Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Twenty years ago, future NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony led Syracuse to the national championship at the end of the 2002-03 season. On Sunday, Kiyan Anthony, the son of the Most Outstanding Player in the 2003 NCAA tournament, received an offer from the Orange. The younger Anthony is […]

New York: The Brooklyn Nets are suspending Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay, saying they were dismayed by his failure to “unequivocally say he has no anti-semitic beliefs”. Hours after Irving refused to issue the apology that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sought for posting a link to an anti-semitic work on his Twitter feed, the Nets said […]

Oscar Tshiebwe was the consensus men’s college basketball player of the year last season, an accomplishment usually followed by a jump to the NBA. Kentucky’s big man decided to take a different route. He is coming back, and he might be even better this season. “He’s a better passer. He’s a better dribbler. He has a better feel. He talks,” […]

The daughters of former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams have denounced St. John’s for its decision to induct their father into the school’s athletics hall of fame because of accusations of neglect in their lives following his role in the 2002 fatal shooting of a limousine driver. Tryumph and Whizdom Williams wrote open letters that they planned to send to St. […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. The felony charges against Emoni Bates, a former top recruit now at Eastern Michigan, are set to be dismissed next week, his lawyer told ESPN. Attorney Steve Haney said in a phone interview on Thursday that Bates is in the process of being reinstated by the university, athletic […]

Melbourne United knew they needed another scorer and, in import guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes, they may well have found him. The Canadian shotmaker set a new NBL career-high with 33 points along with nine assists to steer Melbourne United past New Zealand Breakers 101-97 in overtime at John Cain Arena on Sunday. Melbourne United debutant Xavier Rathan-Mayes drives to the basket […]

The FIBA Women’s World Cup starts in Sydney on Thursday with Team USA the favourites and a host of nations, including Lauren Jackson’s Australian Opals, looking to cause an upset. The event is held every four years and requires teams to qualify via regional games and then special qualification tournaments with 12 nations advancing to the main event. Emma Meesseman […]

Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Emoni Bates, a former high school star who transferred from Memphis to Eastern Michigan this summer, was arrested Sunday night in Superior Township, Michigan, after sheriff’s deputies discovered a firearm in a vehicle he was driving. Derrick Jackson, the public information officer for the Superior Township, Washtenaw […]

Los Angeles: Four-time WNBA All-Star Liz Cambage is taking a step back from the league “for the time being” and wishes her departure from the Los Angeles Sparks last month had ended on a different note. “I’ve decided to step away from the league for the time being and I’m hopeful that the WNBA will do their part in creating […]

As he watched over the basketball courts at the AIS Training Hall last week, coach Marty Clarke offered a rather impressive observation about the facility. “If we were in the US, we would be rock stars,” Clarke said. “We would have people coming from all over wanting to scout the players and see how we do things.” NBA Global Academy […]