11:23 PM ET ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In its first game since a campus shooting claimed the lives of three students earlier this week, Michigan State fell just shy of a win against in-state foe Michigan. The Wolverines pulled away, 84-72, in the final minutes of the game. The Spartans received a warm welcome to
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11:23 PM ET ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In its first game since a campus shooting claimed the lives of three students earlier this week, Michigan State fell just shy of a win against its rival Saturday night in an effort that head coach Tom Izzo said was aimed at helping students and alumni briefly escape
1:11 PM ET Alabama is the overall 1-seed in the NCAA tournament men’s basketball selection committee’s bracket preview, revealed Saturday afternoon. It would be the Crimson Tide’s first 1-seed in program history. “On the stretch of 13 wins in the Quad 1 and 2,” committee chair Chris Reynolds said. “They have a very strong résumé
9:22 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — The recipients of the 2023 Naismith Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award, Andscape’s Marc J. Spears (print) and ESPN’s Holly Rowe (electronic), didn’t know each other well before sharing the stage at Vivint Arena on Friday afternoon. But through their decades of stellar coverage of
2:59 PM ET Richmond men’s basketball coach Chris Mooney will undergo heart surgery and miss the remainder of the season, the school announced Friday. Mooney will undergo a procedure to remove an aneurysm in his ascending aorta. Assistant coach Peter Thomas will serve as interim head coach while Mooney is sidelined during a recovery period
8:00 AM ET Per the norm this season, the men’s college basketball chaos will continue this weekend with a series of high-profile matchups. We’re less than a month from Selection Sunday, so every game matters now. With a soft bubble and multiple teams entering the second half of February with a chance to seal —
9:29 PM ET ESPN News Services COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Jahmir Young scored 20 points and Maryland used a dominant stretch in the middle of the second half Thursday night to rally past No. 3 Purdue 68-54 and deal the Boilermakers their second consecutive loss. The Terrapins (18-8, 9-6 Big Ten) trailed 37-29 before erupting
6:57 PM ET EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo said Thursday it was clear that his team wanted to “get back on the floor” this week in the wake of a fatal campus shooting that claimed three lives and shut down all campus activities at the school for several days.
1:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Michigan State said its athletic teams will compete this weekend, days after a gunman killed three students and wounded five others in an on-campus shooting. Among the events that will take place Saturday are the women’s basketball team hosting Maryland and the men’s basketball team playing at in-state rival
12:11 PM ET The state of Florida updated its NIL legislation on Thursday, pulling back on restrictions while allowing universities to provide additional entrepreneurial workshops to their players. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 7B: Intercollegiate Athlete Compensation and Rights into law with Florida State football coach Mike Norvell, Florida football coach Billy Napier and
10:00 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zakai Zeigler and Santiago Vescovi each scored 15 points, and No. 10 Tennessee took down newly minted No. 1 Alabama 68-59 on Wednesday night. Playing their first game as the top-ranked team since the 2002-03 season, the Crimson Tide (22-4, 12-1 SEC) led just once in the
9:57 PM ET Florida leading scorer Colin Castleton suffered a broken hand in the Gators’ game Wednesday against Ole Miss, according to the team. Castleton departed early in the second half and the official diagnosis came shortly after the Gators wrapped up the 79-64 win. A 6-foot-11 center who started his career at Michigan, Castleton
5:54 PM ET ESPN News Services AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas prosecutor on Wednesday moved to dismiss a felony domestic violence case against former Longhorns men’s basketball coach Chris Beard, in part because of the alleged victim’s wishes not to prosecute. Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza said that after a review of the evidence,
1:50 PM ET Associated Press The chancellor at New Mexico State expressed his confidence in athletic director Mario Moccia on Wednesday, less than a week after the school’s most high-profile sports program — the men’s basketball team — was shut down for what the chancellor said was a culture of bad behavior, egregious violations of
6:56 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Bronny James, the son of NBA career scoring leader LeBron James, was one of 26 players announced Tuesday as members of the USA Basketball rosters for this year’s Nike Hoop Summit. The U.S. teams will play April 8 against international players at the Moda Center in
7:31 PM ET ESPN News Services New Mexico State fired first-year men’s basketball coach Greg Heiar on Tuesday, days after the school canceled the remainder of the Aggies’ season upon learning of hazing allegations involving players on the team. Dan Arvizu, the chancellor of the New Mexico State University system, made the announcement in a
2:42 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama center Charles Bediako‘s status is uncertain for Wednesday’s top-10 matchup with Tennessee because of a minor knee injury. Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats said Bediako is “day to day” for Wednesday night’s visit to the 10th-ranked Volunteers because of the injury that happened Saturday against Auburn.
10:20 AM ET ESPN News Services EAST LANSING, Mich. — Police identified the 43-year-old man who killed three students and wounded five at Michigan State University, saying Tuesday that a tip from the public led to a confrontation with officers miles from campus, where the gunman fatally shot himself. Investigators still were sorting out why