INDIANAPOLIS — As the song “One Shining Moment” began to fill Lucas Oil Stadium, Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg tried his best to maintain focus while answering the rapid-fire questions coming from the reporters surrounding him. But Lendeborg abruptly stopped speaking as the video reached its concluding sequence, which began with the NCAA tournament title game opening...
Keep track of the transactional chaos on the WNBA front, which is engaged in a compacted offseason after the lengthy yet fruitful CBA talks. With a new collective bargaining agreement signed, the WNBA is about to embark on a most unique fastbreak. (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images) Scores have been settled, and progress...
Chipotle Nationals closed out the 2025-26 season and it’s now time to publish our final FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. CIA Bella Vista of Arizona won both the Nike EYBL Scholastic Tournament and Chipotle Nationals to cap off a memorable season in which it finished ranked No. 1 in the country. The...
PHOENIX — In advance of Sunday’s national championship game, South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley was highly complimentary of UCLA head coach Cori Close. Staley said she knew what it was like to win that first title after so many years on the trail, and she wanted Close to have that experience — just not...
Luka Dončić re-aggravated a left hamstring injury on Thursday in Oklahoma City and will not play again in the regular season. His representatives announced Friday that they intend to challenge his ineligibility for the award with the NBA and NBPA. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander entered Thursday as the heavy MVP favorite. Nothing that happened at Paycom Center...
PHOENIX — Ahead of the postgame news conference following South Carolina’s 62-48 defeat of UConn in the Final Four on Friday, the attending media gathered with a buzz as they waited for the show to begin. The anticipation, in large part, wasn’t to dissect the masterfully engineered takedown head coach Dawn Staley and her Gamecocks...
The day has finally arrived: the 2026 WNBA expansion draft is here, and the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo will select their inaugural rosters. Nearly two weeks have passed since the Players’ Union and the WNBA agreed to a historic collective bargaining agreement. With a condensed schedule set in stone, the WNBA will welcome its 14th...
INDIANAPOLIS — For Michigan senior guard Nimari Burnett, it was a moment inspired by “The Decision,” the 2010 announcement that LeBron James was joining the Miami Heat. Burnett sat at a table in front of a large group — family, friends, videographers and photographers — to announce where he would be attending school. “It’s been...
Lauren Betts and Madison Booker respectively headline this Final Four battle between the Texas Longhorns and the UCLA Bruins. Neighbors on last year’s Final Four bracket, the Texas Longhorns and UCLA Bruins will finally get to face off on women’s basketball’s grandest stage. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) The latter half of Phoenix’s Final...
While Hasheem Thabeet has often been viewed as an NBA bust for his lackluster and short career, in Africa — more specifically his native Tanzania — he is seen as a pioneer, legend and role model. Back on “the continent,” Thabeet, the No. 2 pick in the 2009 NBA draft — selected ahead of such...