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Boogie Fland in No Rush After Big Offers from Auburn, UNC

Fland had his most productive summer to date, starring in the Nike EYBL and winning a gold medal with USA Basketball.

Sports Illustrated

Days after putting Ohio State basketball in top three, Devin Royal set to announce commitment

We'll find out Wednesday, August 3 where Devin Royal plans to play his college basketball. #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

Brittney Griner returns to Russian court to argue cannabis was prescribed for pain as US seeks prisoner swap

The 31-year-old basketball star’s next hearing is scheduled for Thursday

The Independent UK

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Kentucky basketball players step up to help flood victims. ‘We gotta do something here.’

Sitting in his car and scrolling through his phone, CJ Fredrick looked at the heartbreaking photos of the eastern Kentucky flooding and the devastation it has wreaked upon the region.

Tribune News Service

Griner's Russian trial should be over 'very soon', lawyer says

The Russian drugs trial of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner should be over "very soon", her lawyer said on Tuesday, as the Kremlin warned the United States that megaphone diplomacy would not secure a prisoner swap for the 31-year-old Texan.

Reuters

Kendall Jenner claps back at Devin Booker split rumours as she shares sweet clip of beau

The supermodel, 26, and the basketball player, also 26, were the talk of the town after it was claimed the duo split after two years together

Daily Mirror

Iowa basketball league to settle youth exploitation lawsuit

An Iowa-based youth basketball league has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by former players whose coach secretly recorded them undressing or obtained nude photos of them

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This brilliant Bill Russell quote should inspire more thoughtful NBA coverage

The things he knew about basketball, motivation, and people went much deeper.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Wagstaff in range of unique Games feat

Australian basketballer Jesse Wagstaff is one win away from back-to-back Commonwealth gold, albeit in different versions of the six-time NBL champion's sport.

AAP

Bill Russell's legacy of NBA championships and cerebral fight for equal rights

On May 1, 1968, Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics to another NBA championship, triumphing over the rival Los Angeles Lakers.

The Conversation

Michigan State basketball trending for 4-star SG Gehrig Normand

Michigan State basketball is trending for a 4-star shooting guard in the 2023 recruiting class

USA Today Sports Media Group

Michigan State basketball hires new Director of Recruiting

Tom Izzo has his new Director of Recruiting

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ohio State basketball to open Maui Invitational with San Diego State

Ohio State will take on the Aztecs of San Diego State to open the Maui Invitational. #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ohio State basketball’s first round Maui Invitational opponent announced

Who is coming with me? #GoBucks

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The Guardian - US

Bill Russell was the NBA’s king of championship rings – and far more important matters

The basketball legend, who died Sunday aged 88, was doggedly committed to using his platform to amplify his political actions, setting a template for today’s athlete activists

The Independent UK

Morning Joe host tears into Trump over Brittney Griner criticism: ‘What a heinous human being’

‘You cannot help but wonder if he’s saying that because she’s a black basketball player’

Daily Mirror

Manchester Giants head coach hopes for less British 'unicorns' in NBA as new challenge awaits

EXCLUSIVE: New Manchester Giants head coach and general manager Vince Macaulay talks to Mirror Sport about his new challenge, the decision to remove the BBL's salary cap, the future of British basketball and more

The Independent UK

What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner and why is she detained in Russia?

Basketball icon has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

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Mike Lupica: Bill Russell was everything we could ever want an athlete to be

We will all talk today about the winning Bill Russell did in basketball, because he is the greatest winner team sports in America has ever produced. We will talk, and rightly so, righteously so, about back-to-back NCAA championships the tall, skinny kid from McClymonds High in Oakland won at the…

Tribune News Service

Evolving college basketball landscape is forcing coaches to adapt ... or ‘get out’

Mark Turgeon and Chris Mack had the kind of college basketball jobs at Maryland and Louisville, respectively, that you don’t walk away from. Yet both made the rare move of leaving Power 5 conference men’s basketball jobs in season.

WEKU

As a racial justice activist, NBA great Bill Russell was a legend off the court

Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell was a civil rights trailblazer, before, during and after his basketball career. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 for his activism efforts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Celtics and NBA legend Bill Russell dies at 88

Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr., supported Muhammad Ali and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. The centerpiece of the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years, Russell earned his last two NBA titles as a player-coach — the first…

Tribune News Service

Matt Calkins: Bill Russell may have been team sports’ greatest winner, but that’s only part of why people are celebrating his life

Before he played under him as a forward with the Sonics, and before he forged a lifetime friendship with the legend, Spencer Haywood remembers meeting Bill Russell after the Celtics played against the Pistons in Detroit.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Jerry West remembers Bill Russell as a 'difference maker' on par with Jackie Robinson

Los Angeles booed him. Los Angeles jeered him. Los Angeles hated him.

AAP

Finals time for Australia's 3x3 teams

A loss to England has left Australia's 3x3 men's basketball team in a quarter-final against Kenya, while the women progressed directly to the final four.

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