Author: Michael

Memphis men’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway will serve a three-game suspension at the start of the 2023–24 basketball season due to compliance issues, including recruiting violations, within the program during the 2021-22 academic year, the NCAA announced on Wednesday.
Hardaway and one of his assistants committed the violations when they took part in two illegal in-home recruiting visits with a highly touted prospect during his junior year of high school, according to the Division I Committee on Infractions.

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The U.S. Senate issued letters asking Jay Monahan, PIF Governor Yasir al-Rumayyan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman to testify at upcoming hearing.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, PIF Governor Yasir al-Rumayyan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman have all been invited to testify at a U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee hearing on July 11, per Brendan Quinn of the Athletic on Twitter.

The U.S.

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Alabama forward Brandon Miller, a surefire top three prospect in Thursday’s NBA draft, met with reporters and made a baffling choice for his greatest player of all-time.
Forget the Michael Jordan-LeBron James debate, Miller has a pick that he believes trumps both players.
Paul George.
Yep, you read that right.
“I actually don’t think LeBron is the GOAT of basketball,” Miller began. “My GOAT of basketball is Paul George. I grew up watching him. It was never just LeBron.”

“I actually don’t think LeBron is the GOAT of basketball… My GOAT of basketball is Paul George.

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Let’s rank Victor Wembanyama’s 35 most mind-blowing plays in France ahead of the NBA Draft.
The NBA has never seen a prospect like Victor Wembanyama before. The 19-year-old born in suburban Paris will be both the tallest and longest player in the league next year. No one with his size has ever moved so gracefully on a basketball court. No one has ever been this skilled with the ball in their hands while also being this big, this fluid, and this young.
Wembanyama will be the No.

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The staff at SI Fantasy recently participated in a 10-team PPR mock draft. The rosters required 1QB, 2 RB, 3WR, 1 TE and 2 FLX. Here is the final draft board and a breakdown from Michael Fabiano at SI.com.
I don’t do many 10-team drafts, and as the draft was unfolding, I realized maybe I should have approached my draft differently. I could have waited longer for a QB — just as Dave Seperson did, landing Dak Prescott in the 13th round.

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