Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope and his staff have had quite a bit of early with the 2025 recruiting class. The first-year coach has landed both Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno — both Kentucky natives, and each ranked inside the top 25. This weekend, Pope and his staff are hosting Caleb Wilson — a...
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British Land lays up rooftop basketball court
British Land has unveiled designs for what will be one of London’s highest basketball courts as part of the wellness and productivity boosting features at its latest office building in Paddington. Working with architect Allies and Morrison British Land has developed the existing consent for 4 Kingdom Street to include the roof-top basketball court, a...
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Top basketball recruit Jasper Johnson is ready to commit. Will he pick UK basketball?
This week, a five-star college basketball recruit in the class of 2025 will make his college commitment. And not only is the prospect in question someone that Kentucky basketball fans have been tracking for several years, it’s also a player that Mark Pope and the Wildcats are now expected to land. This week, Jasper Johnson...
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Basketball: Plymouth City Patriots withdraw from new season
“Keeping a professional team in Plymouth, for everyone in Devon and Cornwall, has been the main focus of everyone involved with the club and it is with great sadness that we are not able to operate in the new season.” The Patriots were building towards their fourth season, having replaced the Plymouth Raiders in 2021...
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Second top-flight British basketball team bought by new investors
Manchester Giants are set to be replaced in British basketball by the new US-owned franchise The Manchester franchise set to play in Britain’s new Super League Basketball has been bought by the US-based Sherwood Family Investment Office. The group is run by private equity veteran Ned Sherwood and Ben Pierson and will own both the...
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Top 25 HS basketball prospect commits to UK
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) – Scott County native Malachi Moreno is staying in the bluegrass state. The 6′11 center, who is listed as the 25th-ranked prospect in the class of 2025 according to 247sports, picked Kentucky over Indiana, Louisville, Arkansas and Ohio State among others in an announcement on Friday. Moreno, who is a four-star prospect,...
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Karl-Anthony Towns experienced ‘best basketball of my career’ at Kentucky: “It’s a brotherhood.”
At 28 years old, Karl-Anthony Towns has already become a four-time NBA All-Star, two-time All-NBA member, NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA All-Rookie First Team honoree and NBA Three-Point Contest champion, racking up 13,121 career points, 6,216 rebounds and 1,815 assists across nine seasons in the league. Averaging at least 20.6 points and 8.9 rebounds...
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Coaches don’t view Kentucky among top college basketball teams entering 2024-25
College coaches do not view Kentucky as a top contender entering Mark Pope’s debut season in Lexington, adding fuel to the fire for the Wildcats going into 2024-25. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander of CBS Sports polled over 100 Division I men’s coaches in the last month, exchanging their unfiltered opinions for anonymity. Among the questions...
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USA top Paris 2024 medal table after dramatic late victory in women’s basketball
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Olympic basketball: USA top Paris medal table after dramatic women’s win against France
The United States snatched top spot in the 2024 Olympic medal table as their women’s basketball team earned a thrilling victory over hosts France to win the final gold on offer in Paris. The fearsome US team were in danger of one of the all-time Olympic upsets but won 67-66 to take gold for a...
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Paris Olympics: Top five stories from day 15 of the 2024 Games
In the women’s football competition, Englishwoman Emma Hayes led the United States to glory in her first tournament since taking charge in May. A serial winner in club management, the 47-year-old maintained her golden touch in her first act on the international stage as Mallory Swanson’s composed second-half finish helped the Americans win the gold...
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Freevee goes back to school with Top Class
The fourth series of Uninterrupted’s Top Class: The Life And Times Of The Sierra Canyon Trailblazers will be available on Freevee from 12 January in the UK, US, and Germany. Produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s Uninterrupted agency, the series follows the ups and downs of James’ son Bronny James’ basketball team the Sierra...