Tag: basketball
Florida swamps Houston, winning 3rd NCAA men’s basketball national championship
By Dan Katz SAN ANTONIO – The University of Florida Gators are back on top of the college basketball world. In front of a capacity crowd of 66,602 at the Alamodome on Monday night, the Gators pulled off yet another dramatic comeback — this time against the University of Houston by a razor-thin margin: 65-63.…
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team ends its attempt to unionize
Leila Fadel NPR’s Leila Fadel asks the president of the local chapter of the Service Employees International Union about why the team is dropping an effort to unionize. LEILA FADEL, HOST: They’d hoped to be the first group of college athletes to negotiate a contract with their school. The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to…
LeBron James’ Son Bryce James, 17, Gives Huge Basketball Career Update
Bryce James, the 17-year-old son of NBA legend LeBron James, announced Jan. 1 that he has committed to join the University of Arizona basketball team, extending his family’s impact on the sport. Balling runs in the James family blood. Bryce James, the 17-year-old son of NBA legend LeBron James, rang in the new year with…