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Basketball Hall of Fame to induct 13-member class led by Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups
A look at the 13-member class of 2024 being enshrined Sunday in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Vince Carter An eight-time All-Star during his NBA-record 22 seasons. The NBA Rookie of the Year in 1999, Carter is the only player to play in four different...
Jack Nicholson, Spike Lee and Billy Crystal set to become basketball Hall of Famers as superfans
Back when the Lakers were putting on shows as good as anything coming out of Hollywood, the coolest guy in the building might've been courtside. Even across the country, everyone noticed Jack Nicholson. “Growing up, the guy I looked at was Jack Nicholson,” Spike...
ACC's additions of Cal, Stanford create test for coast-to-coast basketball scheduling plans
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brooke Demetre was ready to go. The Stanford forward isn't deterred by the idea of the cross-country travel that awaits the Cardinal and California men's and women's basketball teams in the newly expanded Atlantic Coast Conference. No, just like for this...
Bronny James begins his Lakers career with a preseason debut. LeBron won't join until the next game
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Bronny James played in his first NBA preseason game Friday night, but LeBron James wasn't in uniform with him when the Lakers hosted Minnesota in the first of Los Angeles' two weekend games in the Coachella Valley. Lakers coach JJ Redick elected to hold...
Gonzaga set to join rebuilt Pac-12, while UTEP goes to Mountain West
Rebuilding the Pac-12 Conference centered around football. It'll be a pretty good basketball conference, too, after landing one of the perennial hoops powers on the West Coast. Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12, the conference and school announced Tuesday,...
Pelicans star Zion Williamson still has Brandon Ingram as a wingman -- for now
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pelicans star power forward Zion Williamson still has Brandon Ingram as a wingman for now. They’re entering their sixth straight training camp as Pelicans teammates this week after an offseason in which their NBA paths appeared to be diverging. ...
Clemson University to open arena, outdoor wellness center for area residents after Hurricane Helene
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University is opening its basketball arena and its outdoor recreational facility Sunday for area residents who need a respite from the destruction left behind by Hurricane Helene. The school said that Littlejohn Coliseum and its outdoor fitness and...
Wojnarowski leaves behind high-profile job at ESPN to return to his roots at St. Bonaventure
OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrian Wojnarowski was dogged in cultivating relationships over the past 37 years that distinguished his peerless basketball reporting. Leveraging those connections with the same drive and passion that introduced the phrase “Woj bomb” into the basketball...
Movie Review: Native sports drama ‘Rez Ball’ follows formula but wins out with heart and poignancy
A scrappy young team of underdogs — in both sports and life — must find a way to unite and win that big championship. Can they do it? How many times have we seen that story, and who among us couldn’t write the ending right now? That may be just what you’re thinking as you...
California-born Brian Goorjian leaves as head coach of Australian men's basketball team
SYDNEY (AP) — California-born Brian Goorjian is leaving as head coach of the Australian men's basketball team after four Olympics and two stints in charge of the Boomers. Basketball Australia said in a statement Wednesday that Goorjian would continue his coaching career with the...
