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Cam Spencer scored a career-high 16 points, including two crucial free throws to secure the Memphis Grizzlies’ win over the Phoenix Suns. Spencer’s performance, which included a technical foul after trash-talking Kevin Durant, earned praise from teammates Ja Morant and Desmond Bane, who offered to pay his fine. The Grizzlies, missing several key players, relied on strong contributions from bench players like Spencer, Scotty Pippen Jr., Lamar Stevens, Jay Huff, and Marvin Bagley to secure the victory. Cam Spencer was sitting on the bench with the Memphis Grizzlies up three points and 17.6 seconds left in the game against the Phoenix Suns on Monday…

Warde Manuel will no longer be leading the College Football Playoff selection committee when it reconvenes in December. The management committee has replaced the Michigan athletic director with his Baylor counterpart, Mack Rhoades, as chairman for the 2025 season. However, that hasn’t deterred Manuel from pushing back against the narratives surrounding the committee’s decision-making process following the inaugural 12-team playoffs. Strength of schedule has been a bone of contention after some SEC teams missed out last season. In his appearance on a recent installment of “The Triple Option” podcast, Warde Manuel firmly rejected the idea that weaker non-conference games would improve a team’s chances…

It’s been a very active day during the first few hours of NFL free agency and the Buffalo Bills just made a big move. Former LA Chargers wide receiver Joshua Palmer has signed a deal with the Bills. It’s a 3-year deal worth $36M with $18M guaranteed in a deal done by Adisa Bakari of The Sports and Entertainment Group, according to Ian Rapoport. Palmer was a third round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft by the Chargers. Over the last four seasons, Palmer racked up 182 receptions for 2,287 yards and 10 touchdowns. This move comes after the Chargers…

For years, Manchester City’s success has been taken for granted. Pep Guardiola’s side were victims of their own success, so extraordinarily good that winning multiple Premier League titles was normalised. This season has been horrible for Guardiola and his players, yet has at last given them some welcome perspective on just how good they were. And however far they have fallen, everybody expects them to come backGuardiola has signed up for more, Erling Haaland agreed a nine-year deal and the club spent nearly £180m in January. A top-five finish will see them into the Champions League, and then who dares bet against them…

Mark Pope is set to be introduced officially as the new head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday. There is already talk of some former BYU players transferring to come with him, but he has other word to do as well as he transitions to Kentucky. Putting together a coaching staff will be an early task to complete. John Calipari is taking some of the former coaches with him to Arkansas, and others will go elsewhere. It’s likely that Pope brings at least some of his staff from BYU along with him. However, there will be positions to fill in…

The hiring of George Buchheit was a turning point for the Kentucky Wildcats basketball program. For years, it was team helmed by a series of one-off coaches and inconsistent results. Buchheit’s hiring put the Wildcats on a path to future success. It didn’t take long for Kentucky to win a conference tournament under their new coach, and they followed up with another good season, although the didn’t win the tournament this time. Heading into the 1922-23 season, the Kentucky program was gaining momentum. They were coming off of back to back winning seasons, and hoped to make it a…

The hiring of George Buchheit was a turning point for the Kentucky Wildcats basketball program. For years, it was team helmed by a series of one-off coaches and inconsistent results. Buchheit’s hiring put the Wildcats on a path to future success. It didn’t take long for Kentucky to win a conference tournament under their new coach, and they followed up with another good season, although the didn’t win the tournament this time. Heading into the 1922-23 season, the Kentucky program was gaining momentum. They were coming off of back to back winning seasons, and hoped to make it a third, but…

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats finished up the regular season on Saturday with a massive road win over #15 Missouri, locking up the number six seed in the SEC Tournament. The Wildcats finished the season 21-10 overall and 10-8 in SEC play. Kentucky’s win over Missouri was their eighth over a top 15 team, which tied Duke and Indiana for the most in a season ever. Kentucky also beat Duke, Louisville, and Tennessee twice in Coach Pope’s first regular season, giving the Wildcats massive wins over their biggest rivals. The only negative this season was some of the letdown…

GREENSBORO, N.C. — After a quarterfinal win over No. 7 Cal on Friday, No. 2 Notre Dame fell to third seed Duke in the ACC Tournament semis, 61-56. Hannah Hidalgo led the Irish with 23 points and 6 steals. Both Sonia Citron and Maddy Westbeld had 4 steals themselves, and Citron added a pair of blocks in what was a defensive battle between two of the conference’s best at it. The Irish forced 21 turnovers but couldn’t make enough shots down the stretch, shooting 37.5 percent from the floor on the day. They scored just 25 points in the…

With spring practice set to kick off, Notre Dame is making plans to host some of their top targets and commits back in South Bend. On March 26th, the Irish are hoping to get their trio of 2026 offensive line commits back to campus in Sullivan Garvin‍, Ben Nichols‍ and Tyler Merrill‍. “That’s going to be cool,” Garvin says. “That’s the plan. “I think it’ll just be more time with my brothers, basically. Just more time to strengthen our relationships and get closer and just keep strengthening the o-line class and the 26 class in general.” Garvin, Nichols and Merrill have already been building…