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ESPN’s annual award show, the ESPY Awards, is a night to celebrate the best athletes from around the sports world. However, according to those close to a few of the female athletes nominated for awards, ESPN failed to invite multiple nominees to the ESPYs. Caprice Dydasco, the star defender from the NY/NJ Gotham FC of […]

GG Jackson, the No. 1 player in the class of 2023, just made history for North Carolina, Unfortunately for Tar Heels fans, it’s not a moment they’ll want to remember. The 5-star forward became the first UNC decommit since 2003, when J.R. Smith infamously skipped college for the NBA draft. College basketball fans, as reactive […]

Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari will see a familiar face across from him when his team next faces the rival Louisville Cardinals. Louisville hired Kenny Payne away from the New York Knicks to be the new Cardinals head coach, but Payne also coached under Calipari at Kentucky for nearly a decade. Calipari has a […]

Emoni Bates was supposed to be one of the next big things in basketball. He was a former No. 1 prospect in high school and ultimately reclassified in order to go to Memphis early, but things didn’t go as planned and he wound up transferring after one season. Bates’ next destination? Eastern Michigan. Bates made […]

LeBron James’s children have high ceilings for their future basketball careers. However, every little thing also happens to be magnified with them. This is certainly the case when it comes to Bronny James. Bronny was ranked number 30 in his recruiting class earlier in the year. However, his stock has dropped and he now ranks […]

Tuesday brought some very sad news across the basketball world. Former Purdue Boilermakers star and Portland Trail Blazers forward Caleb Swanigan has passed away at just 25 years old. The school broke the news via Twitter: 💔 Devastated. Our thoughts and prayers to Caleb Swanigan’s family and friends. The world lost a gentle soul last […]

Before Stephen Curry was winning championships with the Golden State Warriors, he was making a name for himself at Davidson while playing for Bob McKillop. It seems only fitting that McKillop is now riding off into the sunset and retiring right after Curry just won title No. 4 and his first Finals MVP The 71-year-old […]

Juwan Howard enjoyed a successful career during his 19 years in the NBA. With two championships and and an All-Star selection to boot, Howard made history as the first player in league history to sign a deal worth more than $100 million. Let’s dig into Juwan Howard’s net worth in 2022. Juwan Howard’s Net Worth […]

The scope of NCAA Basketball is changing drastically with the recent implication of the NIL. Similarly, the Duke Blue Devils are going through a lot of changes, starting with the retirement of longtime head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Tuesday morning, Duke announced that Coach K’s successor, Jon Scheyer, hired Rachel Baker as the organization’s general manager. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers officially announced Darvin Ham as their new head coach last week. With Ham officially on board, it’s time to fill out a coaching staff. Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway said Monday that Rasheed Wallace is expected to leave him and join Ham in Hollywood. I asked Penny Hardaway this morning […]

The shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, rocked the country last week, bringing the need for gun safety to the forefront of everyone’s mind. Mike Krzyzewski, the former Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball team head coach, joined the chorus of athletes and coaches in calling out the lack of leadership in the United […]

The Gonzaga Bulldogs were facing a lot of talent leaving for the 2022 NBA Draft. Chet Holmgren will be a top-three pick while Andrew Nembhard and Drew Timme also have shots at being drafted. However, one of those two recently decided on returning to college ball. With just two simple words in a tweet, Timme […]

The Kansas Jayhawks are hoping to defend their title after a National Championship run in 2021-22, and they just received a major boost to their chances at doing that. Star forward Jalen Wilson has announced his decision to return to the Jayhawks and withdraw from the 2022 NBA Draft, according to ESPN’s NCAA insider Jeff […]

The Iowa Hawkeyes are saying goodbye to Keegan Murray, one of the best players in the program’s history and one of the best prospects in the 2022 NBA Draft. Kris Murray, his twin brother, faced the same fork in the road and has now made a decision. Murray announced that he will be going back […]

The Miami Hurricanes got a huge boost following the team’s historical Elite Eight postseason run this past year. After declaring for the 2022 NBA Draft, Isaiah Wong has decided to “run it back” with the Hurricanes. The star sophomore tweeted his decision Wednesday morning. Let’s run it back 💯 pic.twitter.com/EbNE47hx1M — Isaiah wong (@zaywong21) June […]

The Gonzaga Bulldogs will be happy to hear that their star senior is sticking around for another year. Rasir Bolton is not joining the 2022 NBA Draft class. He tweeted his decision to compete in the NCAA for another year Tuesday afternoon. https://twitter.com/rasir_45/status/1531721548121493506?s=20 This is a pretty surprising announcement, since Bolton previously alluded that the […]

The Texas Longhorns have enjoyed a solid last couple of seasons, making it back to the NCAA Tournament in each year after failing to make the Big Dance in the previous two campaigns. However, the Longhorns bowed out in the first two rounds in their most recent appearances. With point guard Marcus Carr and forward […]

Indiana Hoosiers star big man Trayce Jackson-Davis has made a big decision on his future, and Hoosiers fans will be excited. Jackson-Davis is pulling his name out of the 2022 NBA Draft and returning to Bloomington. The 22-year-old took to Twitter with his announcement: 23’ pic.twitter.com/yJt4w2oJJ1 — TJD (@TrayceJackson) May 20, 2022 The Hoosiers star […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes invested big money into their biggest teams this offseason, extending contracts with football coach Ryan Day and basketball coach Chris Holtmann. Day received a two-year extension, making him the Buckeye’s head coach through the 2028 season. The deal increases his salary from $7.6 million to $9.5 million each year. Fox Sports […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will be the subject a movie set to come to big screens. Shooting Stars, a film adaptation of the 2009 biography written by James and Buzz Bissinger, is expected to release in 2023 and will feature five-star Oregon basketball commit Marquis Cook playing the role of James, according to […]

The Tennessee Volunteers enjoyed another successful season, securing their fifth straight campaign with a winning record while making it to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in that span. However, their recent success didn’t stop them from making a recruiting splash, as they landed a huge commitment from five-star recruit Julian Phillips out of […]

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson didn’t play a single game in the 2021-22 season because of his foot injury, but it was clear by the end of it that he was getting pretty close to full health again. Zion was seen on multiple occasions throwing down dazzling dunks in warmups and practice, leaving some […]

The Michigan State Spartans’ basketball program lost one of their own on Monday. Former star Adreian Payne, who played four years in East Lansing before becoming a first-round pick in the 2014 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, has tragically passed away at just 31-years-old. Via Chris Solari: Confirmed the former MSU star big man […]

North Carolina basketball’s Twitter tweeted out Friday asking who people’s favorite UNC point guard of all-time is. Lakers star LeBron James responded with his: Ed Cota — LeBron James (@KingJames) May 6, 2022 Ed Cota played for UNC in the late 1990s and into the 1999-2000 season. That’s right when James began tearing up the […]

The rich just got richer. The North Carolina Tar Heels, who made it to the NCAA championship game this past season, just made recruiting waves on Wednesday. Five-star recruit GG Jackson, who was also considering the rival Duke Blue Devils, has announced his commitment to the Tar Heels, as reported by 247 Sports. #BREAKING: 5⭐️ […]

NCAA President Mark Emmert announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down from his position effective June 2023. Major college news: NCAA President Mark Emmert has announced that he’ll step down in June of 2023. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 26, 2022 His duties will last until the end of June 2023 or until a […]

Last Wednesday, news broke that Jay Wright was retiring as the head coach of the Villanova Wildcats. The coach had a remarkable career with two NCAA Division I Tournament wins and four Final Four visits in 21 seasons. While he’s enjoying retirement now, Wright hasn’t completely closed his future off to coaching. The former Wildcats […]

Naasir Cunningham is the No. 1 recruit in ESPN’s Class of 2024, and he’s signing a groundbreaking deal with Overtime Elite. While Cunningham is joining up with OTE, he’s forgoing a salary and will maintain his college eligibility in case he wants to go play college basketball. The prized prospect can still make money off […]

The Kansas Jayhawks program got a massive boost historically, winning the NCAA Championship in the greatest comeback in tournament final history. They erased a 16-point deficit in beating fellow blue blood program North Carolina. The biggest reason for the team’s success last season was the play of Ochai Agbaji. In a heartfelt message, the Kansas […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels have their hearts set on returning to the National Championship Game.  After Armando Bacot and RJ Davis decided to stick with the Tar Heels, all eyes turned to Caleb Love. With an average of 15.9 points per game during the regular season and 18.8 points per game during the NCAA […]

On the heels of a National Championship victory, Kansas Jayhawks star Christian Braun made a key reveal regarding his basketball future on Sunday. Braun took to Twitter to reveal his intentions to declare for the 2022 NBA Draft, though he will be maintaining his eligibility at Kansas, meaning he hasn’t fully ruled out a return […]

Wednesday night, Jay Wright announced his retirement as head coach of the Villanova Wildcats. Two days later, the tenured coach held his official retirement press conference. During the conference, Wright explained his reasoning for stepping down after such a successful career. He said that he’d been thinking about retirement “for a few years,” but knew […]

The 2022 NBA Draft is slowly approaching as the playoffs are officially underway. However, many scouts around the league are doing their due diligence on scouting the incoming rookie class. The Duke Blue Devils have some notable names eligible to enter the league and Wendell Moore has made his final decision. According to Jon Rothstein, […]

Chet Holmgren led the Gonzaga Bulldogs to a solid 2021-22 season. The Bulldogs ended the season atop the AP poll and made it to the Sweet 16 behind Holmgren. The seven-foot-tall star will officially be a one-and-done and enter the 2022 NBA Draft. He thanked the Gonzaga program and fans in a Twitter post declaring […]

Jay Wright is stepping down from his post as the Villanova Wildcats’ head coach. The legendary head coach officially announced his retirement from coaching after 21 seasons with Villanova and seven with the Hofstra Pride. Villanova became one of the best programs in the country under Wright. The Wildcats won two national championships, made the […]

It’s been a busy week for the Kentucky Wildcats. First, star forward and National Player of the Year Oscar Tshiebwe made his decision to return to the program next year in an effort to improve his NBA Draft stock. That wasn’t the biggest news to come out of Kentucky. Freshman Shaedon Sharpe made a huge […]

For 21 seasons, Jay Wright paced the sidelines for the Villanova Wildcats as their head coach. Wright became known for his well-coached Wildcat teams and for his impeccable style. However, Wednesday officially marked the end of an era, as Wright shockingly announced his retirement from coaching, ushering in assistant Kyle Neptune as the new head […]

For over two decades, Jay Wright called the shots for the Villanova Wildcats. That will not be the case anymore, starting next season after Wright surprisingly announced his retirement from coaching Wednesday night. Wright is considered an all-time great in college basketball coaching and that’s clearly backed up by the accolades he’s been getting since […]

The reports on Jay Wright seriously considering retirement came as a shock to the basketball world. After all, it seemingly came out of nowhere, especially since the legendary tactician has been a stabilizing force on the sidelines for Villanova for 21 years. However, Wright has a really good reason to retire now and stop from […]