Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 06:04 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Bob Huggins, the longtime West Virginia men’s basketball coach, apologized on Monday after using an anti-gay slur in an interview with a Cincinnati radio station, and the incident is under review
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 06:04 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Bob Huggins, the longtime West Virginia men’s basketball coach, used an anti-gay slur in an interview with a Cincinnati radio station Monday, an incident he later apologized for in a statement.
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 8, 2023, 12:04 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern guard Boo Buie, a first-team All-Big Ten selection and the catalyst for the team’s second-ever NCAA tournament appearance, will return for a fifth season. Buie, who last month declared for the NBA
M.A. Voepel, ESPN.comMay 8, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Close M.A. Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The national champion LSU women’s basketball team will visit the White House on May 26, the program announced
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 7, 2023, 02:15 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Florida State transfer Matthew Cleveland, one of the best available players in the portal, committed to Miami on Sunday. Cleveland chose the Hurricanes over Missouri and Auburn, pointing to basketball coach Jim
Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterMay 7, 2023, 03:27 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — When LeBron James first started saying he wanted to play long enough for his oldest son, Bronny James, to join him in the NBA, it was more of
May 6, 2023, 07:35 PM ET There was no list. There were no interviews. And his father, LeBron James, never hinted anything about his son’s plans. As Bronny James considered his future, there was only silence. For years. Perhaps the most viral and recognizable college basketball recruit since his father picked the NBA over college
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 6, 2023, 06:34 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Four-star guard Bronny James, son of NBA superstar LeBron James, announced his commitment to USC on Saturday. Bronny James made the announcement on Instagram. A 6-foot-3 guard from Cleveland who attended Sierra
Associated Press May 5, 2023, 08:44 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Oklahoma and Texas have taken their final steps toward leaving the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference. Oklahoma’s Board of Regents on Friday approved the necessary contractual agreements with both conferences to make the switch. This comes after Texas’ Board of Regents this week
Associated Press May 5, 2023, 07:26 PM ET ATLANTA — New Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Damon Stoudamire announced his staff on Friday, which includes former George Washington coach Karl Hobbs as his top assistant. The 61-year-old Hobbs compiled a record of 166-129 over a decade-long tenure at George Washington that included three NCAA tournament
Sara Coello, ESPNMay 5, 2023, 10:14 AM ET Close Sara Coello is a writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Before joining, they wrote about legal issues and crime for The Charlotte Observer, The Post and Courier and The Dallas Morning News. Coello studied sociology, journalism and Spanish at The University of Dallas. The two
ESPN News Services May 4, 2023, 07:47 PM ET DALLAS — Lance Blanks, who played in the NBA for three seasons and later worked as a scout and front-office executive, has died, his family announced Thursday. He was 56. Blanks died Wednesday in Dallas, his family said in a statement distributed by the NBA. He
Associated Press May 4, 2023, 03:17 PM ET AUSTIN. Texas — University of Texas President Jay Hartzell said Thursday he’ll attend the Southeastern Conference’s annual meeting later this month with a goal of building relationships, not immediately trying to flex Longhorns muscle in their new league. Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12 after the
May 4, 2023, 01:25 PM ET The biggest prize in the transfer portal came off the board on Thursday, with former Michigan big man Hunter Dickinson announcing his commitment to Kansas. He chose the Jayhawks over a final list that also included Villanova, Maryland, Kentucky and Georgetown — and his decision could have single-handedly changed
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 4, 2023, 10:38 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Michigan star big man Hunter Dickinson, the best player in the transfer portal this spring and arguably the most sought-after transfer in the portal era, announced his commitment to Kansas on Thursday.
Associated Press May 3, 2023, 07:08 PM ET STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State coach Chris Jans has signed a contract extension through the 2026-27 season. The school announced the move on Wednesday, which came after Jans led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament in his first season. That marked only the program’s second appearance since
Associated Press May 3, 2023, 03:08 PM ET He came to New Mexico State to play basketball, maybe even live out a dream. On Wednesday, former Aggies basketball player Deuce Benjamin, flanked by his father and a former teammate, broke down as he shared the impact of his brief, troubling stay on the team. “First
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 3, 2023, 12:54 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Five-star big man Yves Missi announced Wednesday that he plans to reclassify into the 2023 class and enroll at Baylor this fall. Missi originally committed to the Bears in early January as