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Big 12 commissioner talks future of CFP, Protect College Sports Act

What's the future of football conference title games and basketball tournaments? Brett Yormark addressed the effects of postseason expansion at Big 12 media days.

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Oct 20 • 12:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Warriors exploring trades for Kristaps Porziņģis, who is contemplating future amid health issues, per report

Porziņģis missed the entire preseason and his future as a Warrior and as a pro basketball player are now in doubt

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Oct 21 • 2:53 PM EDT • Health • cbssports.com
Syracuse Basketball: Three Takeaways From ACC Tip-Off Event

Orange players and head coach Gerry McNamara spoke to the media in Charlotte, N.C. this week ahead of the 2026-27 season.

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Oct 8 • 8:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How to watch Kentucky vs Little Rock preseason game today

The Kentucky basketball preseason begins today against Little Rock. Here is how fans can watch the game.

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Oct 16 • 6:07 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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3 Bold Takes for SEC Basketball in 2026-27

With the 2026-27 college basketball season just under a month away, it's time to take a glimpse of the future and look beyond the standard expectations. SEC Basketball is full of established stars, true contenders, and teams capable of exceeding expectations. 3 Bold Takes for SEC Basketball in 2026-27 The question remains: which teams can …

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Oct 12 • 7:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Report: Arizona men’s basketball roster spending trails top programs

Arizona men’s basketball’s budget for building a Final Four-caliber team is significant, but the UA is far from one of the top spenders in the sport, according to a new report on roster spending. Arizona will spend approximately $15-17.5 million on its men’s basketball roster, CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander and Isaac Trotter reported this week. […]

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Oct 22 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
“He fits on any basketball team on the planet. You …

“He fits on any basketball team on the planet. You …

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Oct 9 • 9:52 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Stream CW Sports Videos on Watch ESPN

Stream the latest CW Sports videos on Watch ESPN. Your streaming home for all CW Sports events - NASCAR, WWE NXT, College Football/Basketball and more.

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Oct 22 • 6:27 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Intramural sports allow students to build an active community

Intramural sports at ECU provide students with opportunities to stay active, build friendships and connect with the campus community.

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Oct 13 • 3:08 PM EDT • Sports • news.ecu.edu
Tip times, TV networks announced for Cincinnati Bearcats basketball

The Big 12 has announced tipoff times, TV networks for Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball

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Oct 13 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Candid Candace: Magic Johnson shares business lessons and basketball memories at World Business Chicago gala

Magic Johnson shared stories about Michael Jordan, Richard M. Daley and his business career at World Business Chicago's annual gala at the Field Museum.

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Oct 21 • 4:00 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Michael Jordan jersey sets $14 million record for basketball memorabilia

Pennsylvania-based Hunt Auctions announced the private treaty sale Monday and identified the buyer as Miami real estate executive Ron Firman.

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Oct 13 • 12:58 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Kyrie Irving Reveals Bigger Purpose Behind His Mavericks Return

Kyrie Irving returned to competition Sunday in China with a message about what comes next. Fans have waited patiently for this day to come, and boy he didn’t disappoint. After more than 19 months away, the Dallas Mavericks guard spoke about his love for basketball, his legacy and the people he hopes to reach through […] The post Kyrie Irving Reveals Bigger Purpose Behind His Mavericks Return appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 11 • 4:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan State Basketball Ranked Among College Basketball’s Elite

Advanced analytics place the Spartans on the doorstep of championship contention, fueling high expectations as Tom Izzo’s squad prepares to navigate a grueling schedule and chase national glory.

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Oct 14 • 11:57 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Illinois Basketball Ranks No. 5 in Toughest Non-Conference Schedules

The Field of 68 ranked Illinois basketball No. 5 nationally in non-conference schedule difficulty for the 2026-27 season.

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Oct 10 • 8:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
FSU's ranking in USA TODAY Sports preseason ACC basketball poll

USA TODAY Sports has released its preseason poll for the 2026-27 basketball season, with Florida State ranking eighth.

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Oct 12 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UConn's Basketball, Football Coaches Face New NCAA Rule

The rule, effective immediately, limits the games basketball and football coaches or specified staff members may attend and watch in person.

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Oct 8 • 8:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
TENNESSEE VOLS BASKETBALL: 2026-27 season starting to take shape

The Southeastern Conference announced Wednesday afternoon the game times, network designations and final date selections for the upcoming 2026-27 men's basketball season.

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Oct 7 • 4:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
After the NFL Draft, Detroit’s small businesses want a bigger piece of the Final Four

Business owners are "cautiously optimistic" about seeing a boost from the upcoming NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four.

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Oct 8 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Iowa Basketball: Why Washington Native Ethan Harris Chose Iowa

Harris had an offer from in-state powerhouse Gonzaga, but Ben McCollum's track record and involvement with Harris' recruitment was all Harris needed to see.

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Oct 13 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gerry McNamara vows to restore the Orange to 'national relevance'

The basketball buzz is clearly back in Syracuse, thanks to a familiar face.

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Oct 8 • 3:06 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Women's college basketball preseason AP poll: South Carolina leads the way, with UConn and USC trailing behind

Dawn Staley and South Carolina once again reign above the rest of the pack.

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Oct 20 • 3:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How to watch Michigan State basketball vs. UConn on Tuesday

Here's how you can watch Michigan State basketball against UConn on Tuesday

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Oct 19 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Flory Bidunga, Adrian Wooley embracing key roles for Louisville basketball

The Louisville Cardinals' highly-anticipated season begins in earnest with Wednesday night's exhibition game at Kansas.

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Oct 21 • 5:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chiefs Wire Podcast Interview Series: Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas

Chiefs Wire Podcast Interview Series: @EdEastonJr chats with ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas

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Oct 15 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kentucky's Ousmane N'Diaye gets eligibility ruling

Kentucky basketball has been waiting for an official ruling on the eligibility of Ousmane N'Diaye, and received it on Wednesday.

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Oct 7 • 5:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan State basketball forward Cam Ward to play vs. UConn

Michigan State forward Cam Ward set to play in exhibition vs. UConn

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Oct 20 • 4:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
TENNESSEE VOLS BASKETBALL:

University of Tennessee sophomore forward DeWayne Brown II will serve as the vice chair of the 2026-27 SEC Men's Basketball Leadership Council, as announced Friday morning by the conference office.

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Oct 9 • 11:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Biggest Risers and Fallers From Warriors’ Six Preseason Games

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr doesn't think his team is where it needs to be right now, but playtime is over and meaningful basketball is just around the corner.

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Oct 19 • 3:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
TENNESSEE VOLS BASKETBALL: AP poll slots Vols at No. 8

The University of Tennessee men's basketball team is in the preseason top 10 of both major polls, as released Monday afternoon.

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Oct 19 • 5:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
TENNESSEE VOLS BASKETBALL: Eight VFLs on NBA rosters

Eight players who concluded their college careers at the University of Tennessee are on opening day NBA rosters, as released by teams across the league Monday night.

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Oct 20 • 11:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hammer and Rails Readers Reacts Survey: Purdue Men’s Basketball Newcomers

Which newcomer will make the biggest impact on Purdue basketball this season?

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Oct 20 • 6:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tom Izzo Loses Top-40 Recruit to SEC Powerhouse

Michigan State basketball misses out on four-star center Kamsi Awaka, who committed to Florida. Here's what it means for Tom Izzo's 2027 class.

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Oct 10 • 10:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Louisville women’s basketball No. 7 in preseason AP poll

Jeff Walz’s highly promising Louisville women’s basketball team will begin the 2026-27 season at No. 7 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. It’s the highest preseason ranking for U of L since the 2022-23 season, when the Cardinals were also ranked seventh. That campaign ended with an Elite Eight loss to Caitlin Clark and […]

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Oct 20 • 12:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UConn basketball reveals first-ever jersey patch sponsorship with UConn Health

The University of Connecticut’s Division of Athletics recently announced a first for the school’s championship basketball programs: a jersey patch sponsorship with UConn Health.

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Oct 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • dailycampus.com
ACC Basketball: Top freshmen in the 2026 class

Who are the conference’s top freshmen?

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Oct 22 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
John Cena reveals his soccer, basketball, football and baseball GOATs

Former WWE wrestler John Cena has now been quizzed on who the GOATs of a number of sports are. The GOAT debate is a popular topic in many sports, especially in soccer where people often speak about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Oct 9 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Caitlin Clark joins Taylor Swift at Chiefs game

Caitlin Clark is making the most of her basketball offseason by returning to Arrowhead Stadium and cheering for her longtime favorite NFL team. The Indiana Fever star joined Taylor Swift as the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Los Angeles Chargers, adding another memorable moment to Clark’s well-documented Chiefs fandom.

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Oct 20 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UConn Huskies: Men's Basketball Suffers Shocking Exhibition Loss

The Huskies took on Charlotte on Thursday and will now ready for Syracuse on Tuesday.

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Oct 9 • 8:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Daily Mauling: 10/10/26

Links! The time for tonight’s game has changed to 7pm to beat the storms headed to the southwest This SI article says weather may still be a factor in the game Kansas basketball players give their thoughts on the return of Tre White and Melvin Council, Jr Hall of Famer Mike Ditka died Friday at […]

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Oct 10 • 10:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Men's college basketball rankings: Preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, AP Top 25

The USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 both unveiled their respective preseason rankings for the 2026-27 men's college basketball season.

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Oct 19 • 3:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dana Altman's greatest achievement before he retired? Lifting Creighton out of the mud in the '90s

Oregon men's basketball coach Dana Altman won 792 games in his Division I coaching career. He made perhaps his biggest impact at Creighton, in his home state of Nebraska.

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Oct 7 • 8:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
21ALIVE SPORTS DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE: Colts fire Chris Ballard, Homestead girls basketball ineligible for SAC title

Learn more about all the big sports news from the Colts firing General Manager Chris Ballard to how Homestead girls basketball is no longer in the running to win an SAC conference title.

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Oct 21 • 6:12 PM EDT • Sports • 21alivenews.com
MMBets: The Wizards Attempt Good Basketball

The Wizards finally look like a real basketball team again

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Oct 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NYSPHSAA boys basketball championships returning to Glens Falls

Harding Mazzotti Arena will host the 2028-30 tournaments, as the tourney moves back from Binghamton.

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Oct 21 • 2:12 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Sports quiz of the week: love, songs, speedy skating and celebrations

Have you followed the big stories in football, rugby, tennis, boxing, basketball, skateboarding, F1 and the NFL?

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Oct 16 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
Basketball Schools Kentucky And UCLA Are Thriving In Football

UCLA (5-0) is No. 12 in the AP poll, while Kentucky (5-1) is No. 15. UCLA's Bob Chesney and Kentucky's Will Stein are each in their first seasons as coaches.

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Oct 12 • 3:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ESPN BPI: Surging Timberwolves Projected 48 Wins, 95.5% Playoff Odds

The NBA preseason is underway, and the Minnesota Timberwolves opener showed plenty of promise. Now, ESPN’s Basketball Power Index is saying encouraging things about the team, too. The Wolves finished 49-33 last season, reached the Western Conference semifinals, and are entering 2026-27 with several roster changes. Just how high are the expectations for the Wolves? …

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Oct 7 • 1:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kentucky gets a surprise visit from 2027 center

Mark Pope and the Kentucky basketball team received a surprise visit from one of the top centers in the 2027 class on Friday.

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Oct 10 • 2:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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How Gainesville’s ‘Everything School’ Built an Athletic Powerhouse - WRUF 98.1 FM | 850 AM

As you drive down NW 39th Avenue in Gainesville, you’ll find a school where the competitiveness in multiple sports never rests. As you sit or chat on campus with Athletic Director Billy Pankey, you feel the pride of the school as he calls it “Buchholz Everything School,” a place where cross country, football, volleyball, basketball

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Oct 8 • 6:53 PM EDT • Sports • wruf.com
SEC’s Greg Sankey warns of conference-only rules if Congress fails on college sports

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said Wednesday the league won’t shy away from conversations about adopting its own rules to address issues in college sports if Congress fails to establish national standards. In fact, those discussions have already begun. Sankey spoke at SEC basketball media days in Birmingham, where basketball-related questions were few and far […]

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Oct 15 • 7:52 AM EDT • Sports • aldailynews.com
Michigan State basketball forward starting to get NBA draft buzz

One Michigan State player is starting to get his name mentioned more often in NBA draft circles

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Oct 14 • 9:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A Knicks tradition, a brother's love and a bond bigger than basketball

Like so many fans, he wanted his passion to become his livelihood.

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Oct 19 • 5:19 PM EDT • Sports • ny1.com
Fixer in lucrative NCAA basketball betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in prison

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania have announced that a man involved in rigging college basketball games has been sentenced to six years in prison

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Oct 13 • 8:27 PM EDT • Sports • abcnews.com
Where New Orleans Pelicans Stars Landed in Top 150 Fantasy Basketball Ranking

This is where the New Orleans Pelicans stars fell on a top 150 fantasy basketball ranking ahead of the season beginning.

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Oct 11 • 10:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Draft Strategy Mega Guide
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Oct 15 • 12:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Syracuse Women's Basketball: 3 Takeaways From Exhibition Loss vs. UConn

The Orange were beaten by the Huskies 88-60 on Monday night, but there were things to look positively at.

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Oct 13 • 3:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Who Won August and September: Original Films or Franchises?

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) I just heard someone say that if you’re reading a pundit or data analyst, and they don’t tell you that they got anything wrong, they’re not a pundit but an “influencer”. I agree with that. You have to tell your audience when you get things wrong, or they won’t (or shouldn’t) trust you as much. Today, we’ve got another edition of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. In general, I’m patting myself on the back (and patting very hard) about a few things like IP at the box office, LIV golf, horror films, crowdfunding movies, superheroes, and old people going to the theaters. That said, I also made a couple of data mistakes on the streaming bubble popping and HBO’s datecdotes, so I’m not perfect. But first, I need your feedback... Subscribe Follow-Ups: What Should We Call Mid-Budget Movies Which Aren’t Cinematic Enough for Theaters But Are Too Expensive to Make Money on Streaming? After I asked for feedback on what we should call straight-to-streaming films that are too big to pencil out on streaming but not really big enough to resonate in theaters, I got some great suggestions from you all, including... “Moldilocks” from John Aboud “Little Big Indie” from Travis Frick1 “Midflicks” from Jonathan Funke. “Extra-Medium” from Jona Nwuke. (Read the explanation in the footnote.) Between these and Brandon Katz—who suggested “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”—we’ve got some excellent suggestions. And they’re better than my suggestion, the “Streaming Budget Dead Zone”, so let’s take a poll! The winning entry becomes the new term. Loading... RIGHT: LIV Golf is Fully Bankrupt…Is Anyone Else Next? A few years ago, I was always a bit perplexed at all the articles I’d read praising LIV Golf and their strategy to disrupt the PGA. LIV Golf, a brand new professional golf league, offered PGA stars ten times what they made on the PGA Tour to join their new league. And folks praised this strategy for its initial “success” in that a lot of big names did indeed leave the PGA. Yeah, of course the players came over. LIV Golf paid them so, so, so much more! But LIV Golf hadn’t discovered a way to increase potential revenue. So think about this in basic business terms… They paid much more in costs… …but had no real way to increase revenue. That’s not a strategy! That’s deficit financing. It won’t work unless you bankrupt the competition (and then turn around and pay those same golfers much, much less). It’s not a sustainable strategy and only lasts as long as the company/person/nation backing it decides they’re cool with losing money. For LIV Golf, that meant Middle East oil wealth, in particular Saudi Arabian money. Clearly, the current Iran War has hurt Middle East finances, so they need to trim their more exorbitant spending. And LIV Golf was part of that trimming. This should be a major warning for others. TGL’s parent company, TMRW Sports, just got a $1 billion valuation, despite TGL’s (the indoor golf league) horrible TV viewership of less than half a million viewers per match. Unrivaled, the women’s basketball league, just secured a $650 valuation, despite its horrible TV viewership and a new rival (Project B) entering the scene next year. To relate this to streaming, Hollywood should ask which streamers may have wealthy patrons funding their losses. (Let’s be clear: Google, Amazon and Apple.) Could those patrons lose their appetite? For Amazon, probably not. But Apple has a new boss, so maybe! WRONG: My Analysis of the Streaming Bubble Was Missing a Week I’m going to be congratulating myself a lot today, but I make mistakes too, like this data goof. When I last compiled the data on the decline in TV shows, I was missing one week at the end of June. If you look at the first image, you can see that one week was mislabelled as “July”. Mainly, this image got updated to show a 27% decline, not 29%: This change doesn’t really impact the overall analysis, but it is two percent better. By the way, through the third quarter, the decline increased and it’s now a 30% decrease since 2022. (I’ll write/visualize this in an upcoming article.) But I want you to trust me and my data. Especially these days, when many people are using LLMs that I know are inserting faulty data into their charts, I want to keep earning my audience’s faith. So that’s the accurate data. RIGHT: IP Remains Very, Very Popular In July, I wrote a giant (and I mean giant) article on Backrooms, Obsession, and the box office, going over what we know, what we don’t know about what works in theaters, looking at YouTubers, IP, the horror genre, comic book movies, and a whole lot more. The month of August really tested a lot of my theses and, being honest, mostly supported my arguments. Let’s start with IP. Looking at 8-Aug (the weekend after Spider-Man: Brand New Day came out) to 18-Sep (the weekend that Resident Evil came out, which I think provides a nice bookend to this time period), there were seven films based on pre-existing IP: Resident Evil (2026) ($126 million) Practical Magic 2 ($65 million) _Insidious: Out of the Furthe_r ($65 million) Coyote Vs. Acme ($59 million) Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ($53 million) Tony ($15 million) Super Troopers 3 ($7 million) Compare those to the notable original films from the past month—I actually could have included more movies, but here are just thirteen, bringing us to an even twenty films—including.... The End of Oak Street ($54 million) Buddy ($26 million) Mutiny ($15 million) By Any Means ($15 million) The Dog Stars ($14 million) Runner ($14 million) One Night Only ($11 million) Hope ($8 million) Spa Weekend ($7 million) The Uprising ($6 million) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ($6 million) Onslaught ($3 million) Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man ($2.8 million) Here’s that in chart form: Five of the top six films in this time period were all based on IP. I made a big chart of films that grossed over $200 million at the box office before Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey hit theaters. Let’s update that chart! By the way, if you want to see how I categorized each film—so another bar chart—here it is: I know that many of my fellow critics/pundits/analysts dislike films based on IP and how Hollywood is making so many of them. And I’m sympathetic to this point of view. As I’ve written many, many times before, you need a balance between existing franchises, new IP, and original films. And Hollywood clearly needs to make more films like Resident Evil (a well-made film from a visionary director) and fewer Practical Magic 2’s (which didn’t get critical or customer buzz). But at some point, critics and pundits need to contend with what audiences are telling them: Movie-goers aren’t showing up to original films. Audiences are speaking with their dollars, telling you they want more IP and franchises. You can try to convince studio heads to make fewer IP-based films and franchises, but the data and numbers aren’t there. Instead, critics need to work harder to convince audiences to show up for original films. Aim your ire/concern at the average person, not studio heads.2 Because they’re just making the films that audiences are telling them to make. WRONG: Original Horror Films Didn’t Break Out I’ll be honest, even though I wrote an article casting some skepticism on the horror genre in July, if you asked me to make a prediction, I would have predicted that, in August, a new, original horror film would have blown up. No, seriously, I just assumed that Obsession and Backrooms presaged a change in audience behavior. But none of the buzzy new original horror films from August—Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Onslaught (not an action film in spite of the ads), The End of Oak Street, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man, or _Buddy—_broke out. To be clear, exactly one of those films (Buddy) had good “ROI”, but again—I try to be specific in my language—none were “popular” in any broad sense of the word. None of them will be “saving” movies theaters like Backrooms or _Obsession_helped save the summer. The new Insidious film and Resident Evil, both based on IP, were far and away the biggest horror films since July. (We’ll see if this changes in October/Halloween season.) RIGHT: Stay Skeptical about Crowdfunding... I’ve long been skeptical about crowd-investing platforms as one of Hollywood’s saviors, mainly because there’s so much hype/buzz. People need to stay more skeptical about more things, explaining both the potential upside but also the downsides. In particular, the media often hypes crowdfunding at the start and never checks in on the actual results after they’ve come in later. And August gave us our first update! _Ice Cream Man—_directed by Eli Roth—grossed $6 million off of a $5.5 million budget. This is a production of The Horror Section, which was one of the first “crowd investing” studios with 2,400 investors, which means that 2,400 investors probably lost money. They certainly aren’t getting as great of returns as if they had just invested their dollars in the stock market. Hopefully Stiletto (Tagline: “Someone’s Going to Make it Rain Blood!”) does better next month. WRONG: Another Data Goof Here’s another data error. When the first episode of House of the Dragon came out, HBO put out that it had 21.5 million viewers in the first three days, and I read that to mean in the US…but no, it was global. So my US-only datecdotes charts shouldn’t have included it. We never got US-only numbers for the first episode, but for the final episode, HBO put out that it had 11 million US viewers. (And that global dropped to 21 million viewers.) Here’s the updated chart (which I’ve since used in the Streaming Ratings Report): Still, this show is absolutely huge. RIGHT: Superhero Films Remain Very, Very Popular After Supergirl flopped, I read a few takes that “comic book movies are going the way of the Western”. Post-Spider-Man: Brand New Day, that take didn’t age well. To be fair, I have a very nuanced take on the superhero genre right now; it’s down right now, for a lot of reasons. But it’s not “dead”. Maybe _Spider-_Man is just a really popular character? I saw that take, and it’s a fair counter-argument. (But pundits arguing that superhero movies were dead should have mentioned this $1.5 billion counter-argument…) But is it just Spider-Man? The next Avengers film already has $50 million in pre-sales (and I was skeptical that that film would do well) and the Avengers: End Game re-release topped the box office two weekends ago (over three original films). And I wouldn’t bet against Batman or Superman. So maybe it’s just Spider-Man, Batman, Superman and the Avengers. Oh, and Deadpool, of course. And Black Panther. And Wolverine. And probably the X-Men. Plus a well-made Wonder Woman or the Hulk film could break out. But that’s it! It’s just those ten characters/teams. Oh, what’s that? Lanterns is also doing well on HBO? (See previous section…) To be fair, I’m actually pretty sympathetic to the argument that more popular characters—like Spider-Man and Batman—anchor more popular films. In fact, I made that exact argument three years ago when I first wrote about the “Marvel-cession”. In many ways, you can blame The Guardians of the Galaxy for fooling Marvel Studios (and the rest of us) into believing that any character could pop. It turns out, the list of iconic characters is probably smaller than most people think. But it’s probably too early to say that superhero films and comic book movies are dead unless “death” means a slight decline over a longtime. RIGHT: Who Killed Theaters? Old People I get frustrated whenever I see headlines or analysis about how young people are “returning” to theaters. As I’ve detailed(for years), young people have always powered the US box office, despite narratives about “kids these days” and their “phones”. Really, what’s changed post-2020/pandemic is that old people aren’t going to the movies nearly as much. This summer, I saw a movie (from an older director) in a theater near a retirement community, and multiple older people at the theater were talking about how this was their first time seeing a movie in years. I dislike personal anecdotes, so YouGov can fill in the data, best summarized by this headline: “Who killed movie theaters? Not the youths”. According to them, 64% of people aged 18-29 have seen a movie in the last year, but only 30% of 65-and-older. 20% of 18-29 have seen a movie in theaters in the last week and 42% in the last month. Here’s the polling data: Most concerning? Many Americans (17%) think theaters are a worse or much worse experience than watching films at home. Slight WRONG: Hadestown Opens Big A live theater capture of the Broadway musical, Hadestown, made $20 million at the US box office, which begs the question: was I wrong to be skeptical about musicals a few years ago? Yes and no. On the one hand, $20 million is a far cry from being “popular”, so yeah, the genre isn’t that popular overall and Hadestown is one of the more popular musicals from recent years (i.e. the “Taylor Swift Data Fallacy” in action). On the other, I doubt filming this cost all that much, and I don’t think that they spent much on marketing, so this is a good source of ancillary revenue. Smaller Updates WRONG: As I mentioned in a Streaming Ratings Report, I underestimated the budget for Enola Holmes 3. It probably cost more like $50 million, if not more. But... I’m not sure that it really matters? At sub-10 million hours, prices have to come down to make this work. WRONG: Netflix is giving Ink a 27-day in theaters! To quote the kids/YouTubers these days, let’s go! Now I might actually have a chance to see Danny Boyle’s latest in theaters. I’d complained about this in a “Coming Soon” section, but I was heartened to read that Netflix is giving multiple films longer theatrical windows this year. RIGHT: Netflix is sending 4-5 films per year to theaters. Netflix is slowly but surely sending more and more films to theaters, as I cautiously predicted earlier this year. For now, it’s just three big films and a number of awards contenders, but still, this is great news. And they’ll be releasing box office grosses! Just this week, Ted Sarandos confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters (and my guess is it performs in the box office top ten at a minimum). WRONG: Angel has 3 million subscribers! How do I know this? Well, they told Deadline, who reported it. I marked this as “wrong”, since they’ve doubled their subscribers in one year but, you know, they don’t really have a hit film to speak of and they’re still losing money. WRONG: Furious was only renewed for one more season. I accidentally wrote “two more seasons” in my latest “Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update”. RIGHT: House of David is ending with its third season. In July, Prime Video renewed House of David for a third season, as I just wrote in my latest “Renewals and Cancellations” report. Well, now it’s ending after that third season. Why? As I’ve been writing, its viewership wasn’t great. I got feedback that this show didn’t cost very much, but it cost enough that its limited viewership didn’t save it. WRONG: Adults was a Hulu original! So I missed Adults when it first came out last year; I saw that it aired on FX and just assumed that it was a linear-first program. Turns out, it aired three episodes on FX, but binge-released the rest of its episodes the next day on Hulu. Huh. So I should have covered it last year! But I just wrote about it. 1 “When I was a kid in the 90s, if you wore a t-shirt to school that wasn’t too big and also wasn’t too small, but somehow didn’t quite fit, we’d say you were wearing an “extra-medium” shirt.” 2 As always, a huge exception is Disney, which barely makes anything original anymore.

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Oct 7 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Weekday Drop-In Recreation at Sports Factory

Stay active throughout the year with healthy exercise by walking laps or playing basketball, pickleball, or volleyball at Sports Factory.

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Oct 20 • 2:09 PM EDT • Sports • rockfordparkdistrict.org
UConn Men's Basketball: What Stood Out From Win Over Syracuse

The Huskies toppled the Orange by 20 without Braylon Mullins on the floor.

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Oct 14 • 8:41 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Illinois Women's Basketball Ranked No. 23 in Preseason AP Poll

Shauna Green's Fighting Illini are ranked in the AP Poll for the fifth year in a row.

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Oct 21 • 6:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Michigan State basketball falls in exhibition to UConn

Michigan State basketball fell in an exhibition matchup with UConn.

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Oct 20 • 9:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tennis Legend Chris Evert Sends Strong 6-Word Message to WNBA in Support of Caitlin Clark

Caitlin Clark’s influence on women’s basketball has drawn praise from another sporting legend after a fan revisited her place on a Forbes ranking. Tennis great Chris Evert joined the conversation with a brief message about how the WNBA should treat the Indiana Fever star.

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Oct 15 • 4:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Three Takeaways From Syracuse Men's Basketball Media Day

The Orange hosted local media at the Carmelo Anthony Center on Friday afternoon in advance of the first exhibition game of the season.

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Oct 10 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Syracuse Basketball Transfer Speaks on Injury, Recovery

Tasman Goodrick spoke to SyracuseRoundtable in advance of the team's preseason opener.

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Oct 13 • 1:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Indiana men’s basketball listed as a top NIL spender ahead of 2026-27 season

Indiana, fresh off a transfer portal roster reload, was listed as a big spender by CBS Sports ahead of the season.

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Oct 22 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NBA games on TV today: Schedule, times, TV channels, live streams to watch every team's season opener

Basketball is finally back. Here's when and where to watch every team's season opener.

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Oct 20 • 7:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Law & Order: College Basketball — How the NCAA's eligibility rules have created chaos before the season's even begun

As the college basketball season quickly approaches, many schools are still trying to fill out their rosters as they navigate legal challenges to NCAA eligibility rules.

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Oct 20 • 8:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Family of Bob Huggins shares health update

The family of former West Virginia University basketball coach Bob Huggins and the University of Cincinnati Athletics Department have issued a statement regarding Huggins’ health.

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Oct 21 • 4:43 PM EDT • Health • wsaz.com
Four Ohio college basketball teams play Outdoor exhibition

CareSource Invitational event University of Dayton head coach Anthony Grant started four years ago after his daughter died by suicide.

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Oct 7 • 7:34 PM EDT • Health • spectrumnews1.com
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Buckeyes' Basketball Drops Really Unique Exhibition Against Cincinnati

The Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Basketball team dropped a really unique exhibition game against the Cincinnati Bearcats on Wednesday.

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Oct 7 • 7:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bob Huggins family issues statement on legendary coach’s health

Legendary Bearcats basketball coach Bob Huggins is living with a progressive cognitive condition, his family announced Wednesday.

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Oct 21 • 4:10 PM EDT • Health • fox19.com
Registration is open for high school winter sports

Registration is now officially open for high school winter sports for the City School District of Albany! Any student in grades 9-12 who is interested in trying out for boys' basketball, girls' basketball, bowling, cheerleading, boys' indoor track, girls' indoor track, spirit team, boys' swimming and diving, boys' wrestling and girls' wrestling is invited to register via Final Forms. Important: please note that registration for winter sports ends on Friday, Nov. 13. Practices and tryouts for winter sports begin on Monday, Nov. 16. FINAL FORMS Each season, the following must be done prior to the first day of tryouts and practices: A parent or guardian must initiate the registration process for their student-athlete in Final Forms, filling out the required forms such as Interval Sports Health History and the Athletic Consent Form. The student-athlete must sign and complete their required forms. A reminder that all students who would like to play an interscholastic sport need to have a current physical conducted within a year on file. PHYSICALS A physical conducted within the last 12 months is mandatory for any student interested in trying out for an athletic team and must be uploaded into the Final Forms platform. Families are encouraged to get a completed physical from their child's physician. If you are unable to get a physical from your child's physician, you can schedule a free physical with Whitney Young's school-based health center by calling (518) 573-2556. Additionally, the district physician will also be available to facilitate sports physicals at Albany High in room 4253 on the following dates: Thursday, Nov. 12 from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sports physicals on Nov. 12 and 13 are free and no appointment is necessary. ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Please note that students must have a good attendance record and be in good standing academically to be eligible to participate in an athletic team. Eligibility is determined based on quarterly grades, and interim progress reports will serve as an important academic checkpoint for all student‑athletes. For additional details about academic eligibility, please see our Athletic Code of Conduct. For our winter teams, academic eligibility to start the season will be based on final first-quarter grades. The first marking period ends Nov. 13. Albany High offers free tutoring facilitated by Albany High teachers Monday-Thursday from 3:30-5 p.m. for students who need extra help with their academics. See this flyer for additional details. IMPORTANT DATES Seniors, please mark your calendars for Senior Media Day for winter sports, which will take place on Monday, Nov. 30. All student-athletes playing winter sports will also participate in our winter sports picture days, which will take place Tuesday, Dec. 15–Thursday, Dec. 18. Specific dates and times for each team will be shared once rosters are finalized. OPEN GYM SESSIONS Student-athletes are encouraged to check out our open gym sessions as they prepare for upcoming sports seasons. We’re looking forward to a rewarding winter sports season this year! If you have any questions, please contact the Athletic Department at (518) 475-6310. Go Falcons!

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Oct 16 • 10:44 AM EDT • Sports • albanyschools.org
Ohio State legend Katie Smith to headline SSI Women in Sports Business event, awards

Katie Smith, an Ohio State legend, Olympic gold medalist and Basketball Hall of Famer, will headline an afternoon at The Ohio State University focused on women

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Oct 10 • 5:35 PM EDT • Business • abc6onyourside.com
Top Duke Basketball Recruiting Target Cancels Upcoming Visits

A top Duke Basketball recruiting target has cancelled some upcoming visits which signals good news for the Blue Devils.

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Oct 15 • 6:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Iowa basketball receiving votes in preseason AP Top 25 Poll

After a memorable trip to the Elite Eight last spring, Iowa basketball is among a list of programs receiving votes in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.

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Oct 21 • 6:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Watch: John Beilein inducted into WVU Sports Hall of Fame

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former West Virginia men’s basketball coach John Beilein was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday morning. Beilein led the Mountaineer men’s basketb…

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Oct 10 • 5:27 PM EDT • Sports • wboy.com
Kentucky WBB top 15 in preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

The preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll is out, and the Kentucky women's basketball team is ranked in the top 15.

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Oct 21 • 11:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
SEC’s Greg Sankey warns of conference-only rules if Congress fails on college sports

Speaking at SEC basketball media days, Sankey emphasized the need for federal help but noted the conference might take a more active role if Congress falls short.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • wbhm.org
Longtime Cincinnati and West Virginia men's basketball coach Bob Huggins dealing with 'progressive cognitive condition'

Huggins won nearly 400 games at Cincinnati and almost 350 games at West Virginia.

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Oct 21 • 4:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bob Huggins' family discloses health battle for college basketball legend

Former college basketball coach Bob Huggins' family released a statement that he's dealing with a progressive cognitive condition. What to know:

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Oct 21 • 5:03 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
TENNESSEE VOLS BASKETBALL: Exhibition with Xavier opens season

The Tennessee men's basketball team is set to take the floor at Food City Center for the first time in the 2026-27 season Thursday as it hosts the Xavier Musketeers in a preseason exhibition contest. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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Oct 14 • 1:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Where to watch Kansas basketball exhibition games: Schedule, channels, live streams for 2026 KU preseason

The Jayhawks have three home games to tune up for the regular season. Here's when and where to watch them all.

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Oct 15 • 2:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Watch: Bria Holmes inducted into WVU Sports Hall of Fame

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former West Virginia women’s basketball star Bria Holmes was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday morning. Playing from 2013-16, Bria Holmes is one of fou…

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Oct 10 • 5:26 PM EDT • Sports • wboy.com
Ouachita Basketball Homecoming (October 2026)

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Oct 22 • 10:16 AM EDT • Entertainment • malvern-online.com
Sports quiz of the week: Harry Kane, Victor Wembanyama and WSL winners

Have you been following the big news in football, tennis, basketball, rugby, hockey, cycling, darts and the NFL?

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Oct 9 • 7:52 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
Tracy McGrady strikes two-year partnership with NBC Sports

Five months ago, Tracy McGrady wasn’t sure NBC wanted him back for a second season, and now the network is effectively going into business with him. In an exclusive interview with The Athletic’s Jerry Brewer published Tuesday, McGrady unveiled a two-year strategic partnership with NBC Sports that puts his Ones Basketball League games on Peacock,…

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Oct 20 • 5:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Karl-Anthony Towns sees Knicks lessons in boxing's sweet science

Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns explains how boxing translates to basketball and why he expects a hungry Canelo Alvarez against Christian M'billi.

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Oct 9 • 5:46 PM EDT • Science • dazn.com
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Chris Collins Reveals New Offensive Approach for Northwestern Basketball

Chris Collins outlined a new offensive approach at Big Ten Media Day, emphasizing ball movement and balanced scoring as Northwestern prepares for life after Nick Martinelli.

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Oct 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hoopaholic’s Gazette: Will Something Wicked This Way Come?

In a week, live from Lawrence, Kansas, Louisville basketball fans will get a sense of what’s to come in the ’26-’27 campaign, without it counting as a W or L. Maybe. Depending on whether Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Brian Edwards issues a ruling, which will tell us — at least for a moment if not […]

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Oct 15 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Knicks showing there’s no family when it comes to the business of basketball

An NBA title had the Knicks talking like one big, happy family. But now that money is involved? Not so much.

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Oct 9 • 1:25 PM EDT • Business • nytimes.com
NBA live streams: How to watch basketball games without cable in 2026-27 season

Here's how to watch NBA basketball without cable, including the best streaming options for each game of the 2026-27 season.

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Oct 20 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
"We are out of the rehabilitation business" - Rockets coach on former No. 1 pick's second failed drug test

Rockets coach drawed hard line on former No. 1 pick John Lucas after second failed drug test.

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Oct 9 • 11:48 AM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com
Washington Huskies Basketball 2026-27 Season Preview

The Washington Huskies have something to prove as they enter their third season in the Big Ten Conference. Not to mention, their head coach, Danny Sprinkle, is starting to reach a point where he could be on the hot seat very soon. Washington Basketball hasn't been to the NCAA tournament since 2019. That's a pretty …

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Oct 22 • 6:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UNC in the Mix for 3-Five Star Recruits

The 2026-27 college basketball season is less than a month from getting underway. While college programs are looking forward to getting on the court for real, coaching staffs are looking to add for the future. Here is a look at the latest recruiting news. UNC in the Mix for 3 Five-Star Recruits After getting off …

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Oct 11 • 11:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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24-Team College Football Playoff Coming as Soon as 2027

The 12-team playoff era didn’t last long. After just three years, it seems all but official that the playoff will double in size to 24 teams making it feel much more like the NCAA basketball tournament than the original 4-team playoff that lasted from the 2014-2023 season. With the news, we explain the details and […]

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Oct 17 • 9:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UConn basketball reveals first-ever jersey patch sponsorship with UConn Health

The University of Connecticut’s Division of Athletics recently announced a first for the school’s championship basketball programs: a jersey patch sponsorship with UConn Health.

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Oct 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • dailycampus.com
Is This a Make-or-Break Year for Amy Williams?

Amy Williams has spent a decade at the helm of Nebraska women's basketball. Her teams have made the NCAA Tournament more often over the last five years, but she has only made the second round once.

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Oct 20 • 1:58 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Preview: Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje

Nick Arnold || Brock Davis || Maxime Meyer || Jacob Theodosiou || Sebastian Wilkins || Bryson Howard || Drew Scharnowski We missed this on Saturday, but here is the latest Duke Chronicle Player Preview, this time featuring freshman JoJo Boumtje Boumtje. Boumtje Boumtje was out of the spotlight as an American teenager playing for FC Barcelona, but the basketball public caught on pretty quickly after […]

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Oct 11 • 7:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Where to watch Tennessee-Duke basketball: TV, channel, streaming

Tennessee basketball will play Duke on Tuesday. Here is how to watch, including time, channel, TV schedule and streaming info.

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Oct 20 • 5:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com