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UConn women’s basketball 2022-23: Huskies take on a distinct international flavor as Geno Auriemma transforms Storrs into the crossroads of the world

HARTFORD, Conn. — The notes app on Azzi Fudd’s iPhone is a Rosetta Stone of sorts. Fascinated with how kids grow up learning multiple languages overseas, the UConn women’s basketball guard started picking up Hungarian from Pecs native Dorka Juhász last season and is now trying her hand at French…

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UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis haunted — and energized — by national title loss

North Carolina’s 1991 Final Four loss to Kansas antagonized Hubert Davis as a player so much that he said he repeatedly watched a replay of it annually until he, as an assistant coach under Roy Williams, was part of the Tar Heels’ 2017 national title team.

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Jon Scheyer’s journey — and time in Illinois’ FAAM league — prepared him for this moment

This was the first time Jon Scheyer felt any kind of pressure to prove himself. The first time he could sense others’ doubt and skepticism. He was in the sixth grade when he walked into a gym in Evanston, Ill., not far from his hometown of Northbrook, a well-off suburb…

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‘We want Westbrook!’ chants aren’t enough to lift Lakers past disciplined Jazz

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 6,000 miles from the Crypto.com Arena in Limoges, France, a 7-foot-4 basketball prospect pushed the ball between his skyscraper legs before taking a one-footed three-point shot that swished through the rim, evoking some ungodly mix of Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki.

Los Angeles Times

LeBron James gifts Ohio State basketball team new shoes as season approaches

LeBron comes through once again with some sweet swag for the Ohio State basketball team. #GoBucks

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Smaller and slower games like walking basketball and pickleball making sports accessible to all ages and abilities

In the past two decades, professional sport has only gotten bigger and faster, but people at the grassroots level are embracing slower-paced sports like pickleball and walking basketball.

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The NBA hasn’t been any fun at all so far this season and that’s such a shame

But it's the league's own fault that things are this way

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KD’s desire for the Nets to ‘keep quiet’ about Kyrie are emblematic of players’ silence on antisemitism

The NBA holds a Jewish presence in the past, present and future.

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Celtics’ Sam Hauser helps break in new basketball court at Dorchester YMCA

It seems that Boston Celtics reserve forward Sam Hauser is making himself right at home in the greater Boston community in one of the best ways possible.

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Bold predictions for the 2022-23 women’s college basketball season: Tournament seeding, awards and more

Will South Carolina run the table?

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EKU women's basketball team prepares to take the floor in coach's sophomore season

The Eastern Kentucky University’s women’s basketball team opens season play Monday night in Richmond. The team’s led by a coach with more than three decades of experience.

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Women’s College Basketball Preseason Favorites

Experts break down the top teams’ chances, most hyped players and championship-ready squads ahead of the season’s start.

Sports Illustrated

Kyrie Irving finally apologises over antisemitic film tweet – after Brooklyn Nets suspended him without pay

The basketball star’s statement came hours after the Nets announced it had suspended him without pay and the ADL refused to accept his donation

The Independent UK

UConn women’s basketball 2022-23 team by the numbers

HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn women’s basketball season is just around the corner. Fans and media will get their first glimpse at the 2022-23 Huskies in an exhibition game against Division II Kutztown this Sunday, followed by the season opener against Northeastern on Thursday night.

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Scott Fowler: ESPN’s Jay Bilas on hoops, Duke-UNC and tangling with Barney the Dinosaur

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jay Bilas, ESPN’s leading college basketball analyst, is this week’s interview subject for “Sports Legends of the Carolinas.”

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NBA star Irving apologizes after suspension in antisemitism row

Kyrie Irving, the point guard for the National Basketball Association’s Brooklyn Nets franchise, has apologized after being suspended from playing for failing to “disavow antisemitism” when he was given an opportunity to do so.

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The Brooklyn Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for at least 5 games for an antisemitic post

Basketball star Kyrie Irving posted a clip on Twitter from a film that contained false and antisemitic comments. The post has since been deleted and Irving now faces a suspension of at least 5 games.

Sports Illustrated

Coach K Makes Honest But Surprising Admission About Coaching

The former Duke coach retired after the 2021–22 season after 47 years of coaching college basketball.

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REPORT: Former Michigan State basketball star Miles Bridges pleads no contest to felony domestic violence charges

Miles Bridges pleads no contest to felony domestic violence charges, will accept 3 years of probation

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US embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russian prison

White House spokeswoman says jailed US basketball star is ‘doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances’.

Newcastle Herald

Astley, McLean to coach Falcons in expanded NBL1 East for 2023

Sydney Comets, Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence (CoE), Penrith Panthers and the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Spiders join next year's state competition.

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Mark Story: The case against ‘University-6’ ends with a whimper. But for Louisville, the harm is done.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — After some five years of suspension in NCAA investigatory limbo, the University of Louisville men’s basketball program is free at last.

Reuters

Brittney Griner faces bleak life in Russian penal colony

Tedious manual work, poor hygiene and lack of access to medical care - such are the conditions awaiting U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian penal colony after she lost her appeal last week against a nine-year drug sentence.

Sports Illustrated

Barry Sanders Reacts to Son’s Michigan State Basketball Debut

Nick Sanders, a freshman guard, appeared in the Spartans’ exhibition game against Grand Valley State on Wednesday.

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Louisville Basketball Avoids Major NCAA Penalties

The full sanctions were released Thursday morning.

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