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New York Liberty News and Notes as Excitment builds for 2023 Season

The 2023 WNBA Season is almost amongst us and the New York Liberty is one of the many teams staying active and busy to get themselves ready for the new year. Always looking for new talent to their training camp the franchise recently signed guard Morgan Green and Stephanie Mawuli to contracts. Green who played […]

St. John’s University Welcomes Rick Pitino as Head Coach of the Men’s Basketball Program

Being from New York and sitting in front of the members of the media one can only imagine the emotions that were going through the mind of one Rick Pitino, who sat at Madison Square Garden as now the Head Coach of the St. John’s Men’s Basketball program. It must have only been yesterday that […]

USA Basketball November 2022 Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team Announced

USA Basketball recently announced the 12-man roster for the USA Basketball November 2022 Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team. The USA will play two games as part of their fifth qualifying window (out of six total) leading into the 2023 FIBA Men’s World Cup. The United States plays host to Brazil on Friday, Nov. 11 at […]

NBA and WNBA to Launch National Network of Youth Basketball Leagues

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) recently announced the launch of Jr. NBA Leagues, a national network of youth basketball leagues for boys and girls ages 6-14.  The program will tip off with leagues across the following 11 markets in the U.S. in November 2022 before expanding nationwide with the […]

Jim Boylen Named Head Coach of USA Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team for November 2021 Window

Former college and NBA head coach Jim Boylen has been selected head coach of the November 2021 USA Basketball World Cup Qualifying Team, and assisting him on the bench will be experienced USA Basketball coaches Ty Ellis and Othella Harrington. The USA squad will train Nov. 20-25 in Houston and will participate in the first competition window of 2021-23 FIBA World […]

Hofstra University stars Wright-Foreman And Pemberton Added To NBA Summer League Rosters

Two all-time greats of the Hofstra Men’s Basketball program will get the opportunity to impress NBA teams this summer as Justin Wright-Foreman (’19) and Eli Pemberton (’20) have both been added to rosters for NBA teams this summer.  Wright-Foreman will be a member of the Washington Wizards team that will compete in the MGM Resorts […]

Record 121 NBA and WNBA to Compete in 2021 Tokyo Olympics

A record 121 NBA and WNBA players are featured on national team rosters for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.  The men’s and women’s 5×5 competitions will feature a record 49 current NBA players and a record 29 current WNBA players, as well as 16 former NBA and 22 former WNBA players.  The inaugural […]