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UConn Huskies secure fourth consecutive Big East Tournament Title
Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Twitch Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies Women’s basketball team defeat Georgetown 78-42 to earn their fourth straight Big East Tournament title. Riddled with injuries, the Huskies are ready for a NCAA Championship run. (Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) It’s not about the...
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JuJu Watkins’ time isn’t coming. It’s here.
America’s in yet another campaign cycle. That means primaries, an ungodly amount of polls, speeches, and commercials that would make the 1995 Source Awards resemble Bible study. At any given time, everyone’s looking for a talking point, and candidates are looking for a vote. Well, except for Judea Skies Watkins, the USC freshman guard better...
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Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole knows what you think of him
“I don’t know who told you I like candles.” Jordan Poole tells me this with a wide smile after I tell him an unnamed source told me the Washington Wizards guard likes to make candles in his free time. Poole isn’t ashamed of his hobby, he just enjoys being mysterious, and this discovery cuts into...
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Stanford’s Cameron Brink declares for the WNBA Draft
Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Twitch Two-time Pac-12 Player of the year, Cameron Brink officially declared for the WNBA Draft on Tuesday afternoon. Jineen Williams / Ballislife Cameron Brink’s left her legacy at Stanford University ,and she is set to make her mark in professional women’s basketball. Stanford University star Brink has...
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Basketball Africa League documentary the next project of filmmaker Akin Omotoso
PRETORIA, South Africa – There was a quick scene in the 2022 Disney movie Rise where a young Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked to pay a fee on a computer to use the internet at Amadou Café in Athens, Greece. Rise director Akin Omotoso told Basketball Africa League president Amadou Gallo Fall on March 8 that...
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Columbus Crew’s Wilfred Nancy understands there’s more than winning as a Black coach in MLS
“Do you understand serendipity? Everything has been like this for me,” Wilfried Nancy says, leaning in as we sit at the Goat Tree café in Santa Barbara, California, on a sun-kissed day. The Columbus Crew head coach’s journey is punctuated with firsts. Of the eight Black coaches in MLS’ 29-year history, Nancy is the first...
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WWE inducting Claude ‘Thunderbolt’ Patterson into Hall of Fame
Claude “Thunderbolt” Patterson, a Black pro wrestler who was blacklisted from one of the most well-known promotions in the 1970s in part due to deeply ingrained racism in the business, will be inducted into the WWE’s Hall of Fame next month. Patterson, 82, a burly, smooth-talking wrestler will join inductees Paul Heyman, Bull Nakano, the...