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The Latest Breaking News from Basketball

WNBA’s Griner Is Happy To Be Home After Prisoner Exchange

The American basketball star was traded for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout — but some were critical of the swap.

Zenger

College Hoops Should Prioritize Preserving Its Rivalries

As realignment and super conferences threaten the sport’s classic matchups, Missouri-Kansas was a reminder of the value of maintaining them.

Sports Illustrated

City/Suburban Hoops Report Three-Pointer: Ian Brown’s big game for New Trier, Lemont’s Castillo twins and sectional issues

The attention-grabbing headline is this: Ian Brown drained a ridiculous 12 three-pointers in one game.

Chicago Sun-Times

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LeBron, Carmelo and Sons’ Photo Goes Viral After Game

The two NBA stars’ sons played each other in an elite high school basketball matchup on Monday night.

Sports Illustrated

Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion and longtime coach, dies at 79

“He combined the knowledge developed over nearly 40 years as an NBA player and coach with an innate understanding of how to mix discipline with his never-ending positivity,” Charlotte Hornets chairman Michael Jordan said.

Chicago Sun-Times

MSU basketball remains unranked in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

Michigan State basketball remains outside the top 25 in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll

USA Today Sports Media Group

Following Griner's release, U.S. lawmakers want a "National Hostage" day

Days after the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner from imprisonment in Russia, Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers will introduce legislation on Tuesday to establish March 9 as an annual day to remember Americans detained abroad.

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Michelle Kaufman: Brittney Griner is home safe, but gender inequities in professional sports continue

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian prison last week after 10 months in custody ignited a firestorm of opinions about the prisoner swap. It also brought to light the inequities faced by professional female basketball players in the United States.

Miami Herald

Aztecs clicking again, blow out Kennesaw State

There's an apocryphal expression in basketball when you're mired in a shooting slump: "Shoot your way out of it."

Tribune News Service

What’s next for top-ranked Texas basketball after coach Chris Beard’s suspension

Chris Beard exited the Travis County Jail in Austin on Monday afternoon, released after posting bond on a felony domestic violence charge.

Tribune News Service

UT suspends head basketball coach after family violence arrest

Chris Beard was hired in 2021 and is one of the University of Texas’ highest-paid employees.

The Texas Tribune

Alabama’s Mark Sears: ‘We’re Becoming a Basketball School’

The Crimson Tide have become the second team in history to beat two different No. 1 opponents in the same season.

Sports Illustrated

The sons of LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony will play tonight 20 years after their fathers first did

The game is on national television thanks to ESPN2.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Prisoner swap for Brittney Griner was one-sided

Griner can now resume her basketball career and make hundreds of thousands of dollars, while Viktor Bout can now resume his arms dealing ways that may result in the deaths of even more people.

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MSU basketball receives votes, remains unranked in latest AP Top 25 poll

Michigan State basketball remains outside the AP Top 25 this week

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bronny vs. Kiyan: NBA legends’ sons square off tonight in HS hoops game

Tonight the Lakers teammates can watch their sons play eachother in a high school basketball game.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Coaches Poll Top 25 College Basketball Rankings Week 6

USA TODAY college basketball Coaches Poll top 25 rankings, Week 6

Daily Mirror

Brittney Griner returns to basketball court after prison release but "undecided" on WNBA

WNBA star Brittney Griner has picked up a basketball after being freed from a Russian prison, but is yet to confirm her future in the sport after a whirlwind 2022

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AP Poll Top 25 College Basketball Rankings Week 6

AP Top 25 Poll - where do all the top teams stand in the latest AP college basketball rankings after Week 6?

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner returns to the basketball court for first time in 10 months after Russian prisoner swap

Agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas says Ms Griner is yet to decide if she will return to the WNBA

WhatToWatch

How to watch the NBA on ESPN

The NBA on ESPN is one of the main broadcast homes for pro basketball, here’s how you can be sure you don’t miss any of the action.

Sports Illustrated

Texas Basketball Coach Chris Beard Arrested on Felony Assault Charge

He was booked shortly after 5 a.m. CT on Monday in Austin.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Brittney Griner immediately dunked while playing basketball for first time in nearly 10 months

That dunk must have felt so cathartic.

Sports Illustrated

Agent: Griner Not Ready to Say If She Will Resume WNBA Career

The basketball star is currently staying at a hotel on a military base with her wife.

Axios

Griner dunks in first basketball workout since Russian detention

"She seems to have endured this in pretty incredible ways," Griner's agent said.

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