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athlonsports.com | Jeremy Beren
Tuesday night's game between the Connecticut Sun and the Indiana Fever was a fiery contest at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Fever's 88-71 win over the Sun booked Indiana's place in the Commissioner's Cup final against the Minnesota Lynx on July 1 - but viral incidents involving Fever star Caitlin Clark have captured attention in online discourse.
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sports.yahoo.com | Jeremy Beren
Bill Simmons Tells Top-5 Draft Prospect Kon Knueppel What NBA Team Is Perfect For Him originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Cooper Flagg might not be the only former Duke Blue Devil selected in the first few picks of the 2025 NBA Draft. AdvertisementKon Knueppel, Flagg's teammate in Durham last season, has been rocketing up draft boards in recent weeks. ESPN's latest mock draft has the versatile Knueppel heading to the Charlotte Hornets with the fourth overall pick in a week's time.
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1 week ago | 
athlonsports.com | Jeremy Beren
The 2025 NBA Draft is just a week away, and the draft board is beginning to fall into place behind the certain No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg. For much of the pre-draft process, the Rutgers duo of Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper have been discussed as the players most likely to round out the top three. But while Harper, a 6-foot-5 combo guard, has demonstrated some staying power as the No. 2 pick in mock drafts, Bailey is starting to tumble.
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athlonsports.com | Jeremy Beren
Xavier Griffin is the nation's top high-school linebacker according to recruiting services. Griffin has attracted the interest of many blue-blood programs, all wanting to mold the Georgia high schooler into a disruptive defensive force. The Texas Longhorns though are now muscling their way into the Griffin conversation, part of a new recruitment blitz from Steve Sarkisian and his staff.
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athlonsports.com | Jeremy Beren
On May 8, 1970, New York Knicks center Willis Reed etched his name into basketball immortality by playing Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers with a torn thigh muscle. Reed's courage to play through a serious injury has gone down in American sports lore - not least of which, because the Knicks won the game and the NBA title along with it.
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1 week ago | 
theolympian.com | Jeremy Beren
Cooper Flagg might not be the only former Duke Blue Devil selected in the first few picks of the 2025 NBA Draft. Kon Knueppel, Flagg's teammate in Durham last season, has been rocketing up draft boards in recent weeks. ESPN's latest mock draft has the versatile Knueppel heading to the Charlotte Hornets with the fourth overall pick in a week's time. Fourth overall may well be Knueppel's ceiling; the eighth pick, held by the Brooklyn Nets, is considered the 6'7'' swingman's floor.
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athlonsports.com | Jeremy Beren
A lot has changed for Arizona State's football program in the past year. Picked to finish last in the Big 12 in 2024, the Sun Devils instead won the conference in their first year following a move from the Pac 12 -- and Kenny Dillingham's men reached the College Football Playoff for the first time in school history. Now, the Sun Devils enter 2025 as one of the nation's top teams.
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sports.yahoo.com | Jeremy Beren
Diego Pavia Sends Warning to Kalen Deboer’s Alabama Before 2025 Clash originally appeared on Athlon Sports. More than eight months after it took place, the Vanderbilt Commodores' stunning upset of the Alabama Crimson Tide has only grown in stature, developing a mythology of its own amid the heroics of Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia. AdvertisementDespite entering the game as 23.5-point favorites, the vaunted Alabama defense had no answer for Pavia on October 5, 2024.
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sports.yahoo.com | Jeremy Beren
Timberwolves Coach Drops 2-Word Response on Naz Reid and Julius Randle’s Future originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After suffering consecutive Western Conference finals defeats, the Minnesota Timberwolves have some big decisions to make this offseason. AdvertisementIn particular, president of basketball operations Tim Connelly has to determine the viability of keeping Naz Reid and Julius Randle in Minnesota on new contracts, as both players are set to hit free agency this summer.
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1 week ago | 
athlonsports.com | Jeremy Beren
After suffering consecutive Western Conference finals defeats, the Minnesota Timberwolves have some big decisions to make this offseason. In particular, president of basketball operations Tim Connelly has to determine the viability of keeping Naz Reid and Julius Randle in Minnesota on new contracts, as both players are set to hit free agency this summer. Given the unique skillsets both players have to offer, other teams are sure to covet Randle and Reid when - or if - they hit the open market.
