Adidas signs first NIL deal with girls' high school basketball player

Adidas has signed high school basketball phenom Kaleena Smith.

Business - CNBC - 11 hours ago

Kaleena Smith becomes first high school women's basketball player to sign NIL deal with Adidas

Smith, a five-star recruit from Ontario Christian, is Adidas' first signing under Candace Parker

Sports - CBS Sports - 9 hours ago

Gatorade signs Duke basketball's Cooper Flagg to NIL deal

Flagg is one of many players capitalizing on their NIL opportunities in this new era of college sports.

Business - CNBC - October 29

Washington retiring Kelsey Plum's jersey; first women's basketball player to receive honor in school history

Kelsey Plum led the Huskies' women's basketball team to its first Final Four appearance and led the nation in scoring as a senior.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 1

Before He Was College Basketball Royalty, He Taught High School History

Dan Hurley, the winner of two national championships at Connecticut, started his career as a teacher at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in New Jersey.

Sports - The New York Times - November 6

A roll call on UCLA's high school basketball recruiting class might not be necessary

UCLA coach Mick Cronin said NCAA rule changes and roster instability make it likely the Bruins won't sign a class of 2025 recruit.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 16 hours ago

NBA contract extensions: Alperen Sengun, Jalen Johnson, Jalen Suggs get big deals, plus an unprecedented pact

Some notable players from the 2021 NBA Draft class signed new deals on Monday

Sports - CBS Sports - October 21

Alabama high school football player died from a heart condition, autopsy finds

Officials say a 14-year-old football player who collapsed during practice this summer died from congestive heart failure

Sports - ABC News - 6 days ago

Washington announces 'World of Warcraft' 20th anniversary NIL deal with Blizzard Entertainment

The Huskies will get a 'World of Warcraft' makeover this weekend

Sports - CBS Sports - Yesterday

Kiss chaste: number of high school boys in Japan who have had first kiss falls to record lows

Polls showing downward trend in kissing indicates a move away from ‘real physical sexual activity’ that could affect country’s birthrate, experts say. Just one in five of boys at senior high school ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Jalen Warley is first Virginia basketball player to hit transfer portal after Tony Bennett's abrupt retirement

Warley plans to redshirt the season and save his last year of eligibility.

Sports - CBS Sports - October 29

Kelsey Plum jersey retirement: Guard will be first Washington Huskies women's basketball player to earn honor

Plum's jersey will be retired on Jan. 18 when the Huskies take on Purdue

Sports - CBS Sports - November 2

Liverpool expect to make more than £60m a year from new Adidas kit deal

German company to replace Nike from 2025-26 season Slot says Liverpool can get better despite flying start Liverpool expect to make more than £60m a year from a new kit deal with Adidas that ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia sues NCAA, claims NIL potential for players from junior colleges is unfairly limited

Pavia is seeking injunctive relief as his final season of eligibility nears its end

Sports - CBS Sports - 5 days ago

Gordon signs new long-term deal with Newcastle

Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon signs a new long-term deal with the Premier League club.

Fermín signs new Barça deal with €500m clause

Barcelona have rewarded Fermín López's early-season form with a new contract that keeps him at the Catalan club until 2029 and includes a release clause of €500 million ($544.4m).

Sports - ESPN - November 1

Massachusetts’s High School Exit Exam, the MCAS, Is On the Ballot

A ballot measure would do away with the requirement that high schoolers pass a test to graduate. Opponents say it could water down academics for struggling students.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 27

Not gossip, girl: Ed Westwick and Amy Jackson are expecting their first child together

'Gossip Girl' star Ed Westwick and his wife, actor Amy Jackson, are expecting their first child together, according to pregnancy photos posted Thursday on social media.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 31

Iowa school shooter showed 'warning signs' and 'copycat behavior,' police say

The student gunman in a small-town Iowa school shooting in January in which two people were killed and several others injured was known to have a fascination with school shooters and exhibited a ...

Amazon signs deals to build, invest in small modular nuclear reactors

Amazon announced a series of deals Wednesday aimed at building out small modular nuclear reactors, becoming the latest major technology company to invest in nuclear energy as Big Tech contends with ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Honeywell signs deal with Google to bring Gemini generative AI to industrial sector

Honeywell has signed a deal with Google to bring generative AI from its Gemini model and Vertex cloud platform together with industrial's massive data set.

Business - CNBC - October 21

BBC Sport signs new WSL rights deal until 2030

BBC Sport has agreed a new five-year deal to continue broadcasting the Women's Super League.

Knicks signing guard Boo Buie to two-way deal

The Knicks are continuing to fill out their roster, signing guard Boo Buie to a two-way contract.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 5

Barça sign Nike deal, hope to ease financial woes

LaLiga giants Barcelona have announced a new multi-year agreement with kit supplier Nike which will help to further alleviate their financial problems.

Sports - ESPN - 4 days ago

Yankees sign LHP Brandon Leibrandt to minor league deal

The Yankees have signed LHP Brandon Leibrandt to a minor league contract this week, hoping to potentially give them some left-handed bullpen depth in 2025.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 5 days ago

‘No sign’ of promised fossil fuel transition as emissions hit new high

Despite nations’ pledges at Cop28 a year ago, the burning of coal, oil and gas continued to rise in 2024. There is “no sign” of the transition away from burning fossil fuels that was pledged by the ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

How first responders in Lebanon deal with ongoing strikes

Israeli airstrikes continue to pummel Lebanon as the conflict in the Middle East escalates. Debora Patta takes a look at how first responders are handling the crisis and saving the wounded.

Borthwick names 17 England players given RFU deals

England head coach Steve Borthwick names a group of 17 players who will receive English rugby’s first Enhanced Elite Player Squad contracts.

Substitute Teacher Reenacted George Floyd Murder at Minnesota High School

Students said the teacher, who claimed to be a police officer, also said “police brutality isn’t real.”

Top stories - The New York Times - October 16

Georgia high school shooter plotted attack, detective testifies at hearing

Colin Gray, the father of 14-year-old Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, was back in court where a detective testified on his son's notebook that apparently detailed plans to carry ...

Teen suspect and father indicted in Georgia high school shooting that killed 4

A Georgia grand jury indicted a teenage boy and his father on dozens of charges, including murder, in connection with a mass shooting last month that killed four people at Apalachee High School, ...

He should be in high school! The meteoric rise of Alabama's Ryan Williams

At 17, the Tide's dominant freshman was supposed to still be in high school this fall -- and former opponents are glad he's not.

Sports - ESPN - October 18

Three people killed in Mississippi in shooting after high school football game

Shooting, preceded by a fight among some of the men, near Lexington early Saturday also left eight people wounded . Three people were killed and eight others were wounded in central Mississippi ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

High school flag football: Southern Section playoff pairings

Three teams from the Channel, Sunset and Trinity leagues qualify for the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 19

Parents of Massachusetts high schooler disciplined for using AI sue school

The parents of a high school senior in Massachusetts argued in federal court in Boston that their son was unfairly punished for using artificial intelligence while researching a history project, ...

Tech - ABC News - October 22

Molotov cocktail explodes in a Chilean high school, injuring at least 35

Authorities say a homemade firebomb has exploded inside a public high school in Chile and ignited a blaze that injured at least 35 people

World - ABC News - October 23

High school coach lauds Baker Mayfield's helmet donations

Baker and Emily Mayfield donated almost $18,000 worth of helmets to the struggling Space Coast Vipers.

Sports - ESPN - 5 hours ago

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