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NBANorth Carolina's Justin Jackson declares for NBA Draft, hires agent

North Carolina junior forward Justin Jackson has declared for the 2017 NBA Draft and signed with an agent, according to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. The lanky 6-foot-8 forward is fresh off yet another All-American season that earned him the ACC Player of the Year award. The junior capped off his 2016-17 campaign by cutting the nets with […]

NBAMichael Jordan pokes fun at himself in congratulatory text he sent to Roy Williams

Roy Williams has been receiving a ton of congratulatory messages since leading North Carolina to their sixth NCAA Championship on Monday. From former Tar Heel players, to fellow coaches, calls and text messages have been abundant as of late for him as well-wishers are continuing to contact him. One of them was the greatest basketball […]

Los Angeles ClippersJ.J. Redick reaffirms stance on student-athletes being paid

LOS ANGELES – Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers of our nation, once said, “laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.” A couple hundred years later, L.A. Clippers guard J.J. Redick is preaching the same quote when it comes to the NCAA and not paying their […]

NBANorth Carolina Alumni celebrate their team's 6th national championship

The University of North Carolina added another championship to their already storied legacy on Monday night as they captured this year’s NCAA Championship and their sixth overall in school history. The school’s alumni composed of current and past NBA players joined the celebration and took to their Twitter accounts to let everyone know what they think […]

NBAThrowback: Kobe Bryant on the cover of The Fan

Once upon a time, there was a Pennsylvania high school basketball player who could play all five positions, average over 30ppg, 10rbg, and 5apg. He was a star athlete for Lower Merion High School. His name was Kobe Bryant. After his freshman year, his team finished with a 4-20 record. Over the next three years Bryant […]

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