May 2021 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Villanova head coach Jay Wright will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of its class of 2021, it was announced by ESPN. In 27 seasons as head […]
Day: June 4, 2021
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee new members includes Butler’s VP/AD Barry Collier
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee will feature five new members for the 2021-22 season, thanks in part to the Division I Council’s approval in January of a proposal of the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Oversight Committees to expand the basketball committees from 10 […]
DePaul Blue Demons hires Tony Stubblefield to lead Men’s Basketball back to winning ways
Stubblefield takes over program after working at Oregon for last 11 seasons CHICAGO – DePaul University announced a few weeks ago that Tony Stubblefield has been named head coach of the men’s basketball program. Stubblefield comes to DePaul after spending the last 11 seasons at the University of […]
2021-22 Basketball Schedule announced for BIG EAST-Big 12 Showdown
6/2/2021 NEW YORK — The BIG EAST and Big 12 Conferences have announced the dates and matchups for the third year of the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle. The matchups, which will be played in December, were jointly determined by the two conferences. The home school has […]
NCAA Tournament Softball upset! Unseeded James Madison surprises #1 Oklahoma, 4-3
6/3/2021 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Senior Kate Gordon drilled a full-count home run over the left-center-field wall in the top of the eighth inning to power James Madison to a 4-3 win over top-seeded Oklahoma in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series on Thursday […]
Blue Devils get nice duo out of Transfer Portal: Marquette’s Theo John, Davidson’s Bates Jones
DURHAM – Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski has announced a pair of graduate transfers – Theo John and Bates Jones — have signed scholarship agreements to attend Duke University and play for the Blue Devils in 2021-22. John is a 6-foot-9, 245-pound forward from Minneapolis, Minn., and comes to Duke after […]
Duke Blue Devils announce that former star Jon Scheyer, 33, will replace Coach “K” as the new coach next April
6/4/2021 DURHAM – Duke University formally announced Jon Scheyer as the next head coach of the men’s basketball program in a press conference at historic Cameron Indoor Stadium Friday morning. Scheyer will take the reins of the iconic program in April 2022, following the retirement of Mike Krzyzewski. Scheyer, […]
Say it ain’t so! Coach “K” announces 2021-22 season to be his last as a coach
6/2/2021 DURHAM – Duke men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has won more Division I men’s college basketball games than any coach in history, announced Wednesday that the 2021-22 season will be his final year of coaching. In 46 years as a head coach at Army […]
Memorial Tournament 1st Round: Collin Morikawa leads weather-shortened Thursday action
Collin Morikawa led the 2021 Memorial Tournament after Thursday’s weather-shortened opening round. After a play was suspended twice due to inclement weather, the first-round play was suspended for the day at 6:41 p.m. Thursday. Eventhough Morikawa is in the clubhouse with a 6-under 66, some golfers were […]
Daily Almanac for Friday, June 4, 2021
1730s BORN 1738: KING GEORGE III (BRITISH MONARCH) 1790s DIED 1798: GIACOMO CASANOVA 1880s BORN 1887: TOM LONGBOAT (RUNNER) 1890s 1892: THE SIERRA CLUB WAS ORGANIZED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 1896: HENRY FORD TOOK HIS CAR OUT FOR A TRIAL DRIVE AROUND THE STREETS OF […]