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Stephen Silas coaching USA Basketball in AmeriCup qualifying games this weekend

Nov. 21, 2024 15:41 PM EST

Stephen Silas has plenty of reasons why he wanted to coach for USA Basketball in the qualifying rounds of the FIBA AmeriCup tournament. Among them: his father. Paul Silas died two years ago and, despite a long career as an NBA coach, he never got the chance to be part...

UConn is preseason pick to win Big East; Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner Player of Year choice

Oct. 23, 2024 08:46 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — UConn is in a familiar place — atop the Big East preseason poll. The Huskies received all 10 possible first-place votes Wednesday from the league's head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own teams. The defending national champions, who...

Patrick Ewing returns to the New York Knicks in the new role of basketball ambassador

Oct. 04, 2024 10:42 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is returning to the New York Knicks in the newly created position of basketball ambassador. The Knicks said Friday that Ewing would assist both basketball and business operations in his role. Taken by the Knicks with the...