Sam Vecenie

2 weeks ago | letterboxd.com | Sam Vecenie

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3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sam Vecenie

Arizona State's Jayden Quaintance, a projected top-10 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, is considering entering the transfer portal, according to multiple reports Wednesday. ESPN was first to report the news. Quaintance, who hadn't played since a 66-54 win against Kansas State on Feb. 23, also reportedly had successful surgery to repair a torn ACL and is expected to be cleared for full contact by September. The 6-foot-9 forward was the youngest player in college basketball this past season at 17.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sam Vecenie |CJ Moore

More than 1,000 Division I men's basketball players have entered the transfer portal since it opened on March 24. That's a lot of names and faces to learn as college basketball's roster management busy season increasingly resembles NBA free agency. This is where The Athletic 's transfer portal rankings come in. The rankings are a living document we will continue to expand and update as more players hit the portal. Some notes to keep in mind: First, positional scarcity is taken into account.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Sam Vecenie

March Madness is underway, which means it's time to update The Athletic 's 2025 NBA Mock Draft. Scouts and executives have traveled all over the United States to see conference tournaments, one of the best ways to get eyes on a significant number of prospects in one place. Particularly, the SEC tournament was littered with NBA executive personnel because of how loaded the conference was this season. Quite a few players really helped themselves.

1 month ago | letterboxd.com | Sam Vecenie

Just truly not possible to write a better, more important first scene to a film than this one, where Rooney Mara tries to climb a stairmaster talking to Jesse Eisenberg’s Zuckerberg. It sets the tone for the entire film in terms of speech pattern, speed, pace, but more important for how you’re supposed to understand this film. This is not a film lionizing its subject for creating a massively successful business.