Tierra Hodges top-scored for Newcastle with 21 points and helped them recover from a shaky start. The underdogs appeared to be in danger of being blown away after London raced into a 9-0 lead, with American guard Meyers starring. That prompted Eagles coach Matt Newby to call an early timeout, after which his side grew...
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Sunday Headlines: AJ Dybantsa Edition
With Mark Pope now at the helm of the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball program, the new coaching staff is reaching back out to some of the top prospects in the country. That includes the top prospect in all of high school basketball, AJ Dybantsa. Dybantsa is the consensus #1 recruit. The 6’9 forward is being...
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Kim Kardashian gives a peek at her tiny waist in crop top and Balenciaga leather pants as she joins ex-husband Kanye West and sister Khloe at son Saint’s basketball game in LA
Kim Kardashian flaunted her impossibly tiny waist once again as she was spotted arriving to her son Saint’s basketball game on Friday. The makeup mogul — who channeled Pamela Anderson in a recent photo shoot — rocked a white crop top and Balenciaga leather pants to the 8-year-old athlete’s sporting event in Calabasas. Draped in flowing,...
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Friday Headlines: Major Weekend for Transfer Visits
Kentucky basketball head coach Mark Pope has had quite the busy start in Lexington. After a monumental introductory press conference and landing Amari Williams — one of the top targets in the transfer portal — Pope has yet another full weekend of recruiting. Pope and his staff are hosting Aidan Mahaney, Andrej Stojakovic, Andrew Carr,...
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2024 NBA play-offs: Boston Celtics beat Miami Heat in opener
The Boston Celtics started their NBA play-off campaign with a 114-94 win over the Miami Heat. Jayson Tatum’s triple-double helped the top seeds to lead throughout against last season’s losing finalists. The Heat entered the play-offs as the number eight seeds after beating the Chicago Bulls in a play-in eliminator. But without injured star player...
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Sunday Headlines: Amari Williams Visit Edition
Good morning BBN! Things are starting to take shape for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats, as they have started to lock in on their top targets to fill out the coaching staff, as well as their top players to help fill out the roster. A lot of attention has been paid to what 5-star...
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Tuesday Headlines: Building Mark Pope’s First Kentucky Basketball Roster
Monday’s basketball-related news was rather unpleasant for Kentucky. Boogie Fland re-opened his recruitment, Aaron Bradshaw transferred to Ohio State, Zvonimir Ivisic transferred to Arkansas, D.J. Wagner entered the transfer portal and Ugonna Onyenso declared for the NBA Draft. The bad news here is Kentucky could very well end up losing Fland for good, which would...
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Who is Caitlin Clark? The college star who has transformed women’s basketball
Caitlin Clark has propelled women’s basketball into a new space, becoming an icon for the sport, while leaving a lasting imprint throughout American society and culture – all by the age of 22. Clark, from West Des Moines, Iowa, made her college debut for the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2020 and was drafted #1 overall in...
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NBA final day: Oklahoma City Thunder clinch Western Conference top seed for play-offs
Minnesota had to settle for the third seed after losing 125-106 at home to the Phoenix Suns, who moved past New Orleans to secure the sixth seed in the Western Conference, following the Pelicans’ 124-108 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. That meant Phoenix earned an automatic spot in the play-offs while New Orleans will...
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London Lions: History-making EuroCup-winning players ‘likely’ to leave club
The EuroCup is European basketball’s second-tier competition, behind the EuroLeague. Besiktas took a 75-68 lead to the Copper Box after the first leg in Istanbul, meaning the Lions needed a victory margin of at least eight points to overturn the deficit. The Lions led by 10 at half-time but Besiktas pulled that back to five...
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UK’s Bradshaw enters portal, as Knox decommits
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 8, 2024, 12:19 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. The roster fallout from coach John Calipari’s decision to leave Kentucky for Arkansas began Monday, as Kentucky freshman Aaron Bradshaw entered the transfer portal and top-25 recruit Karter Knox decommitted from the...
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There is no limit on winning for Kentucky’s next coach. So who’s a candidate?
John Calipari is expected to become the next head coach at Arkansas, and Kentucky needs a new men’s basketball coach. As hastily as the last guy abandoned the post after his latest postseason failure, that’s how fast prospective candidates will run toward Lexington. Probably. Five different men have won national championships there. Kentucky jockeys with...