Emily Giambalvo
Sports Reporter at The Washington Post
Washington Post reporter • sports + data • [email protected]
Articles
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4 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Jesse Dougherty |Emily Giambalvo
When the SEC hired Mike Tranghese nearly a decade ago, the former Big East commissioner had one job: Fix men’s basketball. At first, Tranghese did that work in the shadows, making calls, scribbling notes, advising new commissioner Greg Sankey as he went. It was clear, right away, that the SEC needed better officials, better coaching hires, more financial and emotional investment from its football-obsessed schools.
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1 month ago |
washingtonpost.com | Emily Giambalvo |Jesse Dougherty
After Kentucky beat Troy in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Friday night, Wildcats guard Lamont Butler joined Mark Pope in an on-court interview, beaming at his coach. When the microphone got close enough, Butler let the country know it was Pope’s first NCAA tournament win. Butler then laughed at a reference to Pope playing at Kentucky in the 1990s, when he was part of a national championship team.
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1 month ago |
washingtonpost.com | Emily Giambalvo |Kati Perry |Jesse Dougherty
If you’ve ignored college basketball since last March … well, you might be a little confused this week. That men’s player who seemed perfect for his team — the jersey colors made sense, the coach and him seemed like real buddies? He plays for a bigger program now. And that women’s player you took to? She also transferred, no matter how many times she called your alma mater her dream school. This is college basketball in 2025. Player movement is rampant. Players staying put can feel like a surprise.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
washingtonpost.com | Adam Kilgore |Emily Giambalvo
The Green Bay Packers drafted Jordan Love in 2020 with grand visions. He would replace Aaron Rodgers and extend Green Bay’s line of franchise quarterbacks, the most valuable and coveted asset in North American sports, a figure who provides limitless hope for multi-billion-dollar businesses. By last summer, Love had started 18 career games and won justa single playoff start.
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Oct 20, 2024 |
msn.com | Albert Samaha |Emily Giambalvo |Jesse Dougherty |Artur Galocha
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