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Erik Spoelstra’s son has rung the bell. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) For the last few months, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and his family have apparently been going through a major challenge, one that is now hopefully done. Spoelstra’s wife, Nikki Sapp Spoelstra, announced Friday their son Santiago was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a serious, fast-growing form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, following an unexpected intestinal surgery the day after his fourth birthday. The cancer required months… Source link

Former Michigan and Detroit Lions head coach Gary Moeller died Monday, the university announced. He was 81. Details of his death are not yet known. Moeller spent five seasons leading the Wolverines from 1990-94, and compiled an impressive 44-13 record while picking up a share of the Big Ten title three times and earning Big Ten Coach of the Year honors twice. He won four of five bowl games and won 19 straight conference games at one point, which set a then-Big Ten record. Moeller first joined… Source link

MIAMI — Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka had to pay his dues before being given the keys to run an NBA team from the sideline. After former coach Brad Stevens decided to hang it up after eight seasons and head to the front office, the franchise had a paramount decision to make in the offseason of 2021. Could the Celtics afford to hire a first-year head coach to lead a team on the cusp of greatness? That was the million-dollar question once Udoka’s name began circulating as a potential… Source link

Darvin Ham carved out a nearly decade-long career due to being respected and loved in the locker room. After years as an assistant coach, it was only a matter of time before he moved six inches over to lead a franchise — reportedly being selected as the next caretaker for the proud Los Angeles Lakers, a franchise at a crossroads of sorts. But those who know him, and know of his reputation, believe he’s well-equipped for the job and fits an archetype for what the Lakers were looking for…. Source link

Tennis Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst Pam Shriver opened up on Wednesday and revealed that she was in “an inappropriate and damaging relationship with my much older coach” that started when she was 17. Shriver told ESPN’s Outside the Lines and wrote a story for The Telegraph detailing her relationship with former coach Don Candy. Shriver, 59, got her professional tennis start at 15 in 1978 — the same year she reached the US Open finals as an amateur. She started working with Candy, who… Source link

San Francisco Giants first-base coach Antoan Richardson was tossed from Tuesday night’s 13-2 win over the San Diego Padres, which allowed Alyssa Nakken to make history as the first woman to coach on-field during a regular season game. But after the game, Richardson, who is Black, took the unusual step of talking to reporters so he could speak his mind about what he felt was an unfair ejection caused by comments from an opposing coach — Padres third-base coach Mike Shildt — that “reeked… Source link

With the 2021-22 NBA season about to end mercifully for the Los Angeles Lakers, it seems like the firing of head coach Frank Vogel is imminent. On the surface, it would seem like a rash decision to get rid of him when many others share the blame for L.A.’s disastrous season, and especially when one remembers that he coached the team to the world championship literally just 18 months ago. But in reality, Vogel had reportedly lost his connection with his players. During a season in which the… Source link

Arkansas men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman and his wife, Danyelle Sargent Musselman, did an interview with “The Field of 68” podcast on Friday. Rob Dauster asked Danyelle, “What’s it like being married to him in Fayetteville? I got to imagine — those fans, one, they’re crazy; they’re out of their minds. It’s crazy in a good way, right?” “We don’t go out much,” Danyelle said. “We live in a little gated neighborhood, and that’s kind of like our sanctuary. We honestly, we don’t go out much…. Source link

So much for Duke revealing whether it’s hoping to face North Carolina in the national semifinals next Saturday. Mike Krzyzewski interrupted before his players could answer that question. Soon after Duke secured its place in the Final Four on Saturday night, a reporter asked the Blue Devils’ five starters if any of them would root for North Carolina to set up a historic rivalry showdown by beating Saint Peter’s the following day. To his giggling players’ amusement, Krzyzewski cut them off and… Source link

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE to see today’s piping-hot, fresh-outta-the-oven episode of THE RUSH with Liz Loza! We’ll let you know everything you didn’t know you needed to know about sports. Other stuff too. But mostly sports. It’s Friday, March 25, 2022, and here’s what Liz is cookin’ up: The first night of Sweet 16 play in the Men’s NCAA Tournament brought all the drama No. 1 seeds Gonzaga and Arizona were upset by No. 4 Arkansas and No. 5 Houston respectively No. 2 seeds fared much… Source link