Circles around the NBA media were wondering about the whereabouts of Golden State Warriors player Andrew Wiggins. The former No. 1 pick (2014) has been spending a considerable amount of time away from the team this season, but it appears that the former All-Star is making his long-awaited return.
According to The Athletic / Stadium’s Shams Charania, Wiggins will rejoin the Warriors on Tuesday and attend their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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For 48 days (22 games), Wiggins was away from the Warriors because of a “personal” matter.
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Angel Reese thinks it’s a joke that Jill Biden would invite the national runners-up to the White House alongside the Women’s NCAA Tournament Champions. The LSU star said so herself.
While speaking at the Colorado state capital in Denver on Monday, the First Lady praised Iowa’s sportsmanship in their national championship loss and praised both teams for their performance. Had she left it there, it would have been one thing.
But she didn’t leave it there.
HOUSTON – When Brent Mushburger left CBS in 1990, he was called an “anchor monster.”
Jim Nantz has been a softer, quieter and much more popular play-by-play voice of the NCAA Tournament and the Final Four since 1991. He will call his last national championship game Monday night when Connecticut and San Diego State play at 9:20 p.m. EST on CBS in NRG Stadium.
Nantz’ first job as a sports anchor was just 8 miles away from NRG at KHOU-TV in the early 1980s.
First lady Jill Biden said on Monday that she wants both Iowa and LSU to make the trip to the White House following Sunday night’s national championship game.
Tigers star forward Angel Reese disagrees, and she made her feelings on the matter known on Monday via Twitter.
“A JOKE,” wrote the sophomore on Twitter, alongside a trio of crying-laughing emojis.
Reese, who was named the NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, played a crucial role in LSU winning the program’s first-ever national title.
Odell Beckham Jr. is a free agent and a Jets and Giants target.
From a pure football perspective, Will Levis is the most polarizing prospect in the NFL Draft. But taking everything into account, that mantle belongs to Georgia’s Jalen Carter.
Carter, once considered a potential #1 pick in April’s draft, appears to be sliding down draft boards.
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell added fuel to the fire when he made cryptic comments about Carter.
There was a report that some teams don’t even have Jalen Carter on their draft boards at all.
Sunday’s national title game between LSU and Iowa was the most-watched women’s college basketball game, ever. To reiterate: the Tigers and Hawkeyes had more people watching their game than any other game in the sport’s history.
Roughly 9.9 million viewers had their TVs tuned to ABC for the national championship, with that number peaking at 12.6 million. The ratings number was up 103% year over year, which is bananas.
San Diego State and UConn are our 2023 men’s NCAA national championship finalists.
Mercyhurst hockey has dismissed center Carson Brière, the son of Flyers interim general manager Daniel Brière.
The university announced Brière’s removal Monday afternoon in a statement posted on Twitter. Brière is facing multiple charges after being filmed allegedly pushing a wheelchair down a flight of stairs on March 11.
“Carson Brière has been removed from the Mercyhurst University men’s ice hockey team,” the statement read. “Mercyhurst cannot comment further on this matter.
After mounting build-up to Sunday’s national championship game between LSU and Iowa, the game delivered an instant classic result, with the Tigers notching a 102-85 victory for the program’s first-ever title. On Monday, the TV ratings came through, confirming a historic audience for the event.
The game drew in 9.9 million viewers, making it the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record, according to ESPN. On the streaming side, the game was the most-watched sporting event—men’s or women’s—in the history of ESPN+. The broadcast peaked at 12.6 million viewers.