Chipotle Nationals closed out the 2023-24 season and it’s now time to publish our final FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. Montverde Academy of Florida captured the tournament title to go wire-to-wire No. 1, with the results of the event involving eight teams causing some movement within the Top 20. By Ronnie Flores...
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Fifty years after Hank Aaron 715th home run, his legacy remains at Gresham Park
ATLANTA — On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Henry “Hank” Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record, Eastside Atlanta’s Gresham Park was hosting an invitational event for Black teenage baseball players to take a trip to Chicago for an exhibition. The event, held by former Atlanta Braves outfielder Marquis Grissom’s Baseball Association and...
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For South Carolina coach Dawn Staley, a third national championship is an inarguable statement
CLEVELAND – On the eve of the national championship game, South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley was asked about the significance of playing for a national championship as an undefeated team going against the national player of the year Caitlin Clark and Iowa. The night before, Iowa and UConn, a game highlighted by Clark and...
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NCAAW Final Four: South Carolina defeats NC State, 78-59
Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram South Carolina rolls by NC State to reach their second NCAA Women’s Championship game in three years. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) You have to give credit where credit is due. Head coach Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks were expected to regress after losing...
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Detroit Pistons legend Chauncey Billups made the Hall of Fame playing ‘the right way’
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Portland Trail Blazers coach and former Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups lives by the saying “If it ain’t rough, it ain’t right.” The phrase was sewn into his Adidas game shoes during his 17-year NBA career. On Saturday, Billups’ enshrinement into the Basketball Hall of Fame was formally announced before the NCAA...
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Bronny James officially declares for 2024 NBA Draft
Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) LeBron James might finally get the chance to team up with his son in the NBA after all. On Friday morning, USC freshman Bronny James announced on Instagram that he will be entering the 2024 NBA Draft with a...
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What it takes to stay in the NBA
The NBA has showcased scoring since George Mikan was making hook shots in the 1950s. The scoring of Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Luka Dončić has filled arena seats for decades. But as attractive as scoring is to a hoops fan, it isn’t always the formula for a lengthy...
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DJ Burns Jr. rewards NC State for building around him en route to men’s Final Four
Watching NC State forward DJ Burns Jr. reduce a long line of defenders to barbecue chicken (Shaquille O’Neal’s recipe) this past weekend took Frank Hamrick back to the years he coached the breakout star of the 2024 NCAA tournament in high school. It was in the gym at York Preparatory Academy in Rock Hill, South...
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Columbia outfielder Olivia Madkins sees opportunity as school’s first Black softball player
Olivia Madkins has been playing softball since she was 8 years old and knew early on that her dream was to play in college. It wasn’t until the day she got her offer letter to Columbia University, however, that she realized chasing her dreams would also mean making history. She is the first Black player...
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WWE’s R-Truth nearly lost a leg two years ago — he’s now more popular than ever
As Valhalla, a wrestler who wears antlers and whose face is spray-painted black down to the nose, enters during the WWE streaming event Royal Rumble on Jan. 27, the familiar guitar strums of someone else’s music interrupt. The camera pans from the menacing Valhalla walking toward the ring to R-Truth jogging behind her. R-Truth gives...