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Gonzaga signee Holmgren named Gatorade POY

Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Gonzaga signee Chet Holmgren, the No. 1 prospect in the 2021 ESPN 100 class, is the 2020-2021 Gatorade National Player of the Year, the sports drink company announced on Wednesday. The seven-footer averaged 20.8 points, 12.6 rebounds, 4.7 blocks and 4.4 assists last season for Minnehaha Academy […]

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Coach urges NBL to tell ‘misled’ fans the truth

Basketball fans in Australia are being “misled” by the NBL where an uneven financial playing field means some clubs are ”no chance” to regularly compete for a title. Former Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis sent a parting shot to league officials after coaching his 150th and final game with the Brisbane Bullets on Tuesday night. Having “overachieved” with his team, which […]

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Championship favourites slam MVP snub

Melbourne United have dominated the NBL season as minor premiers but the championship favourites have questioned why they couldn’t get a player nominated as a finalist for this year’s MVP award. United finished three games clear of the chasing pack on top of the ladder, with a 28-8 record, and there were shocked reactions after stars Jock Landale, Chris Goulding […]

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Phoenix outlast fast-finishing Breakers

South East Melbourne Phoenix survived an almighty scare late in the fourth quarter to hang on for a 83-78 win over the New Zealand Breakers in Auckland. The heart stopping finish leaves the Phoenix in the box seat for a first NBL finals appearance for the second-year franchise with a favourable percentage leaving them in prime position to advance to […]

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Court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case

NEW YORK — The convictions of a sports business manager and an amateur basketball coach in a conspiracy to bribe top college coaches to get them to steer NBA-bound athletes to favored handlers were upheld Friday by an appeals court. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan affirmed the 2019 convictions of Christian Dawkins and […]

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NBA: Suns oust champion Lakers in first round of playoffs

LOS ANGELES (AFP/NYTIMES) – The Phoenix Suns, fuelled by 47 points from Devin Booker, beat the Los Angeles Lakers 113-100 on Thursday (June 3) to eliminate the reigning NBA champions in the first round of the playoffs. Superstar LeBron James scored 29 points to lead the Lakers, but they were unable to dig themselves out of a 29-point first-half hole […]

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Coach K isn’t passing up one last shot to win

Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year The first time I saw Mike Krzyzewski was on a fall Saturday in 1983. It wasn’t at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but rather across the street at Wallace Wade Stadium, the long-miserable home of Blue Devils football. In those days, there was […]

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Goorjian dreaming big after remarkable resurgence

Basketball master mentor Brian Goorjian has boldly declared: “This is just the beginning” after leading the Illawarra Hawks from last place to the playoffs. The marvel that is Goorjian, who for the 21st consecutive season took his team to the NBL final four, has the Hawks believing anything is possible following his strong first year at the franchise. Illawarra booked […]

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