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2 weeks ago | 
usatoday.com | Jeff Zillgitt |Lorenzo Reyes |James Williams
The NCAA men’s basketball season is over. The European pro basketball season is winding down. And focus is switching to the NBA draft. Players considering the 2025 NBA draft are reviewing their options ahead of the draft combine set for May 11-18 in Chicago. The draft lottery, which determines the order of the first 14 picks in the draft, is May 12 in Chicago.
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1 month ago | 
usatoday.com | Jeff Zillgitt |Lorenzo Reyes |James Williams
Duke menās basketball has had multiple lottery picks in the NBA draft in the past four decades. The Blue Devils have had multiple lottery picks in the same draft, including the Nos. 1, 3 and 10 selections (Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett, Cam Reddish) in the 2019 draft and the Nos. 1, 11 and 13 picks (Elton Brand, Trajan Landgon, Corey Maggette) in the 1999 draft.
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1 month ago | 
pal-item.com | Cydney Henderson |Jeff Zillgitt |James Williams |Heather Tucker
Cydney Henderson Jeff Zillgitt James H. Williams Heather TuckerUSA TODAYLuka Doncic got his revenge. At least for now. The five-time All-NBA selection posted a 19-point, 15-rebound, 12-assist triple-double, and LeBron James scored 16 of his team-high 27 points in the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 107-99 Tuesday. It was Doncic’s first game against his former team since the blockbuster trade that shook the NBA. "I don’t know how to explain it.
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2 months ago | 
usatoday.com | Jon Hoefling |James Williams
The 2024 NFL season was filled with hotly contested debates such as:Does Patrick Mahomes belong in the same conversations as Tom Brady already? Is Sam Darnold good, or just in the perfect situation? Is Jayden Daniels already a top-5 quarterback in the league? Should the Cleveland Browns give up Deshaun Watson and multiple first-round picks just to get him off their payroll?
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
usatoday.com | James Williams
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James remains productive in the 21st year of his NBA career. James turned 40 before the start of the new year and has shown no real signs of wanting to walk away from the game any time soon.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Jeff Zillgitt |Lorenzo Reyes |James Williams
Duke Blue Devils freshman Cooper Flagg had a game for the ages, scoring an ACC freshmen-record 42 points against Notre Dame on 11-for-14 shooting from the field and 16-for-17 from the free throw line. He also had seven assists and six rebounds. Rutgers Scarlet Knights freshman guard Dylan Harper had at least 20 points in 10 of his first 12 college games, including back-to-back games with 36 points against Notre Dame and 37 points against Alabama before the flu slowed him.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
usatoday.com | James Williams
The UCLA and USC womenâs basketball teams will not host Northwestern this upcoming week as a result of the multiple wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. There have been at least 11 reported deaths and 10,000 structures destroyed by the fires. While there has been no immediate threat to the campus by the fires, the Wildcats decided not to travel west for the two-game road trip. The Wildcats were scheduled to play against the Bruins on Sunday, Jan. 12 and the Trojans on Wednesday, Jan.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
courier-journal.com | James Williams
After spending most of his football career in Southern California, quarterback Miller Moss decided to leave his local area and transfer to Louisville. Moss is already on campus preparing for classes to begin but announced Thursday that the fires west of Los Angeles, where they initially started, have impacted his loved ones. “I was born and raised in Pacific Palisades,” Moss said in a statement on X.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
usatoday.com | James Williams
The 2024 college football conference championship weekend has concluded with all games that will factor into the Heisman Trophy race now being finalized. Running backs Ashton Jeanty and Cameron Skattebo shined in the spotlight on conference championship weekend. It served as their final audition for some contenders before Heisman Trophy votes were submitted.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
usatoday.com | James Williams
The Heisman Trophy race is seemingly down to two true contenders entering Saturday's conference championship slate. Colorado star Travis Hunter and Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty have held on to the top two spots in recent weeks and both will almost certainly receive invitations to New York. Those invitations will officially be sent Monday when the Heisman Trophy finalists are announced.
