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Berry on top of basketball despite hearing challenge

Olivia Berry's unique rise to professional basketball in the Tauihi league has been peppered with challenges - and she almost quit the game. But now that's driving her to the top.

Newsroom.co.nz

Steph Curry aims to inspire with 'I Have a Superpower' book

Golden State Warriors megastar Stephen Curry is largely credited with transforming basketball from a must-see above the rim game to box office long range shooting

The Independent UK

The real story of why you see tie-dyed Lithuanian basketball shirts at Grateful Dead shows

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NBA Coach Caron Butler Shoots For New Audience With Release Of YA Novel ‘Shot Clock’

RACINE, Wis. — Being an exceptional athlete doesn’t protect you from negative events in the inner city. In fact, in some instances, it can make you a target.

Zenger

Ira Winderman: Tim Hardaway weighs in on Kyle Lowry’s weight, having been there before

Tim Hardaway appreciates greatness, which is why next weekend will stand as one of the most profound moments of his 56 years, when he will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Tribune News Service

How Bob Cousy and the Boston Celtics helped shape MA AG and gubernatorial candidate Maura Healey

Basketball (and being a point guard) played a major role in making Healey who she is today.

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A summer of putting in work must translate for Bulls’ Patrick Williams

Williams played a lot of basketball this offseason, preparing for what everyone feels is a crucial year for the former No. 4 overall pick. With training camp weeks away, it needs to translate if the Bulls want to take another step.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Florida QB Anthony Richardson stays loyal, finds purpose in Gainesville community

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eastside High School basketball coach Herman “Pop” Williams would drive and listen to the talented, contemplative teenager in the passenger’s seat.

Orlando Sentinel

South Carolina women’s basketball cancels series with BYU after racial slur incident

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina women’s basketball team has canceled a scheduled two-game series with BYU in the wake of an alleged racist incident involving a BYU fan, the school announced on Friday.

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Chauncey Billups learning how to be better coach through BWB Africa

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups got reminders about leading young athletes as he helped run the Basketball Without Borders camp in Africa.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dom Amore: ‘Assistant coach’ Paige Bueckers keeping positive, staying committed to her UConn women’s basketball family

STORRS, Conn. — Paige Bueckers went up for a layup and came down hard, awkwardly. And she knew, as an athlete almost always knows when it is bad. She went to the training room and remembers her frustration poured out.

Tribune News Service

Mark Story: Why you are about to watch the most-scrutinized Kentucky football season in history

Over the short term, I would argue Mark Stoops was the winner in the public dust-up with John Calipari that followed last month’s “basketball school” imbroglio.

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With Mavs contingent courtside, Luka Doncic guides Slovenia to win in EuroBasket opener

COLOGNE, Germany — Lithuania is a bigger country than Slovenia — in population and geographic size and global recognition — and its men’s national basketball team has more NBA experience and depth.

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Still ‘every bit the hero,’ Dirk Nowitzki’s German No. 14 is retired at EuroBasket

COLOGNE, Germany — Nearly 18,000 people in Lanxess Arena on Thursday night alternated between craning their necks to see the highlights, speech text and video displays on the jumbotron hanging from the ceiling and looking down toward the man at the center of the spotlight on the court.

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UConn’s Bueckers Plans to Return to College After ACL Injury

The junior will miss the entire 2022–23 season after tearing her ACL in early August.

ABC News

Stephanie Reid took the road less travelled to represent Australia in basketball and become an Opal

Stephanie Reid spent years on the fringes of basketball, trying hard to impress selectors. She missed all the traditional pathways to becoming an Opal, but persisted and got there with an alternate route.

The Independent UK

Rivalry aside, UNC grad -- the governor -- honors Coach K

The Duke-North Carolina college basketball rivalry was set aside briefly so Gov. Roy Cooper could award the state's highest honor to recently retired Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski

USA Today Sports Media Group

MSU basketball to host Brown in early December non-conference matchup

Another opponent on the Spartans' non-conference schedule has been revealed

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The Independent UK

Baggage handler killed after hair caught in luggage conveyer belt

An outpouring of grief has surged in the wake of the tragic death of former college basketball star Jermani Thompson

Daily Mirror

Hasbulla demands showdown with Conor McGregor after UFC star's "inbred" insult

Viral meme sensation Hasbulla Magomedov was spotted messing around with UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal this week, which annoyed McGregor

Liverpool Echo

Maya Jama 'splits from NBA star fiancé' after 'difficult time'

The TV presenter and basketball star got engaged over Christmas last year

The Guardian - US

Can former NBA stars restore glory to HBCU college basketball?

Former players such as Kenny Anderson and Reggie Theus are working to bring historically black colleges back to prominence

USA Today Sports Media Group

How can a high school student become a successful basketball player?

I was motivated to write this material by what I see now in children's sports, namely the problems parents face. Therefore, I construct the article format as a quick guide for parents who have decided to make an athlete out of their favorite child. ...

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Examining Luka Doncic’s potential to overtake Dirk Nowitzki as European basketball’s GOAT

COLOGNE, Germany — Luka Doncic isn’t often considered the opening act for a grander, more prominent show to follow.

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Scott Fowler: ‘I’m a Davidson alum.’ Steph Curry goes back to college, gets degree before 5,000 fans.

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Steph Curry finally had his Davidson graduation ceremony Wednesday, 13 years after he left the school for the NBA. And as befitting his unique status at both the college and in the sports world, Curry had that ceremony in front of about 5,000 of his closest friends,…

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