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🏀 Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?🏀 Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Blockbuster NBA deal sends Luka Dončić to the LA Lakers
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Jaws dropped across the NBA late Saturday night as news of a stunning blockbuster trade — one that’s sending five-time All-NBA first-teamer Luka Dončić to the LA Lakers and ten-time All-Star Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks — broke while most hoops fans were snug in their beds. That’s right, it’s 1000% real.
February 03, 2025
🏀 Try to keep up🏀 Try to keep up
Phoenix Mercury land coveted free agent Satou Sabally in four-team trade as blockbuster WNBA free agency continues
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The hardwood drama doesn’t end with the NBA — WNBA shakeups continue to shock during the league’s ongoing free agency shenanigans. Let’s dive into the latest W-altering headlines from over the weekend.
February 03, 2025
🏀 Returning the Cal🏀 Returning the Cal
Famed head coach John Calipari returns to Kentucky for the first time since leaving to take the Arkansas job
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Hall of Fame head coach John Calipari will return to Kentucky’s Rupp Arena for the first time since he left the Wildcats to take the head coaching job at Arkansas last April.
January 31, 2025
🏆 Bringing it home🏆 Bringing it home
Investors with Tennessee ties launch bid to bring WNBA team to Nashville
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Another group has entered the WNBA expansion chat. Yesterday, the NHL’s Nashville Predators’ chairman and former Tennessee state governor Bill Haslam and wife Crissy announced a bid to bring the W’s 16th team to Nashville, Tennessee.
January 31, 2025
📺 Power players📺 Power players
Nielsen data provides insight on Black Americans’ engagement with sports
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A new Nielsen report illustrates how Black Americans are “power TV viewers” who consume video content at a higher rate than the general population and are loyal women’s sports fans. In fact, they have been a critical demographic in driving the growth of women’s basketball over time and have favored committed advertisers in the space.
January 31, 2025
🏀 Ball so hard🏀 Ball so hard
Key games at the halfway point of the women’s college basketball season
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Somebody call Bon Jovi because we’re officially halfway through the women’s hoops season. Let’s give it a shot and check in on the latest key matchups.
January 31, 2025
🏀 Ballin’ like March Madness🏀 Ballin’ like March Madness
Checking in on the biggest storylines in men’s college basketball
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With less than two months to go until March Madness, the men’s hoops picture is starting to take shape. Some storylines were expected (hi, projected No. 1 NBA draft pick Cooper Flagg), while others have come as a surprise (Sorry, UConn fans).
January 29, 2025
🏀 Conference call🏀 Conference call
Which women’s basketball conference reigns supreme?
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Over halfway through the season, the ACC and the SEC boast the most top 25 women’s hoops teams out of any conference, while the Big Ten is home to the No. 1 squad. Which conference reigns supreme?
January 29, 2025
🏀 Blockbuster’s so back🏀 Blockbuster’s so back
All-Stars Alyssa Thomas, Brittney Griner on the move amid wild WNBA offseason
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The WNBA continues to wreak havoc with not one but two blockbuster deals yesterday. Though the moves aren’t officially official until February 1st, here’s the latest from the hardwood.
January 29, 2025
🏀 Ball ’til you fall 🏀 Ball ’til you fall
Recapping the weekend’s women’s college basketball games, including South Carolina’s big win over LSU
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Who needs to wait until March with chaos aplenty in women’s basketball. Let’s catch up on the weekend before another week of on-court action.
January 27, 2025
🏀 It’s raining upsets🏀 It’s raining upsets
Five unranked teams secured wins over top-25 opponents for a chaotic weekend of men’s college basketball
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It was a weekend full of upsets in men’s college hoops, with five unranked squads earning wins over top-25 teams.
January 27, 2025
🏀 Around the world🏀 Around the world
NBA Paris Games illustrate how women’s basketball can capitalize on French fandom
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As seen from the craze surrounding Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA game on French soil yesterday, the European nation is quickly becoming a basketball hotspot. And it’s not just the NBA that stands to benefit — women’s basketball is primed to capitalize on the American sports trend of going overseas.
January 24, 2025
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