Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts is taking time away from the team to focus on her health in her ongoing battle against breast cancer, the school announced Thursday night. Associate head coach Darnell Haney will take over in her absence. Butts was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in
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'60 Minutes' Deion Sanders interview faces scrutiny from Jackson State women's basketball coach over portrayal
Jackson State Tigers women’s basketball coach Tomekia Reed took issue with how “60 Minutes” portrayed the Mississippi capital city in its interview with Deion Sanders. Sanders coached the Jackson State football team for three seasons before he left for Colorado at the end of 2022. In the segment, Jackson, Mississippi,
Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard undergoes heart surgery
University of Michigan head basketball coach Juwan Howard underwent heart surgery Friday, the school announced. The former member of the Fab Five had an aortic aneurysm “successfully resected” and had an aortic valve repaired. The school said Howard is expected to spend roughly four to six weeks away from the
LSU to reward Kim Mulkey with richest total contract in women's college basketball history: reports
LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey won a championship in April, and now she is being rewarded. Mulkey has agreed to a new 10-year contract worth $32 million which must still be confirmed by the LSU board of supervisors on Friday, according to ESPN. Head coach Kim Mulkey of
Lithuania stuns USA Basketball at FIBA World Cup: 'They just punched us in the mouth'
Team USA men’s basketball suffered a stunning loss to Lithuania on Sunday but was able to make the FIBA World Cup quarterfinals after they finished in second place in its group. Lithuania used nine straight three-pointers to start the game to propel them to a 110-104 victory. Vaidas Kariniauskas led
Reggie Chaney, former college basketball player at Houston and Arkansas, dead at 23
Reggie Chaney, a former college basketball player who was a part of the Houston Cougars’ Final Four team in 2021 and played with the Arkansas Razorbacks, has died. He was 23. Chaney died on Monday, a person close to the Cougars basketball program told the Houston Chronicle. He was set
Conference realignment ‘happened because of money,’ UCLA head basketball coach says
As the 2023 college football season rapidly approaches, the conversations around college athletics have largely focused on conference realignment due to the seismic moves made in the past several weeks. The Pac-12 is on the verge of collapse as eight schools will depart the conference after the 2023-24 seasons. General
High school basketball star dead at 17 after collapsing during workout
A 17-year-old basketball player died Thursday after collapsing during a workout with his team. Caleb White from Pinson Valley High School in Alabama was a first-team all-state selection last season as a junior. He was ranked 25th among point guards in the nation and No. 2 in Alabama, according to
College basketball star Caitlin Clark gets butter sculpture at Iowa State Fair
Caitlin Clark’s stardom has reached new levels. The Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star took the sports world by storm during the 2022-23 women’s college basketball season, leading the Hawkeyes to a Final Four berth before losing to LSU in the national championship game. Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, dribbles
Cavaliers' Ricky Rubio stepping away from basketball to focus on mental health
Veteran NBA player Ricky Rubio announced his decision to step away from his basketball career to focus on his mental health. Rubio’s decision comes a little more than two weeks before the Spanish national team was scheduled to play in the FIBA World Cup later this month. Spain will enter