Duke will be at home for the ACC-SEC Challenge this year after going on the road last season. The Blue Devils will play host to Auburn on Dec. 4, the program announced Wednesday afternoon. Other matchups in the second iteration of the cross-conference event can be found here. Auburn is coming off a 27-8 season in which it was upset …

Remembering Jerry West, an instrumental architect of Warriors’ dynasty originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area If you’re a citizen of Dub Nation, you can appreciate Jerry West for securing and retaining the gift of Klay Thompson and whispering profoundly persuasive words into the ear of Kevin Durant. If you live in Lakers Nation, you can thank West for drafting …

The first dynasty that Jerry West was a part of was a pretty slow burn. The Los Angeles Lakers were fairly directionless after his retirement as a player in 1974. They started the turnaround by landing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975. They spent the next several years slowly adding the surrounding pieces it would take to win a title. A Jamaal …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill reacts to the news of Jerry West’s passing by talking about all of the ways he has impacted the NBA over the last 60+ years. View more Video Transcript When you think of winning in the NBA, you think of Jerry West, he might be the most decorated figure in league’s history. It’s …

The 2024-25 college basketball season isn’t tipping off for another five months, but one of the sport’s marquee non-conference events has reportedly been set. Matchups for the second annual ACC-SEC Challenge have been determined, as reported by college basketball insider Jon Rothstein Wednesday, a group of games highlighted by what are expected to be some of the best teams in …

News broke on Tuesday that Kristaps Porzingis suffered a “torn medial retinaculum, allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon” in his left leg during Game 2 and is considered “day-to-day” moving forward.  That’s a lot of medical jargon, and the link above tells you what you need to know about what is apparently an extremely rare injury, but for the purposes of …

Wisconsin basketball announced the hire of director of recruiting and scouting Isaac Wodajo on Wednesday. Wodajo was most recently a special assistant to the head coach at Northern Kentucky, that after spending 2022-23 as the head coach at Wabash Valley College (JUCO). The young assistant began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under current Marquette head coach Shaka Smart …

In honor of Jerry West’s legacy and impact on the game of basketball, take a look at his best career highlights from his Hall of … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFhMOjUGE7U Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Young claims Steph was ‘near tears’ when KD won 2018 Finals MVP originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 2018 NBA Finals between the Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers was a competitive neck-to-neck race, but not between the two teams playing each other. Instead, Steph Curry and former Warriors teammate Kevin Durant showcased performances worthy of winning the NBA Finals …

AUBURN — The 2024-25 Auburn basketball schedule is slowly coming together. The Tigers, who won 27 games last season, will play at Duke in the second edition of the ACC/SEC Challenge, according to a report Wednesday from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. The in-season series between the two conferences began last year, and coach Bruce Pearl’s team took care of …

Getty Images Jerry West, a former NBA champion who was immortalized in the NBA logo, died at the age of 86 this week.  West will go down as one of the largest contributors to the game of basketball after making his mark on the sport for several decades. The Hall of Fame guard won nine NBA titles during his time as …

Pat Kelsey is adding a local player to his inaugural Louisville men’s basketball roster. Cole Sherman, a St. Xavier High School graduate who began his collegiate career at Northern Kentucky, announced Wednesday on social media he’ll be joining the Cardinals as a walk-on. “He’s a lifelong Card fan,” his father, Mike Sherman, wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. …

NBA great Jerry West died on Wednesday — but his legacy lives on as his likeness appears on the basketball league’s iconic logo. West, 86, was an undoubted legend. Known as “Mr Clutch,” he was not only a 14-time All-Star, a co-captain of the 1960 gold-medal-winning US Olympic team, and a coach, but his silhouette also became a symbol of …

Louisville men’s basketball is trying to renew its rivalry with Memphis under new head coach Pat Kelsey. U of L assistant Brian Kloman made it known Tuesday night, during an interview with Cardinal Companion on X, formerly Twitter. “We’re working really hard on a four-year series with Memphis,” said Kloman, the longest-tenured member of Kelsey’s staff. “No promises, but we are …

Are NBA Finals ‘losable’ for Celtics if Porzingis can’t play? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Only five teams in NBA Finals history have rallied from a 2-0 series deficit to win a championship. So on paper, the Boston Celtics are sitting pretty as the 2024 Finals shift to Dallas for Game 3 on Wednesday night. But if the Mavericks …

The updated Rivals150 dropped on Wednesday afternoon, which featured a pair of in-state Purdue basketball targets in the class, Trent Sisley and Braylon Mullins. The Indiana Elite teammates, along with fellow four-star Malachi Moreno, have helped their AAU squad to a perfect record during the spring and will be one of the favorite for next month’s Adidas 3SSB Palmetto Road …

Check out the best blocks by guards from the 2018-19 NBA Season! #NBABlockWeek Subscribe to the NBA: http://bit.ly/2rCglzY … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCDS52lH9ic Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In between Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals, Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd called Jaylen Brown the Boston Celtics’ “best player.” If this was an attempt to create tension between Brown and Jayson Tatum, it was too transparent to work. That same day, Brown and Tatum both told reporters that they had “no reaction” to the quote and …

Bob Harris, the legendary and longtime radio voice of Duke basketball for more than four decades, died Wednesday in Durham. Harris was 81. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Harris,” Duke athletics director Nina King, said in a school-issued statement. “We send our heartfelt condolences to Phyllis and the entire Harris family. Duke, the Atlantic …

Yahoo Sports is breaking down the top players in the 2024 NBA Draft by position this week. On Monday, we ranked the best point guards in this class, Tuesday we broke down the top centers, and today we’ll take a look at the top power forwards. With the way the NBA game is extending outside the paint, NBA scouts and …

Zaccharie Risacher … Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2024-nba-mock-draft-zaccharie-risacher-leaps-alex-sarr-for-no-1-pick-injury-drops-nikola-topic-from-top-10/ Author : Kyle Boone Publish date : 2024-06-12 15:55:35 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Before Jerry West ever became a 14-time All-Star, title-winning NBA executive and the logo of the league, he was a high school star in rural West Virginia with modest career aspirations. West, who died Wednesday at the age of 86, joined the basketball program at West Virginia University in 1956 as a physical education major with eyes on becoming a …

The Players Era Festival, a one-of-a-kind revolutionary regular-season men’s basketball event to be held in Las Vegas this November, was formally announced Wednesday. Its selling point is based on the major factor that has drastically altered college sports over the past three years: name, image and likeness compensation for players. Alabama, Creighton, Houston, Notre Dame, Oregon, Rutgers, San Diego State and Texas A&M …

SNY’s Ian Begley will be responding to Knicks questions from readers. Here’s the latest… Realistic offseason for the Knicks would be re-sign OG & I – Hart , cash in some picks and add around the periphery? – @MikeRee60259113 How content do you think the Knicks will be running back the current squad if a clear star is not available …

Officially, the NBA’s logo is blank. It is an anonymous, faceless player dribbling a ball against a red and white background. That’s the NBA’s story and it’s sticking to it. Unofficially, however, the logo is well known to be the silhouette of one of the league’s first true icons: Jerry West, who died Wednesday at age 86. In 1969, the …