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New York Liberty General Manager Jonathan Kolb is the 2023 WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year. Kolb, in his fifth year as General Manager, earned the honor for the first time. He is the first New York executive to win the award. “I am profoundly humbled to be named this year’s WNBA Basketball Executive of
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The New York Liberty (24-6) took down the league-leading Las Vegas Aces 82-63 in the third annual WNBA Commissioner’s Cup competition Tuesday night. Liberty forward/center Jonquel Jones earned the MVP award with 16 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Teammate Marine Johannès scorched the Aces from three-point land with five three-pointers at Michelob Ultra Arena
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Photo: Alabama Men’s Basketball/Twitter Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller is receiving All-American honors after a controversial freshman season that saw the 6-foot-9 NBA prospect linked to a murder of a young single mother on January 15. Miller was named to the AP’s First Team on Tuesday, joining Purdue’s Zach Edey, Houston’s Marcus Sasser, Kansas’ Jalen
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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has been named NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Jan. 2 to Jan. 8, it was announced today. James averaged 35.0 points (.548 FG%), 8.7 rebounds and 7.7 assists in three games as the Lakers finished the week 4-0 with victories over Charlotte, Miami, Atlanta
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Lisa Peterson Ahead of the 2022-23 season, the NCAA’s DI women’s basketball committee announced new leadership. The Pac-12’s Lisa Peterson is the new chair of the committee. Jill Shields of Kansas State will serve as vice chair. Amy Folan of Central Michigan and Josh Heird of Louisville will fill two open positions. From an NCAA
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Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations & General Manager Mitch Kupchak announced today the team has named Steve Clifford head coach. Clifford, who previously served the team’s head coach from 2013-2018, returns to Charlotte, where his 196 wins ranks second in franchise history, sitting just 11 behind Allan Bristow. “We are pleased to welcome Steve
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WKBN) – Three Cleveland Cavaliers have been named finalists for three separate NBA awards which were released on Sunday. Guardians bats silent as Giants complete the sweep Kevin Love, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley are one of three finalists in their respective categories. Love is up for Sixth Man of the Year against
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Aneesah Morrow. Photo: DePaul Athletics/Mark Black. Aneesah Morrow of DePaul University is the 2022 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year.  “Aneesah most certainly contributed to DePaul’s success and we recognize and applaud her immediate impact this season,” WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew said. Morrow scored the most points of any freshman debut in
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Veronica Burton. Photo: Big Ten. Veronica Burton of Northwestern University is the 2022 WBCA NCAA Division I Defensive Player of the Year. The award honors the best defensive women’s basketball player in NCAA Division I.   “Veronica Burton played an incredibly valuable role for her team on the defensive end of the floor this season. Veronica
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Full Bracket The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee selected South Carolina (29-2), Stanford (28-3), NC State (29-3), and Louisville (25-4) as the No. 1 seeds across four regions for this season’s national championship tournament. “We’ve got 12 awesome committee members that have really worked hard all day and all night since Wednesday, and we’re
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Not only is Cleveland hosting the ’22 NBA All-Star weekend, but two Cavs will be playing in the annual All-Star game after Jarrett Allen was named as a replacement for the injured 76ers superstar James Harden. Cleveland’s Jarrett Allen has replaced James Harden in the NBA All-Star Game. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 14, 2022
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Memphis Grizzlies’ Ja Morant and Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors were named NBA Players of the Week (Week 12). Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant and Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 12 of the 2021-22 season (Jan. 3 –
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After capturing their respective record-tying fifth and third gold medals, USA Basketball honored Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant and Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird as the 2021 USA Basketball Male and Female Athlete of the Year. For Life 🤞 @KDTrey5 🥇🥇🥇 pic.twitter.com/kJ6Sy14qPO — USA Basketball (@usabasketball) December 17, 2021 “It’s amazing to be honored in this way,” Durant said via
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NBA Vice President, Basketball Operations and two-time NBA champion Malik Rose has been named Head of Basketball Operations for the NBA G League, it was announced today by NBA G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim. Rose replaces Brad Walker, who was named Commissioner of the America East Conference in August. In his new role, Rose will
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