For the second time in three years, Bill Self is the highest-paid men’s basketball coach in the country, according to USA TODAY Sports’ annual review of coaching compensation. The Kansas head coach signed an amended…
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A year after Arizona State University announced a raise and contract extension for men’s basketball coach Bobby Hurley, keeping him with the Sun Devils through the 2025-26 season, the parties have not signed an enforceable…
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The term ‘mid-major conference’ is a bone of contention in collegiate athletics. The label, after all, implies that a league is not among the top tier in a particular sport. As far as men’s basketball…
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It is a good thing no one expects Hall of Fame busts to be true representations of the people they’re depicting. Otherwise, Canton would have to build an entire new wing to accommodate the size…
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When Steve Kerr reached a two-year, $35 million deal in February to remain Golden State’s head coach through 2025-26, it made him the highest-paid coach in the NBA. That compensation and recognition for a job…
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TAMPA, Fla. – Whatever appeared on Gerrit Cole’s MRI Monday regarding his achy elbow, Yankees officials have surely been appraised of those results. But nothing was made publicly available Tuesday, in this period of medical…
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Until free agency begins, NFL mock drafts are little more than an entertaining thought exercise. But Monday’s opening of the negotiating window or ‘legal tampering period’ served as a reminder about the calendar and how…
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Winning the Big Ten regular-season crown and then capturing the conference tournament is nothing new for Purdue, which did just that a year ago and seemed poised to make the program’s first Final Four appearance…
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The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers travel to Seoul, South Korea, to open the 2024 Major League Baseball season dubbed as the Seoul Series. It will mark the first time a regular-season…
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Mix some of the top national championship contenders with several teams on the bubble of the NCAA men’s tournament and you get what is shaping up to be a thrilling Big East tournament. For the…