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The Telegraph USPGA Championship 2021: third round tee times – when do Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy start? USPGA Championship 2021 full leaderboard Phil Mickelson takes a share of the lead into the third round of the USPGA Championship today (Saturday) as he looks to become the oldest major winner in history at Kiawah Island.

University of Connecticut athletic director David Benedict announced Friday that the school’s famed women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma is receiving a contract extension through the 2024-2025 season. Auriemma, 67, will make $2.8 million under the terms of the deal, and that figure will increase by $100,000 per year. The contract includes options for two one-year

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff ESPN continued its Sales Pitch (ESPN+) series this week, examining the men’s college basketball programs in the Big Ten that have the most and fewest advantages in enticing recruits and transfers to campus. After seeing the results of our survey, ESPN.com’s writing team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway

USATSI As the number of big-time players still in the transfer portal dwindles during college basketball’s offseason, a few high-profile names still have key decisions to make on whether they intend to play college basketball next season. Most notably, Marcus Carr and Marcus Bagley will have to decide in the coming weeks whether they intend

The Telegraph USPGA Championship 2021: Second round tee times, including Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau The second major of the year got underway at Kiawah Island Resort’s Ocean Course on Thursday at the longest course in championship history. Canada’s Corey Conners holds the clubhouse lead after shooting a fine 67 in round one while Rory

Getty Images Questions remain over whether Remy Martin will ultimately stay in the NBA Draft and choose to begin his professional career, but if the decorated former Arizona State guard elects to play college basketball next season, he’ll be one of the most impactful transfers in the game. With Martin committed to Kansas, the Jayhawks

7:00 AM ET A mini-commitment spree over the weekend saw five-star guard Nolan Hickman commit to Gonzaga, elite scorer Jaden Hardy make his G League plans official and top-50 prospect Arthur Kaluma pledge to Creighton, essentially closing the book on the 2021 class. Only one ESPN 100 prospect, former Auburn commit Trey Alexander, remains available.

6:43 PM ET Associated Press LEEDS, Ala. — Charles Barkley has given $1,000 apiece to the more than 200 employees of a city school system in his native Alabama. The former Auburn and NBA basketball star graduated from Leeds High School in 1981. The monetary gifts are going to each Leeds City School system employee.

Former Louisville assistant basketball coach Dino Gaudio, an original member of the coaching staff at U of L since Chris Mack accepted the head coaching job in 2018, has been federally charged with attempted extortion against the program. According to charging documents filed Tuesday from the U.S. Attorney’s office of Western Kentucky, Gaudio is alleged

Dino Gaudio allegedly demanded 17 months salary in exchange for silence over alleged recruiting violations. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Former Louisville basketball assistant coach Dino Gaudio faces a federal extortion charge for allegedly threatening to go public with alleged recruiting violations in an effort to recoup salary when he lost his job

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Jay Wright used to sell tickets to games in the long-defunct United States Football League. Ben Wallace was passed over by every NBA team, some of them twice. Yolanda Griffith got a job repossessing cars so she could take care of herself and her infant daughter while playing community college basketball. For

Getty Images The longtime head coach of a high school basketball powerhouse is heading to an ACC coaching staff as Maryland’s DeMatha Catholic High School announced Monday that Mike Jones will join Virginia Tech’s program as associate head coach. Jones, who graduated from DeMatha Catholic in 1991, has coached several top prospects since starting as

10:33 AM ET Big 12 newcomer of the year Mac McClung has elected to forgo his remaining college eligibility and keep his name in the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Monday. “I just felt the timing was right for me to go all-in,” McClung said. “I looked at multiple factors and decided the

We’ve seen many stand-out freshman performances in women’s college basketball history, but the constant buzz Paige Bueckers created throughout the entire 2020-21 season put the nation on notice — even before she put on a Huskie jersey.  Bueckers became the new face of women’s college basketball after Sabrina Ionescu was drafted to the WNBA as the No.

A day after the induction of Class of 2020 honorees Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett — the greatest class in history — the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2021. There are 16 total members. The list of NBA inductees is headlined by Garnett’s teammate on the 2008 NBA

12:57 AM ET Marc J. Spears Former NBA star Chris Webber has finally been elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, several sources told ESPN’s The Undefeated. Webber will be announced as a member of Class of 2021 along with Ben Wallace and Paul Pierce on Sunday, sources said. The 1994 Rookie of the

Jon Lopez/Nike/247Sports The NBA G League Ignite team landed its second high-profile commitment from the class of 2021 on Saturday as five-star shooting guard Jaden Hardy announced he plans to sign with the professional program. Hardy is considered the No. 3 overall prospect in the 2021 class by the 247Sports Composite rankings and had college

NEW YORK — St. John’s has given Big East Conference coach of the year Mike Anderson a six-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season. The university announced the deal after Anderson delivered consecutive winning seasons in his first two years. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Red Storm posted a 16-11 record this past season,