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After initial silence, the Biden administration is making moves to free WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian detention

A week before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Russian authorities arrested American basketball star Brittney Griner at the Moscow airport. She was charged with drug smuggling after Russian officials allegedly found vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis in her luggage.

The Conversation

Teen hoops players are paid $100K salaries. The goal? A new path to the NBA.

LOS ANGELES — The most interesting basketball game in Atlanta on a Friday night in March wasn't the one played in the city's downtown NBA arena. It was happening three miles north, between six-figure-earning teenagers in a gym that opened only seven months earlier as part of a league that…

Los Angeles Times

Draymond Green: basketball’s biggest troll and the Warriors’ heart and soul

This year’s NBA playoffs have served as a reminder of how much Green sets the tone for the Warriors by being such a pain in the ass to play against

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Rapper J. Cole to play pro basketball in Canada

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The Independent UK

J. Cole Signs With Canadian Elite Basketball Team

The Grammy Award-winning rapper will play professionally for the second consecutive season.

Sports Illustrated

Michigan State basketball offers 2023 top 50, 4-star PF Milan Momcilovic

Michigan State basketball has extended a scholarship offer to the top player from Wisconsin in the 2023 class

USA Today Sports Media Group

JOK’s basketball struggles shown in fun Building the Browns preview

JOK had a great rookie year but it is clear that he does not have a future in the NBA based on this short video:

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Brittney Griner Time Line: What Has Happened Since She Was Detained

The basketball star has been held in Russia since February after officials said they discovered vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.

Sports Illustrated

Tristan Thompson says a fan was ejected from his NBA game for making comments about Khloé Kardashian

Thompson revealed that he got a fan kicked out of his game during The Kardashians

The Independent UK

SI:AM | How One Law Changed Women’s Sports Forever

This month’s cover of Sports Illustrated celebrates the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX.

Sports Illustrated

50 Years of Title IX: How One Law Changed Women’s Sports Forever

In 1972, no one dreamed a dry, 37-word clause tucked inside a new education legislation would have such a profound impact. A half century later, it’s time to reflect on how far the quest for equality has come—and where it still has to go.

Sports Illustrated

Luka Dončić's path to NBA stardom began with a 76ers draft pick who could dunk over a car

PHILADELPHIA — Marko Milič didn’t have money for a car, so he hitched a ride with a friend twice a day to drive the 30 miles between his Slovenian hometown and the city he was playing in.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Warriors thump Mavericks in convincing Game 1

SAN FRANCISCO – After the Mavericks made a statement in a dominant Game 7 win over the Suns on Sunday, Dallas coach and Bay Area basketball legend Jason Kidd said the team wasn’t sweating the task of going toe-to-toe with an experienced team in the Warriors, who have advanced to…

Tribune News Service

Tim Connelly leaving Nuggets to lead Timberwolves front office?

The Timberwolves are in serious talks with Denver Nuggets president Tim Connelly about the franchise's vacant President of Basketball Operations role, sources tell The Athletic. The Timberwolves recently requested permission from the Nuggets to ...

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Joey Baker, Duke basketball captain and reserve forward, enters transfer portal

CHICAGO — Joey Baker’s Duke basketball career, which began earlier than planned, included his redshirt being burned late in his freshman season and saw him as a team captain last season, is coming to an end.

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LOOK: Michigan State basketball G Max Christie’s NBA combine measurements revealed

Max Christie was measured today at the NBA draft combine

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Ohio State basketball coach Chris Holtmann to receive contract extension

Holtmann joins Ryan Day in new contract extensions on Wednesday. #GoBucks

Sports Illustrated

The Rise of Aging Rookies: Meet the WNBA’s Veteran Debutants

This season has seen seven rookies who are at least 26 years old, all veterans of the game finally getting the chance to play Stateside.

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Rockets GM Rafael Stone open-minded to trade of No. 3 draft pick

“If we end up picking, we’ll have the ability to pick a really, really talented basketball player at 3,” says Rockets GM Rafael Stone, who isn’t ruling out a potential trade.

Tribune News Service

Source: Kings owner Vivek Ranadive’s daughter Anjali named assistant GM of G League Stockton Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Anjali Ranadive, the daughter of Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive, is joining the basketball side of the family business.

Tribune News Service

John Clay: If done, Kentucky basketball’s 2022-23 roster looks promising, with one question

The Kentucky basketball roster for 2022-23 is pretty much set. John Calipari said so a couple of weeks ago when appearing on a Louisville radio show. The UK coach said he expected to have 10 scholarship players for next season. No more than 11.

ABC News

Coburg basketball ring gets innovative upgrade after night noise complaints

After being removed last year due to noise complaints, a basketball hoop in Melbourne's northern suburbs is back after university students invented a timed "social cue".

Sports Illustrated

Former UNC Basketball Star Ademola Okulaja Dies at 46

The forward played for the Tar Heels from 1995 to ’99, helping the team to two Final Four appearances.

USA Today Sports Media Group

How Lakers’ Rob Pelinka royally screwed up their 2022 NBA draft in Anthony Davis trade with Pelicans

Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka got fleeced by New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin in this deal.

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MSU basketball drops in latest ESPN Bracketology update for 2022-23 season

See where ESPN's Joe Lunardi has Michigan State in his early NCAA Tournament projection for the 2022-23 season

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