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On Friday, Colorado district court judge Charlotte Sweeney ruled that the NCAA could not prevent athletes from using a fifth year of eligibility if they enrolled in college in 2022, even if they had already competed for four years.
The NBA and NCAA both specifically asked the CFTC to adopt a minimum age of 21 for users to trade on sports-event contracts, something the NFL also requested.Kalshi and Polymarket allow people as young as 18 to use their platforms. Age requirements on sportsbooks, which are regulated on a state-by-state basis, can vary; FanDuel, for example, requires users in most states to be at least 21, although in Washington, D.C. and Wyoming the minimum age is 18, while DraftKings allows 18-year-old users in many states, but the age requirement goes up to 19 in Nebraska and Alabama, and 21 in Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Virginia. The ATP did not specify a specific age limit, but did say the proposal failed to establish things like age and advertising restrictions.
Mamadi Diakite is the new member of Dubai, announced the club on social media. After a season with Baskonia, the former NCAA champion with Florida Gators and NBA champion with Milwaukee Bucks has decided on a new destination and signed a multi-year contract with the Dubai team.
Nikola Kusturica is widely regarded as one of the brightest young talents not only in Serbia, but in global basketball. He is currently shining at the FIBA U17 World Championship, where his performances have attracted significant interest from U.S. colleges. According to Meridian Sport, UCLA has offered the FC Barcelona prospect a $12 million NIL deal for two seasons. Kusturica had already been on the radar of several NCAA programs, but his standout performances at the tournament have further boosted his profile among scouts.
Jon Chepkevich: NEWS: Iowa’s Brendan Hausen will join the Memphis Grizzlies for NBA Summer League, sources tell DraftExpress. The 6’4” long-range shooter hit 200 threes in his NCAA career while maintaining a 38.3 3P% and 84.6 FT%. Left a lasting impression at his pre-draft workout in Memphis.
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Williams takes pride in the second career he has built in broadcast media over the last two decades as an ESPN analyst who is a regular panelist on shows like Get Up and First Take. “It’s about what you do after something like that happens,” he says. He and Jefferson go way back, having played against each other in the 2001 NCAA national championship game. Williams chose not to get into a back-and-forth with his fellow analysts in real time, but there was no stopping social media accounts from clipping the moment and websites from running stories about it. “One of the things I hated about the moment is that, you know, a lot of times things get said and it becomes a viral moment, but I don’t like when the viral moment becomes about me when I’m there talking about these young people where the moment was about them,” he says.
Williams takes pride in the second career he has built in broadcast media over the last two decades as an ESPN analyst who is a regular panelist on shows like Get Up and First Take. “It’s about what you do after something like that happens,” he says. He and Richard Jefferson go way back, having played against each other in the 2001 NCAA national championship game. Williams chose not to get into a back-and-forth with his fellow analysts in real time, but there was no stopping social media accounts from clipping the moment and websites from running stories about it. “One of the things I hated about the moment is that, you know, a lot of times things get said and it becomes a viral moment, but I don’t like when the viral moment becomes about me when I’m there talking about these young people where the moment was about them,” he says.
The Dallas Mavericks today announced the appointment of Dusty May as the franchise's new head coach. May joins the Mavericks after leading the University of Michigan to the 2026 NCAA National Championship. Widely regarded as one of the sport's premier program builders and player developers, May has earned a reputation for creating winning cultures, maximizing talent, and leading teams to sustained success.
But NCAA and NBA sources who spoke with The Athletic consistently said they believe that May has what it takes to make the leap. Those sources were granted anonymity so they could speak freely, and “modern,” “collaborative” and “adaptable” were all words used to describe May, a Terre Haute, Ind., native. So was the word “kind,” which might seem strange for someone who got his start working as a student manager for the rough-edged Bob Knight at Indiana.
Dusty May is the first college head coach to take an NBA job since former Michigan coach John Beilein took the Cleveland Cavaliers job in 2019. The last to leave college immediately after winning a national title was Kansas' Larry Brown in 1988. Florida's Billy Donovan was the most recent NCAA title-winning coach to leave for the NBA in 2015.
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Michael Scotto: Sources: The Brooklyn Nets brought in Morez Johnson for a workout today as they figure out what they’ll do with the 6th pick. He helped Michigan win the NCAA title, averaging 13.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks. He was an All-Big Ten Team and Big Ten All-Defensive selection.
But eight years later, the college teammates became legends together again, leading the Knicks to their first championship in 53 years with a 94-90 win over the Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center. They are the first trio of teammates to win an NCAA title (2016) and an NBA title together. “Those are my brothers for life,” Hart said. “We have a bond that’ll never be broken. We won a championship together in college, but this one obviously takes the cake. “We’ve been built for this moment. We’ve all been forged in the fire … Coach [Jay] Wright helped us be cut from a different cloth. No matter the moment, it’s never too big for us.”
Alex Kennedy: Josh Hart on winning with Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges: "Those are my brothers for life. We have a bond for life. We obviously won the [NCAA] championship, but this one takes the cake. But those are my brothers. I wouldn't want to go into a game with anyone else besides them."
Bridges and Hart -- the other two parts of the "Nova Knicks" trio that also includes Jalen Brunson, three players who were NCAA champions at Villanova and teamed up in New York to try to do the same -- combined to score 27 points. Bridges had 14, Hart 13. "I don't know what I'm feeling," Brunson said. "I'm in awe. Whenever someone counted us out, we found a way to come back and do something about it."