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Former Michigan State basketball star Keith Appling was arrested Monday in connection with a fatal shooting in Chelsea, Michigan, according to Miriam Marini of the Detroit Free Press.  Appling, 29, was reportedly involved in a shooting Saturday that left a 66-year-old man dead. Appling was named a suspect following the shooting, and was arrested Monday.

7:00 AM ET Earlier this month, we started our Sales Pitch series by ranking the schools in the ACC based on the quality of their enticements for men’s basketball recruits, and then moved on to the Big East, where we examined whether anyone in the league can close the recruiting gap on Villanova. This week,

The Telegraph Egan Bernal extends lead on day of drama and intrigue at Giro d’Italia Bernal wins shortened stage to extend his lead Caruso moves up to second overall Yates tumbles down the standings Simon Yates’s team insist that it was not over yet and that their man was “still riding to win” the Giro d’Italia.

Former Michigan State University basketball star Keith Appling was named as a suspect in a deadly shooting late Saturday by the Detroit Police Department.  At around 7:10 p.m. on the city’s west side a verbal altercation ensued between a 66-year-old male victim and a 29-year-old man later identified as Appling, police said. The verbal altercation

2:00 PM ET Sterling “Scoot” Henderson, the No. 7 prospect in the ESPN class of 2022 recruiting rankings, has signed with the NBA’s G League Ignite program, the league announced on Friday. Signaling a shift in the nature of the G League Ignite thinking, Henderson is the first high school junior to commit to the

USA Basketball The trend of top high school basketball prospects accelerating their path to financial profit took another evolution on Friday, when five-star prospect Scoota Henderson announced he is joining the G League Ignite program. Henderson is reclassifying from the 2022 class to the 2021 class, but he still won’t be eligible for the NBA

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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