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Yearly Archives: 2024

State Of The Depth Chart: Linebackers

The linebacker room this year welcomes back some old faces, with the return of Austin Moore, Desmond Purnell, and Austin Romaine, who all had large contributions this past season. They also lose some key components in Daniel Green and Jake Clifton. Green tore his pectoral muscle against Missouri last season and missed the season, and ran out of eligibility after …

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The NBA Loser Lineup: Expect to pay an early 2nd-round fantasy pick for Anthony Edwards next season

Welcome to “The Loser Lineup,” where we delve into what teams eliminated from playoff contention must do to elevate their fantasy basketball game. As each team’s postseason dreams come to an end, it’s time for these organizations to strategize, rebuild and reinvigorate their rosters for a shot at redemption next season. Join us as we explore the pivotal moves and …

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Kentucky basketball under Mark Pope: Transfer portal news, 2024 roster, targets, recruits by top UK insiders

The Kentucky Wildcats are one of the most storied programs in college basketball. That’s why the hiring of Mark Pope sent shockwaves following John Calipari’s departure after Kentucky failed to make it past the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year. The Wildcats haven’t won a national championship since 2012, but fans are hoping Pope can …

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Karl-Anthony Towns on future with Timberwolves: ‘I’m confident I’ll be able to be here with my brothers’

The best Minnesota Timberwolves season in 20 years came to an end Thursday night with a 124-103 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. Now will come the reality of trying to keep a competitive team together under the current NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Timberwolves have nearly $193 million in salary committed for …

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Schools in basketball-centric face leagues face different economic challenges with NCAA settlement

Bernadette McGlade leads an Atlantic 10 Conference built around basketball and focused on getting multiple bids to the NCAA men’s tournament much more than anything tied to big-time football. Yet her league is among dozens conferences and scores of schools that will feel the impact from the NCAA and major college conferences approving a $2.8 billion settlement of federal antitrust …

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Mavericks center Dereck Lively available for Game 5

2024 NBA Playoffs – Dallas Mavericks v Minnesota Timberwolves Dereck Lively’s absence in Game 4 had real impacts: Anthony Edwards and other Timberwolves players were getting into the paint for more shots with less rim protection in their way, and the Mavericks had just one alley-oop dunk from Luka Doncic without his favorite target there. That will change in Game …

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Green shuts down critics that say Celtics had easy path to NBA Finals

Green shuts down critics that say Celtics had easy path to NBA Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics are headed to the NBA Finals for the second time in three years, but critics continue to find ways to diminish the team’s accomplishment. The most common criticism of the Celtics’ run to the Finals is that their …

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It’s official. Providence basketball will be part of Battle 4 Atlantis games in Bahamas

Thursday brought a major nonconference men’s basketball schedule upgrade for Providence. What was known for the last couple weeks has become official. The Friars will replace Big East rival Creighton in the Battle 4 Atlantis, one of the sport’s premier showcase events during the Thanksgiving break. Providence joins Arizona, Davidson, Gonzaga, Indiana, Louisville, Oklahoma and West Virginia in the expected …

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Klay Thompson appears headed for free agency, reportedly no movement on extension with Warriors

2024 SoFi Play-In Tournament – Golden State Warriors v Sacramento Kings “We need Klay back…” Steve Kerr said after the Warriors had been eliminated, “I know I speak for everybody in the organization. We want him back. Obviously there’s business at hand and that has to be addressed with Klay’s representatives… as good as he still is, we desperately want …

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