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Sam Gordon
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
The American men’s and women’s senior national teams will conduct their training camps in July at MGM properties, the company announced Thursday morning.
The Lady Rebels are enjoying some semblance of normalcy as they seek to build upon a surprisingly successful 2020-21 basketball season under Lindy La Roque.
The Big3, a professional three-on-three basketball league, hosted a scouting combine Friday in Las Vegas and will play five of its eight regular-season weeks at Orleans Arena.
The Aces don’t play again until next Sunday, giving them ample time for rest, recovery and practice after an arduous trip out East.
The four-part Showtime docuseries chronicles the championship careers of boxing’s famed “Four Kings,” emphasizing in particular their relationship with the world around them.
The Aces are 1-1 on their three-game East Coast road trip.
Former Pacific center James Hampshire is transferring to UNLV and has signed a letter of national intent, the Rebels announced Friday morning.
Wilson submitted her best statline of the season and scored on consecutive possessions to ignite a 14-3 run that spurred the Aces to victory at the Barclays Center in New York.
Aces guard Kelsey Plum is available Thursday after missing the previous six games.
Liz Cambage scored 28 points Tuesday afternoon, but the Aces fell to the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Legendary NFL agent Leigh Steinberg was the inspiration for the 1996 film “Jerry Maguire.” He spoke with the Review-Journal recently on a number of topics.
Forward Joyner Holmes, a five-star recruit out of high school who played at Texas, scored eight points Sunday in her debut after signing with the Aces on Saturday.
The Aces cruised past the Indiana Fever on Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena, eclipsing 100 points in consecutive games for the first time in franchise history.
Devin Haney is shifting his focus toward securing a fight with one of the other young stars in the lightweight division — namely WBA, IBF and WBO champion Teofimo Lopez.