After a topsy-turvy year, many believe the NCAA tournament will be particularly wide open this year. There will be a little extra madness. Do the numbers back that up? Yes, but the degree depends on how we look at it. Using our current BPI projections for the NCAA tournament compared
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Five years after suffering brain injury in car accident, Josh Speidel scores first career points
“I did it, I’m a college basketball player.” Josh Speidel scored his first career points Tuesday on an emotional Senior Night for Vermont. Five years ago, Speidel was involved in a car crash that left him with a traumatic brain injury. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf spoke with Speidel’s parents after his game, and they provided the initial scary
Two-time NBA All-Star Zach Randolph to play in Ice Cube’s Big3 league
Zach Randolph's basketball retirement lasted less than three months. On Wednesday, the two-time NBA All-Star agreed to terms with Ice Cube's Big3 league. Randolph, who retired from the NBA in late December, will serve as a captain for team Trilogy, according to a league press release. Randolph was a central figure for the Memphis
Oakley: Knicks’ behavior has ‘got to be stopped’
In the wake of another public confrontation between New York Knicks ownership and a personality closely associated with the team, former Knicks enforcer Charles Oakley says the NBA should step in to fix the issue. “It’s got to be stopped in some kind of way,” Oakley told The Associated Press
What has changed in college basketball over the past month, and what hasn’t
Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Remember February? A month ago, it seemed as if we all knew what to expect in the coming weeks. The contenders have separated themselves, and finally, college basketball had started to make sense. That’s what we thought,
LaVar Ball is back — and so are his ridiculous claims
Big Baller Brand is back — and apparently, so is LaVar Ball. Two weeks after bringing his failed company back to life with a new website, Ball returned to the public spotlight with a Tuesday appearance on FS1’s “Undisputed.” Despite keeping a low profile following the fallout of Big Baller Brand in early 2019, Ball
March Madness: Kentucky surge, Duke decline illustrate challenge for selection committee’s bracketing
If you think March typically is a mad month, take a look at what February has done to the NCAA selection committee‘s official tournament bracket projection. Now an annual tradition, the committee reveals the top 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament roughly one month before selection Sunday. On this occasion,
Shaq’s hairline is disappearing faster than melting glaciers
After losing a bet to Dwyane Wade about the final score of the Heat-Bucks game Monday, Shaquille O’Neal had to show the world just how much of his hairline he has lost. Shaq had wagered that Miami would lose by 20 points. Miami won by 16. So, Wade got to
Lightning to have clear target to overcome WNBL finals hurdle
ADELAIDE coach Chris Lucas says he knows exactly what the Lightning need to mount a challenge for the WNBL Championship again after they fell just short of taking their semi-final series against the Southside Flyers to a final game. The Lightning could not keep their season alive against the Flyers
LeBron James vs. Zion Williamson rematch a direct clash of supernatural forces
When they met for the first time on an NBA court last week, it was more of a feeling-out process than toe-to-toe battle. LeBron James and the Lakers bested rookie Zion Williamson and the Pelicans 118-109 in that Tuesday clash, but they did not match up against one another on