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Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the collegiate landscape changes amid conference realignment and the NCAA’s future remains in flux, West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins said it’s time for the major conferences to split from the other schools and create their […]
Australian basketball great Andrew Bogut wants Ben Simmons to shun his minders and take charge of his own career as the three-time NBA All-Star faces an ugly season in Philadelphia. The 25-year-old is attempting to force the Philadelphia 76ers to trade him to another franchise, despite having four years left on his US$170 million ($227 […]
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points as the Milwaukee Bucks launched the defence of their NBA crown on Tuesday (Oct 19) with a season-opening 127-104 demolition of the Brooklyn Nets. Antetokounmpo picked up where he left off in guiding the Bucks to victory in the NBA Finals last season, leading an emphatic […]
ESPN college basketball announcer Dick Vitale revealed on Monday that he has lymphoma, his second cancer diagnosis since June. Vitale broke the news in an essay for ESPN, saying the cancer was detected early, much like the melanoma he beat in late August. He said doctors told him they don’t believe the two diagnoses are […]
ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. In a statement, Vitale said he plans to treat the cancer with steroids and six months of chemotherapy. The 82-year-old said he’ll manage the treatments around his work schedule for the upcoming season. In August, Vitale announced he had […]
Gonzaga carried a No. 1 ranking all last season before falling a win short of becoming college basketball’s first unbeaten national champion in 45 years. Mark Few’s Bulldogs start this season in the same position, hoping to complete that final step this time around. The Zags were the runaway top choice in The Associated Press […]
Ben Simmons was a full participant in 76ers practice on Sunday, marking his first team activities since losing to the Atlanta Hawks in game seven of the eastern conference semi-finals on June 20. Simmons had requested a trade and held out for 14 days. He ended his holdout on October 11 by showing up at […]
Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Jett Howard plans to play for his father, announcing Wednesday he is committing to Juwan Howard and the Michigan […]
For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. In the early hours of Wednesday morning (AEDT), the Brooklyn Nets made their statement: Kyrie Irving, one of the world’s best basketball players, will not be part of their quest for an NBA championship until he’s vaccinated against COVID-19. The saga, which dragged on through the […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – NBA players who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will have to comply with a long list of restrictions to take part in the upcoming season, ESPN reported on Tuesday (Sept 28). Vaccination is not mandatory but 90 per cent of players already are, NBA Players Association executive director Michele Roberts told […]