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si.com - Joshua Schulman - Kansas Basketball's Big 12 Schedule Released: Who Will the Jayhawks See in Conference Play?
Kansas Basketball's Big 12 Schedule Released: Who Will the Jayhawks See in Conference Play?
Sports Illustrated

After a grueling nonconference schedule for the Kansas basketball team, the Jayhawks will kick off Big 12 play to open the new year on Jan. 2. The conference released its full schedule for the 2026-27 campaign earlier this week. Kansas will see…

si.com - Cem Yolbulan - Assessing Ty Lue's Future With the Post-Kawhi Clippers
Assessing Ty Lue's Future With the Post-Kawhi Clippers
Sports Illustrated

The Los Angeles Clippers are entering a new era. After seven years of playoff contention in the Kawhi Leonard era, the Clippers will begin the 2026-27 season without serious postseason aspirations. As long as Steve Ballmer and Lawrence Frank are in…

boston.com - Associated Press - based Converse apologizes and pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery
based Converse apologizes and pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery
Boston.com

The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. The Instagram ad photo showed K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding a pair of Chuck 70 X…

reviewjournal.com - Mick Akers - NBA Las Vegas expansion: Where the process sits after latest owners meeting
NBA Las Vegas expansion: Where the process sits after latest owners meeting
Las Vegas Review-Journal

The NBA moved a step closer to expansion in Las Vegas and Seattle this past week. The latest deadline for bid groups passed on Thursday, just days after NBA team owners met and discussed expansion in New York. A bid group led by Golden Knights…

si.com - Cem Yolbulan - 3 Clippers Whose NBA Futures Are On the Line This Season
3 Clippers Whose NBA Futures Are On the Line This Season
Sports Illustrated

It's time for Clippers fans to focus on the present and the future of the team. The Kawhi Leonard saga and the investigation are behind us. As frustrating as that process was, it's better to leave it behind and shift our attention to the 2026-27…

si.com - Ryan Eichten - Timberwolves' Strong Potential Future Is Being Overlooked
Timberwolves' Strong Potential Future Is Being Overlooked
Sports Illustrated

The Minnesota Timberwolves completely reoriented their roster this offseason. They sent out Naz Reid and Julius Randle for LaMelo Ball and signed Ayo Dosunmu to a new five-year, $112 million contract. The Wolves have put together one of the most…

gizmodo.com - Kyle Torpey - Polymarket Bug Reportedly Let Identity Thieves Into Existing Accounts
Polymarket Bug Reportedly Let Identity Thieves Into Existing Accounts
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Nearly 500 Polymarket US users were hit in late July by a fraud attack that did not require a password, a username, or a compromised phone, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Saturday. A person who tried to create a new account…

washingtonexaminer.com - Conn Carroll - Chris Murphy's toxic race-baiting has no place in college sports
Chris Murphy's toxic race-baiting has no place in college sports
Washington Examiner

Nothing brings Americans of all colors closer together than sports and now Murphy wants to ruin that too for purely partisan gain. And the facts do not fit Murphy's sweeping racial characterization. Black athletes account for just 20% of all…

si.com - Maddy Dickens - Astros Reliever Could Miss Rest of Regular Season After Latest Injury Timetable
Astros Reliever Could Miss Rest of Regular Season After Latest Injury Timetable
Sports Illustrated

Arguably the worst division in baseball sits in the American League, as the AL West has been full of mediocre ballclubs for most of the season. Still, the Houston Astros had been mostly in control until taking a dive off a cliff as of late, which…

si.com - Rohan Roman - Three Hawks Whose Futures In Atlanta Are In Question This Season
Three Hawks Whose Futures In Atlanta Are In Question This Season
Sports Illustrated

Since most of the Hawks' offseason moves are done, the focus now turns to evaluating the team's progress through the regular season. A key part of that is identifying candidates who are either likely to be moved at the trade deadline or gone in…

hellomagazine.com - Katie Fitzpatrick - Celebrities who predicted their own deaths with eerie accuracy
Celebrities who predicted their own deaths with eerie accuracy
HELLO!

From musicians who predicted the location of their death to stars who knew they wouldn't grow old, these eerie premonitions about their own mortality would later take on a whole new meaning. Join HELLO! as we discover the celebrities whose haunting…

yahoo.com - Muhammad Ali Khalid - What Lies Ahead for Marcus & Millichap (MMI) Following These Multifamily Asset Sales
What Lies Ahead for Marcus & Millichap (MMI) Following These Multifamily Asset Sales
Yahoo!

Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), finalized the sale of two Oregon apartment communities for a total consideration of $83 million. The sale involved the 181-unit Anjou Club in Talent and a 257-unit…

si.com - Pat Benson - The 5 Best Sneakers Dropping This Week (Sept. 22-26)
The 5 Best Sneakers Dropping This Week (Sept. 22-26)
Sports Illustrated

This week marks the official start of fall, and the footwear industry is pivoting into a new season. Usually, there is a balance of new sneaker releases across multiple categories. However, new and retro basketball shoes dominate the sneaker…

mirror.co.uk - Elizabeta Ranxburgaj - Converse apologises for 'deeply upsetting' advert after being KKK comparisons
Converse apologises for 'deeply upsetting' advert after being KKK comparisons
Daily Mirror

The footwear brand Converse has pulled an advert after it was accused of evoking Ku Klux Klan imagery through the photo posted on social media. The famous American brand posted an ad for its Chuck 70 X trainer which showed the K-pop star Karina…

tmz.com - TMZ Staff - Jared McCain Says He's Focused On NBA Season, Has No Plans To Release Music
Jared McCain Says He's Focused On NBA Season, Has No Plans To Release Music
TMZ

Jared McCain fans will have to get their fix of the multi-dimensional star on the court and on social media... 'cause the OKC Thunder guard tells us he has no plans to release any original music! TMZ Sports ran into the 22-year-old hooper at LAX…

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