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Norfolk State women’s hoops defeats N.C. Central 79-67, claims second consecutive MEAC regular season crown

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Courtesy of Brian Howard, Asst. AD/Communications, Norfolk State Athletics 79  Norfolk St. 23-5,11-2 MEAC 67 N.C. Central 13-15,7-6 MEAC Team 1 2 3 4 F Norfolk St. 15  24  22  18  79 N.C. Central 16  12  14  25  67 DURHAM, N.C. | For the second consecutive season, the Norfolk State University women’s basketball team will finish the regular season atop the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) standings. This time, they did it as outright champions.  The Spartans dominated from start to finish on Monday night in avenging their last loss with a 79-67 victory…

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Damian Lillard explodes for 71 points

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Courtesy of Fox Sports Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard made NBA history on Sunday night, scoring 71 points in a 131-114 win over the Houston Rockets. Lillard surpassed 70 points on a floater in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter. He finished the night 22-for-38 from the field, 13-for-22 from behind the arc and 14-for-14 from the free-throw line. Lillard scored 41 points in the first half, which is tied with Kyrie Irving for second-most by a player in a first half of an NBA game over the last 25 seasons (Kobe Bryant is first…

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Tennessee State defeats UT Martin 88-82, now in tie for second place in OVC

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88  TSU 82 UTM Team 1 2 F TSU 41  47  88 UTM 33  49  82 Tennessee State picked up another conference win, handing UT Martin only their second home defeat of season, 88-82 Thursday night. UT Martin got out early, jumping on TSU 14-6 but Tennessee State responded with a 10-0 run to tie the game at 14 apiece and took their first lead of the night at 16-14 on a putback dunk from Adong Makuoi.  Tennessee State would remain out front for the rest of the half, using a…

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UAPB gets by Alabama A&M, 60-57

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Courtesy of UAPB Athletics 57 AAMU 60  UAPB Team 1 2 3 4 F AAMU 14  9  23  11  57 UAPB 22  10  16  12  60 PINE BLUFF, AR —The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff women’s basketball team kept Alabama A&M to just 8.3 percent from beyond the arc in a 1-for-12 shooting performance on the way to a 60-57 win against the Bulldogs at home Monday. The Lady Lions had three players score in double figures, led by Maya Peat, who had 18 points and four blocks. Jelissa Reese…

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New Mexico State suspends basketball season indefinitely in lieu of fresh set of allegations

Brandon King

Courtesy of Myron Medcalf, ESPN New Mexico State men’s basketball has canceled Saturday’s game at Cal Baptist and suspended its season indefinitely following “new allegations” within the program, according to a statement from the school. The new allegations have prompted an investigation by the school and led to the coaching staff being put on paid administrative leave, the statement said. The Aggies have been embroiled in controversy since November, when forward Mike Peake shot and killed a New Mexico student in self-defense in Albuquerque after he’d been lured to the campus. Per the school’s statement,…

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Flag on the play: Non-profit secular group stops Colorado’s unconstitutional prayer practice

Brandon King

Amongst many things, Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders is an unapologetic Christian. He is a man of faith and often brings up his beliefs in public appearances, daily on his social media, as well as to his team. It seems that the latter has drawn the attention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation ( FFRF), a non-profit secular organization. According to a letter sent to the Colorado Chancellor, Phil DiStefano, on December 20, 2022 a member of Coach Sanders’ staff led other staff members in a Christian prayer to…

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Nets send Kyrie to Mavs for Dinwiddie, Finney-Smith and picks

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For a time , the Kyrie Irving saga has subsided. Sunday afternoon the Shams Charania and others reported that star guard has been dealt to the Dallas Mavericks Dallas receives : Brooklyn receives: For Dinwiddie it will be a return to familiar territory; he spent five season with the Nets from 2016-17 until 2020-21. Appearing in 274 games, including 132 starts, Dinwiddie averaged 14.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists. He can provide capable scoring off the pine or as a starter if need be. The KD and Kyrie era…

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Now the NBA is concerned about officiating??

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January 2023, Boston Garden, picture it. All-world forward LeBron James drives to the basket for a potential game-winning basket , only to get whacked on the arm by Jason Tatum causing the shot attempt to careen harmlessly off the bottom of the rim. The NBA refs continued their precedent of making calls they shouldn’t or not making the ones they should and in the face of overwhelming visual evidence decided there was nothing to see and pocketed the whistles. We then saw an incredulous nearly 40-year old living legend of…

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Langston Basketball hangs on to no.3 ranking in latest NAIA Men’s Basketball Top 25 rankings

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Courtesy of Kyle Taylor – Langston Sports Information, Langston University KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Langston University men’s basketball team remained in the No. 3 slot in the fifth edition of NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced. Langston is currently 19-1 on the season and 13-1 in Sooner Athletic Conference play and ranked third overall with 513 total votes. The Lions are the highest rated team in the Sooner Athletic Conference and ranked in the NAIA Top-25 for the fourth consecutive NAIA Coaches Top 25 Poll.  Statistically, the…

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Dana White assault exposes media hypocrisy

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For the better part of two decades Dana White has been the Vince MacMahon of combats sports and like MacMahon, rather than just making and promoting the fights, White wanted to get in on the action himself. Footage recently came to light of UFC President Dana White getting physical with his wife. In the video White and his wife appears to be in some sort of disagreement. White’s wife hit him in the face, and White , with no hesitation , proceeded to out the paws on her, striking his…

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