Basketball

Penny Hardaway believes the new name, image and likeness rules helped him land another top recruiting class at Memphis.

Hardaway said Tuesday the NIL rules helped ease the strain on players weighing their options between earning money by going to the NBA’s G League or going to college. Now Hardaway can add NIL options when aggressively pitching himself, his staff and what he’s building at his alma mater.

USA Basketball will face Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba in the first round of qualifying for the 2023 Basketball World Cup. The Americans, who won a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in Tokyo but finished only seventh at the most recent Basketball World Cup two years ago, found out their qualifying opponents Tuesday when the draw was held at FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.

Jrue Holiday has already had gold in his grasp.

It belongs to his wife, Lauren, who won two gold medals as a member of the U.S. women’s soccer team. The latter was in 2012, when Holiday went to London to cheer her on.

Luka Doncic and Slovenia need one win for a medal in their Olympic basketball debut.

Inanunsiyo sa isang presscon nitong Sabado ni PBA commissioner Willie Marcial kasama ang presensiya ni Ravena, team manager Ronald Dulatre at NLEX lawyer Jan David Garcia ang hinggil sa paglalaro ng player sa Japan B. League.

Phoenix Suns (51-21, second in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (46-26, third in the Eastern Conference during the regular season)

Two days after being added to the Olympic team, Keldon Johnson keyed a huge third-quarter run to help the U.S. beat Spain.

Manila, Philippines, 28 April 2021 – The local government unit of Davao City, together with
leading beverage brand MILO,

Gonzaga and Baylor spent almost the entire season holding down the top two spots in the Top 25.

The biggest unknown leading into a March Madness bracket reveal more than a year in the making had nothing to do with bubble teams or top seeds. Instead, it was the not-so-simple matter of which programs would be healthy enough to play.