2023-09-22 19:24
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Missouri’s recruiting class surged to No. 1 in the 247Sports Class of 2024 Team Rankings on Friday following the commitment of top-50 prospect Annor Boateng. The… Read More
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2023-09-22 00:13
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Duke added a key piece to its 2024 recruiting class Thursday when five-star prospect Kon Knueppel announced his commitment to the Blue Devils over Alabama and Virginia, amo… Read More
2023-09-21 16:46
In July, I wrote about four early contenders to go No. 1 in the 2024 NBA Draft and two darkhorses who could emerge — highlighted by the always-relevant caveat that the list could chan… Read More
2023-09-20 21:21
Rutgers Basketball
Phil Sellers, regarded widely as the greatest basketball player in Rutgers history, died Wednesday at age 69. A family statement to NJ.com revealed Sellers had suffer… Read More
2023-09-20 20:15
Entering last college basketball season, Purdue center Zach Edey ranked No. 8 on our list of the sport’s Top 101 And 1 players and was honored as a third-team preseason All-American… Read More
2023-09-20 20:07
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Five-star shooting guard Jalil Bethea became Miami’s highest-ranked commitment in history on Wednesday, according to 247Sports. The addition of the historic top-10 prospect… Read More
2023-09-20 18:00
Truly.
Really.
Absolutely.
You truly, really, absolutely do not understand how difficult it is to conceptualize, design, color-block, manufacture and sell your own pair… Read More
2023-09-20 14:56
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Five-star shooting guard Jalil Bethea will announce his commitment live on the 247Sports YouTube channel on Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET. The No. 7 overall prospect in the 2024 recruiti… Read More
2023-09-19 19:14
Kansas opens up its 2023-24 basketball season in Lawrence, Kansas on Nov. 6 against North Carolina Central and has another home game against Manhattan before the Jayhawks’ face their… Read More
2023-09-19 18:00
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There’s no denying that the New Balance 550 is one of the most popular silhouettes on the market right now. Designed in 1989 by Steven Smith… Read More
2023-09-18 15:59
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Kansas
This ranking is based on the Jayhawks returning three starters – Daj… Read More
2023-09-18 14:55
An unfair labor practice complaint has been filed against Dartmouth contending the school has violated federal law by misclassifying its players as student-athletes.
The complaint was sent… Read More
2023-09-18 14:37
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Even though he might be the newest MLB athlete to sign with Jordan Brand, Marlins center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr is anything but new to the Brand… Read More
2023-09-17 23:24
It’s time for the preview to the previews.
Sept. 17 — hey, that’s Sunday — marks 50 days to the start of the 2023-24 college basketball season on Nov. 6. &nb&helli…Read More
Kansas Guard Arterio Morris Suspended From Program Just One Day After Settling Assault Case In Texas
2023-09-16 01:58
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Kansas guard Arterio Morris has been suspended indefinitely, 247Sports confirmed Friday night. The suspension comes after an alleged rape took place in late August at the on-camp… Read More
2023-09-15 20:28
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Michigan coach Juwan Howard underwent a successful heart procedure to resect an aortic aneurysm and repair Howard’s aortic valve, the school announced Friday. Howard is exp… Read More
2023-09-14 21:34
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At the age of 10, Kateryna Koval had to make a potentially life-changing choice between her first two loves: ballet and basketball. Fast… Read More
2023-09-14 18:07
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A group of 15 Dartmouth men’s basketball players became the latest college athletes to pursue unionization this week with a petition to the National Labor Relations Board t… Read More
2023-09-14 17:04
Kentucky opens up the 2023-24 season on Nov. 6 at home against New Mexico State and plays another game in Lexington, Kentucky, later that week against Texas A&M-Commerce before the real… Read More
2023-09-13 17:15
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Kentucky Wildcats
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Duke Blue Devils
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Purdue Boilermakers
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Arizona Wildcats
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Connecticut Huskies
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Houston Cougars… Read More
2023-09-12 18:46
Looking for the biggest show in New York? It’s not on Broadway, but at Barclays.
The New York Liberty, thanks to their starting lineup—Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones, Sabrina… Read More
2023-09-12 15:36
For the first four years of Mick Cronin’s tenure, it felt like UCLA had discovered the fountain of continuity. Even as college basketball transformed amid a proliferation of transfers… Read More
2023-09-12 15:31
To get in, you’ll need your ID. Show it to the doorman, and then take the elevator. Turn left. There’s a white door down the hall; in there, a camera crew is crammed wall… Read More
2023-09-12 15:31
To get in, you’ll need your ID. Show it to the doorman, and then take the elevator. Turn left. There’s a white door down the hall; in there, a camera crew is crammed wall… Read More
2023-09-11 17:21
The Big East, Big 12 and Big Ten are in preliminary talks to potentially hold a 16-team, single-site postseason men’s basketball event for teams that don’t make the NCAA Tournam… Read More
2023-09-09 16:01
The second annual Fall Invitational featuring G League Ignite and an international team — this time the Perth Wildcats (a year after featuring Mets 92 and No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama… Read More
2023-09-08 14:58
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-09-07 15:47
We were able to sit down with four-time NBA champion and future Hall of Famer Stephen Curry at his annual Curry Camp in California back in August. Curry and a host of former and current pr… Read More
2023-09-07 15:37
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-09-05 17:15
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-09-02 01:46
Less than one month after one of the most impactful days in the history of college athletics that saw six Pac-12 programs leave the storied conference, more dominoes fell on Friday when the… Read More
2023-09-01 19:41
So, the unwanted inevitable became official in the early hours of Friday morning when 12 out of 15 Atlantic Coast Conference presidents and chancellors decided to panic-add Cal, SMU an… Read More
2023-09-01 18:23
The 2023 version of conference realignment will go down as one of the most chaotic in college athletics history. The Pac-12 as we know it is all but gone after more than 100 years of existe… Read More
2023-09-01 17:18
When Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski talks, you listen. And this week, the former Duke coach had much to say in a sit-down interview with Field of 68’s Rob Dauster and Jeff Goodman… Read More
2023-09-01 16:50
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-09-01 15:38
The inevitable became reality on Friday when the ACC announced that it will add Stanford, California and SMU to the conference beginning in 2024. The departures of Stanford and Cal leave th… Read More
2023-09-01 14:43
Stanford, California and SMU will be joining the ACC, bringing the conference to 18 members, the league announced on Friday. ACC presidents met on Friday morning and voted in favor of the a… Read More
2023-08-31 17:18
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-08-31 16:01
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“My life always revolved around basketball since I gained my first thoughts,” P.J. Tucker says. “My mom put a ball in my h… Read More
2023-08-30 21:20
Home teams won 59.9% of their games last season in college basketball, according to KenPom. That was up from 57.5% over the previous two seasons. Winning on the road in college basketball i… Read More
2023-08-29 15:04
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-08-28 16:13
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-08-28 15:57
“Are we smiling?” Zion Williamson asks.
Our photographer is snapping away, and Williamson needs to get on the same page as his fellow KICKS cover stars—Luka Doncic and Ja… Read More
2023-08-26 00:41
Doctors treating Bronny James — a former four-star recruit and the eldest son of Lakers superstar LeBron James — believe a congenital heart defect was the cause of his sud… Read More
2023-08-25 23:48
Doctors treating Bronny James — a former four-star recruit and the eldest son of Lakers superstar LeBron James — believe a congenital heart defect was the cause of his sud… Read More
2023-08-25 17:16
It’s redemption time at North Carolina. After becoming the first preseason No. 1 team to ever miss the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels have something to prove in coach Hubert Davis&rsq&helli…Read More
2023-08-24 15:04
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-08-23 19:20
Between the transfer portal giving coaches an avenue to land proven producers and the rise of “super seniors” armed with an extra year of eligibility due to the 2020-21 pandemic… Read More
2023-08-22 15:49
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-08-22 02:52
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Former Houston standout Reggie Chaney, the 2022-23 AAC’s Sixth Man of the Year for a Cougars team that won a program-best 33 games in 2022-23, has died, CBS Sports’ M… Read More
2023-08-21 21:18
USC hired Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen to the same position, the university announced on Monday. Cohen has been the athletic director at UW since 2016 and is a Pac-12 represe… Read More
2023-08-21 18:11
This might have been the best one yet.
The SLAM Summer Classic Vol. 5 took place at Rucker Park this weekend and featured many of the top high school standouts in the country.
Mikayla Bla… Read More
2023-08-21 17:36
CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They… Read More
2023-08-21 17:18
USATSI
USC will hire Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen to the same position, according to multiple reports. Cohen has been the athletic director at UW since 2016 and is a Pac… Read More
2023-08-18 23:08
The SLAM Summer Classic is back.
The NBA App will stream the SLAM Summer Classic Vol. 5 on Saturday, Aug. 19, adding to the growing list of elite basket… Read More
2023-08-18 22:59
The SLAM Summer Classic is back.
The NBA App will stream the SLAM Summer Classic Vol. 5 on Saturday, Aug. 19, adding to the growing list of elite basket… Read More
2023-08-18 21:18
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Illinois will play host to Kansas in a charity exhibition basketball game on Oct. 29 at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois, that will raise money for the ongoin… Read More
2023-08-17 18:58
The SLAM Summer Classic is back.
The NBA App will stream the SLAM Summer Classic Vol. 5 on Saturday, Aug. 19, adding to the growing list of elite basketball programming available year-rou… Read More
2023-08-17 17:08
Between the transfer market, traditional high school recruiting, summer workouts, foreign tours and all the other commitments required of coaches, there isn’t much of an offseason in… Read More
2023-08-16 21:50
Growing up in the Franklin Lakes township of New Jersey, Dylan Harper had to power through numerous tough-love battles on the concrete courtesy of his older brother and Toronto Raptors two… Read More
2023-08-16 20:13
Conference realignment continues to rock the foundation of college sports, dissolving geographical ties and separating schools into more distinct classes of wealth. While football is at the… Read More
2023-08-16 19:29
For months there’s been suspense in college basketball regarding two of its biggest programs on opposite ends of the country. Would Connecticut and/or Gonzaga ultimately abandon their… Read More
2023-08-16 19:04
French culture is synonymous with high fashion, fine cuisine and a flair for the arts and architecture. It’s time we add hoops to that list.
This past June, France’s Vict… Read More
2023-08-15 20:53
Louisville had its worst season in program history in 2022-23. The debut campaign of first-year head coach Kenny Payne was, any way you look at it, an abject disaster. The season ended with… Read More
2023-08-15 19:23
AND1 recently celebrated its 30th anniversary in style with a legendary Open Run tournament in Philadelphia and Harlem. The brand, which began in Philly back in 1993 and expanded globally… Read More
2023-08-15 18:01
Jamal Murray enters the photo studio we’ve rented in Denver and puts on the yet-to-be-released New Balance TWO WXY v4. Right to it. J. Cole is bumping on the speakers. Murray quickly… Read More
Arizona Vs. Kansas, Utah Vs. BYU Among College Basketball Games We Want After Conference Realignment
2023-08-14 18:27
College basketball is on the verge of seismic changes for the 2024-25 season. Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington are joining the Big Ten. The “Four Corner” schools comprised of Ar… Read More
2023-08-14 15:58
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“Shooters shoot.”
That was the explanation provided by Rhyne Howard when asked how she became the Atlanta Dream’s half-court mae… Read More
2023-08-13 02:35
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Five-star center Flory Bidunga committed to Kansas on Saturday, giving the Jayhawks a major start to their 2024 class. Bidunga ranks as the No. 4 overall prospect and the t… Read More
2023-08-11 21:01
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Four-star guard Cam Scott committed to Texas on Friday, giving the Longhorns one of the top guards in the 2024 recruiting class. Scott ranks as the No. 32 overall player an… Read More
2023-08-11 20:42
High school basketball phenom Cooper Flagg announced Friday that he is reclassifying to the Class of 2024 after a standout summer performing in front of college coaches and talent eva… Read More
2023-08-11 18:00
When we caught up with Jaylen Brown for the cover of SLAM 242, the Celtics superstar made it clear that his thinking goes well beyond just basketball. He currently serves as Vice President… Read More
2023-08-11 17:03
SLAM wouldn’t be what it is without hip-hop. In honor of its 50th anniversary, we made a list of the most iconic basketball references of all time. From Ice Cube to Tribe to Chuck D… Read More
2023-08-10 23:24
The first thing you notice is the natural beauty. You’ve been to the beach a million times. You’ve seen the ocean on both sides of the continental United States. But you’v… Read More
2023-08-10 17:13
One takeaway stood out above the rest after watching Kentucky’s four-game romp through the GLOBL JAM in Toronto last month: thank goodness Antonio Reeves came back. At least that must… Read More
2023-08-10 16:54
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Bryce James, the second son of NBA superstar LeBron James, has changed his high school plans. Just months ago, it seemed like Bryce James was set to leave Sierra Canyon for… Read More
2023-08-10 16:02
By the time you’re reading this, you’ll have probably already heard the news about Jaloni Cambridge. The Class of 2024 point guard, ranked No. 3 in the nation, decided to trans… Read More
2023-08-09 16:56
Last season Kansas went 28-8 team and earned a No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament before a crushing 72-71 second-round loss to Arkansas brought the Jayhawks season to an abrupt end. Since t… Read More
2023-08-09 16:34
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Ten years have gone by since the 2013 Minnesota Lynx completely dominated the WNBA, going 26-8 in the regular season and 7-0 in the postseason to c… Read More
2023-08-09 14:18
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith will retire, effective July 2024, the university announced Wednesday morning. Smith, currently in the middle of his 19th year leading the Buckeyes at… Read More
2023-08-08 19:52
On the morning of July 24, USC freshman guard Bronny James, LeBron James’ eldest son and one of the most well-known college athletes in the world, suffered sudden cardiac arrest durin… Read More
2023-08-08 18:48
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CBS Sports on Tuesday announced the pairings for the 10th annual CBS Sports Classic for the upcoming 2023-24 men’s college basketball season, with Atlanta’s State Far… Read More
2023-08-07 17:56
Friday marked one of the most significant days in the history of college athletics. Oregon and Washington both finalized their moves to the Big Ten and Arizona, Arizona State and Utah… Read More
2023-08-07 16:00
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This season marks a new era for the New York Liberty, who, 27 years after the debut of the WNBA, are eyeing their first championship.
After w… Read More
2023-08-05 14:31
The 2023 summer of realignment surprisingly emerged as one of the most chaotic in recent memory. The Pac-12 as we know it could be on the verge of collapsing after more than 100 years, and… Read More
2023-08-05 01:30
The rest of the “Four Corners” schools are heading to the Big 12. Arizona, Arizona State and Utah will all join Colorado in the Big 12 starting ahead of the 2024-25 athletic sea… Read More
2023-08-04 22:48
The rest of the “Four Corners” schools appear to be headed to the Big 12. Arizona is on the verge of leaving the Pac-12 with Arizona State having formally applied for membership… Read More
2023-08-04 16:00
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At just 20 years old, Madison Ledyard has emerged as one of the most exciting stylists in the game and the visionary behind some of the biggest fas… Read More
2023-08-04 16:00
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At just 20 years old, Madison Ledyard has emerged as one of the most exciting stylists in thegame and the visionary behind some of the biggest fash… Read More
2023-08-04 02:41
Arizona has entered significant discussions about leaving the Pac-12 and joining the Big 12, sources tell CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd, with a move expected to be finalized soon. One sourc… Read More
2023-08-03 19:13
Since the 2008 NBA Draft blue-blood programs (Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina, UCLA and UConn) have produced some of the best professional talent. Kansas produced the 2023 N… Read More
2023-08-03 16:00
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On a sunny Los Angeles evening, thousands have gathered inside Crypto.com Arena for the L.A. Sparks’ home opener—a game sure to be a sp… Read More
2023-08-03 15:43
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Drexel basketball player Terrence Butler was found dead in his apartment Wednesday morning, the university announced. Butler was entering his third season at Drexel and was enrol… Read More
2023-08-02 18:33
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Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby is on set, marveling at the photos that were just taken for a Jordan Brand campaign. It’s June, and… Read More
2023-08-02 18:24
Kansas and North Carolina injected some life into college basketball’s summer news cycle on July 24 when they announced a home-and-home series to be played Nov. 8, 2024 at KU and Nov… Read More
2023-08-01 20:26
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Kansas
This ranking is based on the Jayhawks returning three starters – Da… Read More
2023-08-01 16:07
USATSI
Kentucky basketball had both a brilliant offseason and a terrible offseason, one marred by injuries to big men while in the process looking like a well-constructed team in winnin… Read More
2023-08-01 16:00
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Three years ago, the WNBA faced criticism over its hiring practices due to the lack of women in leadership roles, particularly in head coaching po… Read More
2023-07-31 17:22
UConn is losing key pieces from its national-title winning team such as Jordan Hawkins, Andre Jackson and Adama Sanogo, but don’t fall into the trap of calling the 2023-24 season a re… Read More
2023-07-31 16:00
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When Kia Nurse made it to the WNBA, she knew she wanted to make the path easier for all of the Canadian girls hoping to follow in her footsteps. To… Read More
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