What was long-known as coming was finally officially announced by Arkansas on Thursday. Brad Calipari will serve as an assistant coach on the basketball team. John Calipari, his father, was hired as head coach about two months ago. The younger Calipari spent last year as director of on-court player development under Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt. Before that, he held the …

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Luka Dončić did it all for the Mavericks. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) The Dallas Mavericks have a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals, and they made it hurt for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Behind a 32-point triple-double and game-winner from Luka Dončić, the Mavericks won 109-108 in a Game 2 that went down to the wire. Game 3 is …

The structure of college sports is about to change. Get ready for schools to start paying athletes directly. Thursday night, NCAA President Charlie Baker issued a release alongside the major college sports conferences, including the ACC and SEC, announcing an agreement to a landmark settlement in a case involving athlete compensation. The deal would set aside nearly $2.8 billion in …

Lonzo Ball hasn’t played in each of the past two seasons for the Chicago Bulls due to a left knee that has required three surgeries in two years. In March 2023, Ball had a cartilage transplant procedure on the knee after a torn meniscus in January 2022. That surgery, in which damaged cartilage is repaired with cartilage cells from the …

Michigan State basketball has extended a scholarship offer to a shooting guard prospect from Indiana. Four-star shooting guard Braylon Mullins announced on Friday that he’s received a scholarship offer from the Spartans. Mullins hails from Greenfield, Ind. and has picked up a ton of interest on the recruiting trail recently. Mullins ranks as the No. 13 shooting guard and No. …

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Draymond Green has made a lot of money playing professional basketball. Spotrac estimates that he has made just under $178 million in salary as a member of the Golden State Warriors to date, but if you include the amount still owed to him on his current contract, that figure jumps to around $255 million. While that only takes him to …

With KJ Simpson, Tristan da Silva, Cody Williams and other key players moving on in their careers, Colorado men’s basketball could be entering a rough welcome-back season in the Big 12. Head coach Tad Boyle has added some intriguing transfers, including Andrej Jakimovski (Washington State) and Trevor Baskin (Division II Colorado Mesa), but overall, the Buffs enter 2024-25 with some …

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De’Aaron, Recee announce they’re expecting second child together originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Sacramento’s first family is getting a little bigger. Kings star point guard De’Aaron Fox on Friday announced that he and his wife Recee are expecting their second child together. Fox shared the special announcement on his Instagram with three pictures of him and Recee, who …

COLUMBIA — South Carolina men’s basketball on Friday secured the commitment of four-star power forward EJ Walker, the No. 2 recruit from the state of Kentucky. Walker, who announced his decision on social media, chose South Carolina over Wisconsin, Purdue and Ohio State. The 6-foot-8 Class of 2025 recruit plays at Lloyd Memorial High School in Kentucky, where he averaged …

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Tim Welsh: Jaylen Brown is a top-10 player in NBA originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jaylen Brown let his play do the talking in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals after being snubbed from the 2023-24 All-NBA teams. The Boston Celtics star erupted for 40 points to propel his team to a 126-110 victory over the Indiana Pacers. …

Rick Barnes received some extra depth to Tennessee basketball’s roster for the upcoming season heading into the Memorial Day weekend. Chaz Lanier on Friday announced he’s heading to Rocky Top for the 2024-25 college basketball season. The former North Florida guard and Nashville native was one of the most efficient players in the country last season as he shot 50% …

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In March of last year, Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball underwent a rare surgical procedure on his injured left knee: a cartilage transplant. On the latest episode of his podcast, Ball, who hasn’t played in an NBA game since January 2022, said that he also had a meniscus transplant, a second rare surgical procedure. “To make a long story short, …

Chaz Lanier is transferring to Tennessee basketball after a breakout season at North Florida. The Nashville native announced he is transferring to UT after the senior guard averaged 19.7 points and shot 44.4% on 3-pointers with the Ospreys. He picked the Vols over Kentucky and BYU after visiting all three schools in succession in late May. The 6-foot-4, 199-pound Lanier …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, Charles Robinson and Frank Schwab discuss the expectations for the No. 1 overall pick entering his rookie season in Chicago. Hear the full conversation on the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.dra View more Video Transcript I’m just gonna talk about the guy who replaced Joseph Fields. That’s …

Mark Pope knows what success at Kentucky basketball looks like, having helped lead the Wildcats to a national championship in 1996 while playing for Rick Pitino. Now, Pope takes over the program after John Calipari’s stunning offseason departure to Arkansas and the former BYU head coach is being forced to rebuild the Kentucky basketball roster. Every remaining scholarship player from …

Bronny James is the biggest name in the 2024 NBA Draft for obvious reasons, even though he’s arguably a second-rounder at best. Reasonable minds can disagree on that assertion, but the fact is a 6-foot-2 guard who averaged five points in 25 college games would not be on many drafts boards, let alone as a potential first-round pick, without the …

Stodgy old heads dispersed across college athletics — whose power has been reduced and whose perspective on reality is only now finally crystallizing through the one course of action they can’t deny: losing their money — may semantically disagree with this next sentence, but I assure you every word of it is fundamental truth.  On Thursday, the NCAA and its …

Jaylen Brown became first Celtics player to achieve this playoff feat originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jaylen Brown dominated Game 2 of the 2024 Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night, helping the Boston Celtics earn a 126-110 win at TD Garden and take a 2-0 series lead. He also made some franchise history in the …

The May 29th NBA Draft withdrawal deadline is rapidly approaching, leaving dozens of players with big decision to make about their futures over the coming days. Among them are a bevy of talented players who have positioned themselves with maximum leverage by also entering the transfer portal as they mull where they will suit up in the 2024-25 season. In …

Can you guess which remaining active player is leading the 2024 NBA playoffs in points in the paint per game? And would you believe me if I told you it is Jaylen Brown?  The Boston Celtics star may have hit the biggest shot of his life from behind the 3-point line in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, but …