began showing telltale signs of concussion in December of the same year after a seemingly harmless collision in preparation.

Since first mistakenly posting the congratulations email as a scam, newlywed goat farmers have been one of the lucky winners of Virgin Australia's'middle seat lottery.' Hundreds of thousands of people have been emuaded to win hundreds of prizes amounting to $230,000 each week as part of the airline's latest 'Bring on Wonderful' campaign. Lauren Jackson, a 15-year-old girl from Wilcannia, NSW, and her new husband Nick hopped aboard a Virgin Australia flight to honeymoon in the Whitsundays in October.

Sian Hughes, a mother of four, unleashed a torrent of foul-mouthed abuse on Lauren Jackson's Warrington home after her neighbor complained her to the police.

Sian Hughes, a mother of four who had no idea her neighbor had alerted her to the police, unleashed a torrent of foul-mouthed abuse on Lauren Jackson's Warrington home. Hughes, a student at Warrington, Cheshire, screamed: When I f******g burn the house down, you will be dealing with police.' Using Miss Jackson's Ring doorbell camera, you can see.' Your cameras are worthless. I will blow your f***g house up. Somebody will blow up your f****g house.' After pleaded guilty to trying to hurt or destroy property, Hughes was sentenced to prison, but Ms Jackson was given a 12-month community order and served with a restraining order.

Lauren Jackson, the Australian Opals icon, has finished her international basketball career in the same way it began, with a World Cup bronze medal. But did a coaching blunder cost her a shot at gold?Jackson was controversially benched in the Opals' heartbreaking semi-final to China which cost them a shot at a gold medal match against USA

NRL Immortal Andrew Johns life was not in a good way before being introduced to medicinal cannabis, which has changed his life. Dr James Stewart (left), a medical cannabis specialist, works with Johns and a number of other well-known celebrities who have profited greatly from medical cannabis use after being banned from professional sports for the first time.

Lauren Jackson, an Australian basketball player, just wanted to go to the gym and pick up her children once more, but she's about to play in the World Cup for the first time 25 years since making her debut. It's a fairytale return for Australia's top female basketball player, but it wouldn't have been possible without medical cannabis.

Lauren Jackson, the Australian basketball legend, would not have been able to make the dramatic comeback that culminated in her World Cup pick without medical cannabis. Jackson was lured out of international retirement in June ahead of the World Cup in September, where she has highlighted how important medical cannabis was in her comeback.

Lauren Jackson, the Australian basketball legend, made her comeback nine years after last representing the country would be rewarded with a spot in the Opals World Cup team. Coach Sandy Brondello, a former Australian teammate of Jackson's, was the one to bring the news in a heartwarming video.