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Kentucky basketball coaching legend Joe B. Hall has died, the school announced Saturday. He was 93. Hall replaced Adolph Rupp as coach in Lexington in 1972 and guided the Wildcats until 1985, compiling a 297-100 record with 10 NCAA tournament appearances, three Final Fours and a national title in 1978. Hall remained a fixture in Lexington until his death. He also played for Rupp on the Wildcats’ 1949 team that won the national title, making Hall one of three men who played and coached on an… Source link

Antonio Brown’s penchant for antics reared its head once more on Sunday, and it has cost him his job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Less than two weeks after the end of his three-game suspension for using a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine card, the Buccaneers wide receiver removed his uniform, pads and more Sunday before leaving the field of play topless in the middle of the third quarter as his team trailed the New York Jets. Coach Bruce Arians said Brown won’t be part of the team going… Source link

Dan Reeves, former Cowboys player and head coach for the Broncos, Giants, and Falcons, has died at age 77. (Photo by STEPHEN JAFFE/AFP via Getty Images) Former NFL player and head coach Dan Reeves has died at age 77, his family said in a statement released to the NFL on Saturday morning.  “Legendary NFL player and coach Dan Reeves passed away early this morning, peacefully and surrounded by his loving family at his home in Atlanta, GA. He passed away at age 77 due to complications from a long… Source link

Sandy Brondello was always going to be in demand this offseason. After surprisingly parting ways with the Phoenix Mercury in December, Brondello will reportedly be hired as the next coach of the New York Liberty, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.  Brondello joins the team fresh off a finals appearance with the Mercury. Phoenix lost to the Chicago Sky in the finals in October. The Mercury parted ways with Brondello two months later, ending a productive eight-year partnership.  Brondello… Source link

Six football seasons ago, Brandon Staley was the defensive coordinator at John Carroll University, a small, non-scholarship, Division III program in Ohio. That was 2016. This is 2021, and Staley is the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, locked Thursday night in a critical game against AFC West rival Kansas City. The 39-year-old is on a meteoric rise (he coached linebackers in Chicago for two seasons, then Denver for one, then became the defensive coordinator in L.A. for the Rams before… Source link

Stephen Silas didn’t return to the bench after leaving Wednesday’s Rockets-Cavaliers game in the first half. (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images) Houston Rockets head coach Stephen Silas left the bench during the first half of Wednesday’s road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He didn’t return. The Rockets told reporters on the scene that Silas was dehydrated and needed to receive fluids in the locker room. Silas got up from the bench during a break in first-quarter play and pointed to… Source link

Solomon Bozeman wasn’t going to wait until they got back home — or even until after the game. The Arkansas-Pine Bluff head coach was so upset on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum that he actually made his players run sprints in the middle of the game. While it didn’t work — the Golden Lions fell to No. 19 Iowa State 83-64 in Ames for their eighth loss in nine games on the season — Bozeman’s move was certainly an unusual one for college basketball, to say the least. Bozeman called… Source link

Notre Dame is looking to stay in-house for Brian Kelly’s replacement. According to Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman is expected to become the team’s next head coach after going through the Irish’s formal hiring process.  Freeman came to Notre Dame from Cincinnati after the 2020 season and replaces Kelly after a year in South Bend. Kelly was officially introduced as LSU’s new head coach Wednesday afternoon.  According to Sports Illustrated, Freeman… Source link

Chauncey Billups will take over for Terry Stotts in Portland. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The Portland Trail Blazers are in on Chauncey Billups. The Blazers will hire Billups their next head coach, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Billups, an assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers, will take over for Terry Stotts in Portland after his departure earlier this month. The Blazers officially offered Billups the job on Friday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, with a negotiations for… Source link

Rick Carlisle may be back in Indianapolis, but he’s made his pick to replace him in Dallas. Carlisle told ESPN on Thursday, shortly after he agreed to return to lead the Indiana Pacers on a four-year deal, that he thinks Mavericks owner Mark Cuban should hire Jason Kidd as the team’s next head coach. “My hope is that Jason Kidd will be the next coach of the Mavs because he and Luka have so many things in common as players,” Carlisle said, via ESPN. “I just think that it would be a great… Source link