Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello Basketball recruiting insider Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014. Sep 22, 2025, 01:39 PM ET Bruce Pearl has stepped down as the men’s basketball coach at Auburn and will move into an ambassador’s role in the athletic department as special assistant to the athletics director, the school announced …
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The NCAA on Wednesday announced permanent bans on three men’s basketball players, two who competed at Fresno State and one from San Jose State, for point shaving and impermissible betting on games during the 2024–25 season. They are the first publicized NCAA infractions decisions in an expanding probe of point shaving and game fixing in both pro and college basketball. …
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Three men’s college basketball players were banned by the NCAA after they were found to have bet on themselves and one another. Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez, and Jalen Weaver, who played at Fresno State and San Jose State, reportedly participated in a “sports-betting related game manipulation” scheme, according to the NCAA, and were subsequently placed on the permanently ineligible list. The …
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The woman shot dead in Jackson on Saturday was the sister of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball star Naz Reid, multiple news outlets reported. Authorities have said they found Toraya Reid, 28, of Jackson shot dead Saturday, and have arrested and charged Shaquille Gree, 29, also of Jackson, with her murder. Police responding to an 11 a.m. phone call found Reid outside …
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New Yorkers trying to get a COVID-19 vaccine are facing hurdles after the FDA under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. imposed new restrictions on the shot. Under the new federal rules, the vaccines are only approved for people 65 and older and for those who have a health condition that puts them at higher risk. The list of qualifying conditions is …
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Paul BiancardiAug 7, 2025, 01:55 PM ET Close National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Babatunde Oladotun, the No. 1 high school basketball player in the ESPN class of 2027, is reclassifying to the class of 2026 and will graduate in the spring …
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Lakers star Luka Doncic, who has faced criticism over the years for his conditioning, weight, and workout habits, is on the cover of the latest issue of Men’s Health and is the subject of a handful of feature stories from the magazine as a result of the work he has put in this offseason. In addition to their cover story …
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Perhaps we’ve been thinking the same thing, you and I. That there won’t be a long-standing drought of Nintendo Switch 2 availability after all. The console has been easy to buy online from several retailers this week, including Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. Amazon, which didn’t sell the Switch 2 at launch, is currently selling it by invitation only. The …
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