Chicago, IL

On today’s episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Howard Megdal is joined by The Next’s Chicago Sky beat writer Alissa Hirsh. The Sky have already exceeded pre-season expectations, with the help of star rookie forward Angel Reese and the resurgence of guard Chennedy Carter. Hirsh and Megdal discussed how the Sky have found themselves starting to fight for a playoff spot, and what their trajectory for the rest of the season looks like.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: How Angel Reese, Chennedy Carter are remaking the Chicago Sky

Manhattan, KS

K-State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie has promoted assistant coach Ebony Gilliam to associate head coach for the 2024-25 season. “Ebony has been an integral part of our success,” said Mittie about Gilliam. “She has continued to grow in the profession and has been involved in every area of our program in our time at Kansas State. I look forward to her continued growth and expanded role on the staff.”

Gilliam promoted to Associate Women’s Basketball Coach at K-State

Utah State

Salt Lake City, UT

On the latest episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Howard Megdal sits down with Utah head coach Lynne Roberts to discuss all things Utes. Megdal and Roberts discuss the Utes’ strategic game and what makes their offense so strong. They also discuss the school’s transition to the Big 12 and make some predictions for the incoming rookie class.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Utah head coach Lynne Roberts talks new conference and new roster

Oregon State

Eugene, OR

Oregon Ducks Men's Basketball shocked the basketball world by winning the 2024 Pac-12 Conference Tournament, securing their sixth Pac-12 Championship ring. The Ducks won three consecutive games to clinch the title. This victory marked their first Pac-12 championship since 2019. Yes, But. The team will undergo significant changes as key...

Oregon Ducks Men’s Basketball Clinches 2024 Pac-12 Title and Unveils Glitzy Ring

Boston, MA

Noa Dalzell covers the Boston Celtics for SB Nation's CelticsBlog and the Connecticut Sun for The Next. Her work has also appeared in FanSided and Swish Appeal, as well as CLNS Media. When she's not writing about basketball, she's playing basketball or lobbying for a more sustainable food system.

Inside the remarkable longevity of DeWanna Bonner

Kansas State

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

Fulton, MO

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

New Jersey State

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Vanishing Georgia

This is another of countless rural churches for which I can find no historical information, even though I believe it to be an old congregation. Its address is listed as Dixie, but it’s actually much closer to the ghost town of Pidcock. James N. Pidcock, for whom the settlement was named, was a wealthy New […]

New Jersey Missionary Baptist Church, Pidcock

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Legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt built a roster of phenoms, including USC’s Cheryl Miller and Pamela McGee, and Louisiana Tech’s Kim Mulkey.

How Pat Summitt inspired the trailblazing women's basketball team of the 1984 Olympics

New York City, NY

On Monday afternoon the New York Liberty announced that guard/forward Betnijah Laney-Hamilton had “a minor procedure” on her right knee. The surgery was conducted by medical director and head team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Riley J. Williams III and Dr. Benedict Nwachukwu, the Liberty’s team physician. Both doctors, employed also by Hospital for Special Surgery, specialize in knee, shoulder and elbow surgery.

What Betnijah Laney-Hamilton’s injury means for the New York Liberty

Sioux Falls, SD

The CCHA announced today that Augustana will join the conference as a full member starting in the 2024-25 season, one year ahead of schedule, as recommended by the league’s management council and voted on by the board of directors. The conference’s Mason Cup playoffs will continue to include eight...

Augustana to join CCHA year early in 2024-25 as league will adjust standings, have eight of nine teams qualify for conference playoffs

Virginia State

Cheryl E Preston

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful, if you were watching earlier this week when Tom Star (Clint Howard died), you know that Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) did not honor her Hippocratic Oath as a physician to "do no harm".

The Bold and the Beautiful shocker: Dr. Li Finnegan broke her Hippocratic Oath by watching Tom die

FanSided

Men's basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will begin on Saturday, July 27. And there are some star-studded games that weekend. First up: Spain vs. Australia (Group A) will be the first game of the tournament. The host team France (starring Victor Wembanyama) will begin play later that day against Brazil, and Team USA will play its first game against Serbia in a marquee matchup on Sunday, July 28.

How to watch Team USA and men's basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics: Basketball live streams

Georgia State

DeanLand

Two rural Georgia counties lost more than 12% of their population over the past three years, leading a worrisome trend in many of Georgia's rural counties and smaller towns. The populations of Telfair County and Stewart County, both largely rural counties with agricultural based economies and located in the Southern half of Georgia, shrunk by more than 12% each from 2020 to 2023, according to data from the US Census Bureau.

Georgia's Fastest Shrinking Rural Counties Share Big Problems

Iowa State

Iowa City, IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Two University of Iowa men’s basketball student-athletes – juniors Payton Sandfort and Riley Mulvey – have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court, it was announced Monday by the NABC. NABC Honors Court honorees include juniors, seniors and graduate students who finished the 2023-24 year with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher. The NABC recognizes teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball. More than 2,100 players earned the Honors Court distinction. It is the first career NABC Honors Court accolade for both players.

Sandfort, Mulvey Named to NABC Honors Court

Minnesota State

DayTripper

Summer is in full swing, and people from Minnesota and beyond are looking for beautiful places to visit. Check out these ten cute small towns that show off Minnesota's natural beauty, rich history, and friendly people.

10 Adorable Small Towns In Minnesota That Will Make Your Summer Unforgettable

Levittown, PA

Bucks County Beacon

Most white Americans are not familiar with the concept of ‘racial passing’. The idea is simple enough; an individual from a particular racial group is perceived as belonging to another and lives their life according to that assumption, but the reality of ‘passing’ is complex, troubling and often incredibly dangerous. In Kim Johnson’s latest young adult novel, The Color of a Lie , we meet a family in postwar America who feels compelled to ‘pass’ to capture their piece of the American dream.

New Young Adult Historical Fiction Set in ‘Whites Only’ Levittown Explores Racial Passing and Racism in America’s Past

Missouri first used the death penalty in 1810. A man named Peter Johnson was hanged for murder. Missouri is one of 27 states which has the death penalty. Since 1973, four individuals who were wrongfully accused were exonerated from death row.

Missouri's longstanding practice of the death penalty since 1810

When it comes to living a longer life in Georgia, location matters. And living in one of Georgia's top counties for longevity can add up to 13 years of extra life expectancy as compared to its bottom-ranked counties.

Huge Life Expectancy Gap Revealed Between Georgia's Urban, Rural Counties

Colorado State

Colorado Springs, CO

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(Colorado Springs, CO) The Flying W Ranch is a 1450-acre working cattle ranch on the west side of Colorado Springs. It is one of the last remaining original ranches in Colorado.

Flying W Ranch should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

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Locked On Women’s Basketball: Big 12 heightens its focus on the women’s game

On the latest episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, host Missy Heidrick sits down with the...

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Big 12 heightens its focus on the women’s game

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