Basketball
FILE - Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo speaks during a news conference on Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Greenville, S.C. Coming off a Final Four appearance, Villanova and new coach Kyle Neptune will face Tom Izzo’s Michigan State in one of the major attractions of the seventh Gavitt Tipoff Games. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Villanova-Michigan St highlight Gavitt Games in BEast-BTen

Jul. 01, 2022 12:26 PM EDT

Former NBA PG Rod Strickland hired as LIU basketball coach

Jun. 30, 2022 09:53 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA point guard Rod Strickland is the new men’s basketball coach at Long Island University. Strickland was hired Thursday to...

Emoni Bates says he's transferring to hometown E. Michigan

Jun. 29, 2022 07:21 PM EDT
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Emoni Bates, one of the top recruits in the 2021 men's basketball recruiting class, says he is transferring from Memphis to Eastern Michigan....

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) drives against Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart (36) during the fourth quarter of Game 6 of basketball's NBA Finals, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Golden State Warriors at Boston Celtics 6/16/2022

Jun. 29, 2022 04:02 PM EDT

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, 30, goes up for a layup against Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown, 7, and Robert Williams III, 44, during the second quarter in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at TD Garden in Boston, Mass., on Thursday, June 16, 2022. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez, San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
From the court to the stage: Stephen Curry to host ESPYs

Jun. 29, 2022 03:59 PM EDT

FILE - Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun instructs his team in the first half of their NCAA tournament second-round college basketball game against Iowa State in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, March 15, 2012. Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a star-studded cast of coaches who will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November.(AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
NCAA Connecticut Iowa State Basketball

Jun. 29, 2022 02:18 PM EDT

FILE - Michigan head coach John Beilein celebrates after beating Florida State in an NCAA college basketball tournament regional final in Los Angeles, March 24, 2018. Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a star-studded cast of coaches who will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File)
Williams, Calhoun among coaches headed to college hoops Hall

Jun. 29, 2022 01:48 PM EDT

Former Illinois star Dee Brown to coach at NAIA's Roosevelt

Jun. 27, 2022 06:02 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois star and NBA player Dee Brown is the new coach at Roosevelt University in Chicago, the NAIA school announced Monday. The...

FILE - North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis points during practice at the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, on April 1, 2022, in New Orleans. National runner-up North Carolina, a strong contender for the No. 1 spot in the preseason polls with four starters returning, will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
UNC-Indiana, Ohio State-Duke headline ACC/Big 10 Challenge

Jun. 24, 2022 03:36 PM EDT

Texas shortstop Trey Faltine (0) loses the ball while trying to throw to first in the fourth inning against Notre Dame during an NCAA College World Series baseball game Friday, June 17, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/John Peterson)
College baseball intent on increasing Black players, coaches

By Eric Olson Jun. 24, 2022 02:31 AM EDT

Canisius recruit gets bail on gun charges; school drops him

By John Wawrow Jun. 23, 2022 06:22 PM EDT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state supreme court judge on Thursday set bail at $100,000 for a Canisius College basketball recruit arrested for having two handguns...

Minnesota forward Parker Fox to miss season with knee injury

Jun. 22, 2022 05:14 PM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota junior forward Parker Fox, a potential starter in the frontcourt, will miss his second straight season with a knee injury. ...

Minnesota's Parker Fox suffers another offseason knee injury

Jun. 21, 2022 03:55 PM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota forward Parker Fox has suffered another serious knee injury, putting the status of a potential starter in question for the upcoming...

Coroner: Former Purdue star Caleb Swanigan dies at 25

Jun. 21, 2022 02:38 PM EDT
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Former Purdue basketball star Caleb Swanigan has died at 25. The Allen County Coroner's office confirmed Tuesday that Swanigan...

Seattle Storm co-owner Ginny Gilder poses for a photo on May 18, 2022 at Climate Pledge Arena during halftime of a WNBA basketball game between the Seattle storm and the Chicago Sky in Seattle. As Title IX marks its 50th anniversary in 2022, Gilder is one of countless women who benefited from the enactment and execution of the law and translated those opportunities into becoming leaders in their professional careers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Title IX propelled women from college courts to CEO offices

By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2022 01:45 PM EDT

FILE - Houston Baptist guard Darius Lee (23) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona State, Nov. 29, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Lee was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday, June 20, 2022 in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem, New York City police said. Officers responded around 12:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting on a footpath along FDR Drive and found several people wounded. Other victims went to hospitals on their own. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, file)
College basketball player killed in NYC shooting; 8 wounded

Jun. 20, 2022 12:45 PM EDT

FILE - North Carolina basketball star Lennie Rosenbluth is shown during a practice session Feb. 27, 1957, location not known. Rosenbluth, who led North Carolina to its first basketball NCAA title in 1957 with a victory over Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas in the championship game, died Saturday, June 18, 2022. He was 89. (AP Photo/File)
Lennie Rosenbluth, star of UNC's '57 title team, dies at 89

Jun. 18, 2022 10:13 PM EDT

FILE - Northwestern forward Pete Nance (22) goes up to the basket against Minnesota during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Feb. 19, 2022, in Minneapolis. Nance says he’ll transfer to North Carolina. The 6-foot-10, 225-pound senior announced his commitment to play his fifth year for the Tar Heels in a social-media post Saturday, June 18 2022. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs, File)
Northwestern's Pete Nance transferring to North Carolina

Jun. 18, 2022 01:41 PM EDT

No bail for Canisius basketball recruit facing gun charges

By John Wawrow Jun. 17, 2022 04:36 PM EDT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Canisius College basketball recruit Sarion McGee was denied bail on Friday, five days after campus police arrested him for having two handguns,...

FILE - Davidson head coach Bob McKillop reacts while facing North Carolina during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Longtime Davidson coach Bob McKillop is retiring, ending a run that included coaching NBA star Stephen Curry with the Wildcats and ranking among the Division I men’s basketball’s winningest active coaches. McKillop announced his retirement Friday, June 17, 2022, at a campus news conference, effective at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Jason E. Miczek, File)
North Carolina Tar Heels at Davidson Wildcats 12/1/2017

Jun. 17, 2022 02:54 PM EDT