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FWIW, Alexander was on campus today.

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The Inaugural Onward Setonia Golf Sweepstakes launched on May 2, during Corks & Forks at the Highlawn Pavilion in West Orange, NJ. Those who purchase a ticket for the sweepstakes will be entered into a live drawing on June 5, 2024 at Magnify Brewing in Fairfield, NJ. Ten amazing golf courses are featured in the drawing and each round of golf will be for three (3) golfers and their host.

Rules: Tickets are $500 each (purchase as many as you like) with a limit of 100 total tickets sold. Each individual’s name can only win one time. Once a course is selected, it is no longer available for subsequent drawn names. Ten distinct names drawn; ten courses selected for ten total winners. Each course’s host restrictions and hospitality may differ, please read the course notes before selection.

Courses: Baltusrol Golf Club, Bayonne Golf Club, Canoe Brook Country Club, Essex County Country Club, Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Mountain Ridge Country Club, Morris County Golf Club, Somerset Hills Country Club, Spring Lake Golf Club, Trump National Golf Club Bedminster

Just saw it online from the Corks event!!

Is 50% too high?

Because it is in the near future

Pacers finish them off. Missing their best player, but they got what they deserved. Nice move changing coaches.

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff Writer

Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner, three-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, announced Wednesday that he plans to return to the Bluejays for another season.

Kalkbrenner had entered his name into the NBA draft but is projected as a borderline second-round pick. He will be taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility given by the NCAA to student-athletes from the COVID-impacted 2020-21 season.

A 7-foot-1 senior, Kalkbrenner has been one of the elite defensive players in college basketball over the past three seasons. He was a first-team All-Big East performer in 2022-23 and a second-team selection this past season, winning Big East Defensive Player of the Year honors in each of the past three seasons.

Kalkbrenner averaged a career-high 17.3 points and 3.1 blocks this season, adding 7.6 rebounds. He ranked sixth nationally in field goal percentage, shooting 64.6% from the field. His 107 blocked shots ranked second in the country.


He has made major strides on the offensive end, posting 20 or more points 11 times - including 28 points, nine rebounds and 7 blocks in a January win over Seton Hall and 28 points in a February victory against Xavier. Kalkbrenner was terrific in the NCAA tournament, averaging 18.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks in three games.

He's ranked No. 52 in ESPN's top 100 NBA draft prospects.

Just in case anyone is interested.

Worth a look?

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Seton Hall Pirates​

Departed or expected to depart: Kadary Richmond (15.7 PPG), Al-Amir Dawes (15.0 PPG), Dre Davis (15.0 PPG), Dylan Addae-Wusu (8.6 PPG), Jaden Bediako (8.1 PPG), Elijah Hutchins-Everett (3.5 PPG), Jaquan Sanders (2.7 PPG), Malachi Brown (1.3 PPG), Arda Ozdogan (0.7 PPG), Sadraque NgaNga (1.1 PPG), JaQuan Harris

In limbo: None

Expected to return: Isaiah Coleman (5.4 PPG), David Tubek (0.8 PPG)

Incoming transfers: Scotty Middleton (4.4 PPG at Ohio State), Prince Aligbe (4.7 PPG at Boston College), Gus Yalden (redshirt at Wisconsin)

Incoming freshmen: Godswill Erheriene (four-star), Jahseem Felton (three-star)

Head coach: Shaheen Holloway

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• Dan Murphy

The NCAA's national office might be footing the bill for a settlement expected to be more than $2.7 billion in the landmark House v. NCAA lawsuit and other related antitrust cases, in hopes of reshaping and stabilizing the college sports industry, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Sources told ESPN this week that parties have proposed the NCAA's national office -- rather than its individual member schools or conferences -- would pay for the settlement of past damages over a period of 10 years. The NCAA payments would be paid to former college athletes who say they were illegally prevented from making money by selling the rights to their name, image and likeness.

The settlement would come with a corresponding commitment from conferences and schools to share revenue with athletes moving forward, sources said. The settlement would establish a framework for power conferences to share revenue with their athletes in the future. Sources have told ESPN that schools are anticipating a ceiling of nearly $20 million per year for athlete revenue share moving forward. (That figure is derived from a formula that's expected to be, per sources, 22% of a revenue metric that's still being discussed, which is set to be based on various revenue buckets. It would be up to the schools to share that much.)

The dollar value and timing, sources cautioned, is not set and could change due to the myriad variables involved in the case.

Steve Berman, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs, told ESPN he believes the House case is "the difference-maker" after more than a decade of legal battles chipping away at NCAA rules. Berman declined to comment on the specifics of the ongoing settlement talks but said the plaintiffs' leverage is growing as the case moves closer to trial.

"Our leverage is a big cannonball rolling down a hill and picking up speed," Berman said. "The longer they wait, the more they're going to have to pay. It's that simple."

The NCAA declined to comment.

Since a cadre of college sports and NCAA officials met plaintiffs' attorneys at the Hyatt Regency at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport on April 25, the details for potentially settling the House case have begun to be distributed to campuses. After interviews with more than a dozen college officials, industry sources and lawyers this week, ESPN has learned that many crucial details for a settlement remain unsolved, but both sides are making progress toward a deal that could serve as a catalyst for the new business model of college sports.

"They've got stuff on paper," said an industry source. "This is not just lawyers and commissioners meeting and having a cocktail. This snowball is moving downhill. The horizon on this is about a month."

Plaintiffs in the House case argue that the NCAA is breaking the law by placing any restrictions on how athletes monetize their name, image and likeness. The case is scheduled to go to trial in January. If the NCAA loses the case at trial, it could owe athletes more than $4 billion in damages.

Along with saving money, the NCAA is also motivated to settle in hopes of laying the groundwork for a system that could help them avoid future litigation. A settlement alone might not provide that protection without additional help from Congress or a collective bargaining agreement with athletes.

The NCAA and its conferences are defendants in at least two other federal antitrust cases that are challenging what remains of the association's amateurism rules. Those cases would also likely be resolved as part of the House settlement.

Earlier this month, the plaintiffs filed a motion for summary judgment, which asks the judge in the case to rule on several key arguments prior to trial. The hearing for summary judgment is scheduled for September, and a ruling in the plaintiffs' favor could continue to increase their leverage in a negotiation.

One outstanding issue in the potential settlement of the House case is whether a settlement would eliminate future antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and its schools.

"I'm very concerned about the fact that a settlement is really not a settlement," an industry source told ESPN concerning looming issues that need to be resolved before settling. "It doesn't have enough protections. If it were an all-encompassing settlement with congressional approval, I'd feel a lot better."

College sports leaders have been asking Congress to write a new federal law for several years that would, among other things, protect them from future litigation.

Sources told ESPN that some school officials are hoping that a House settlement could spur action on Capitol Hill. Several members of Congress who have worked on college sports-related legislation in recent years declined to comment on what impact a settlement might have on the creation of a new federal law.

As information has been brought back to campuses, the biggest concern is how protective the settlement would be from future antitrust lawsuits.

"You can't just settle the lawsuits," said another industry source. "You've got to be able to emerge with something in return, other than the settlement. If you don't have the requisite ability to structure the future, all we're going to do is shake hands and wait five minutes for the next filing. You don't want to be waiting for the next lawsuit here."

The good news: they are going to cap the amount that teams can pay their players.

The bad news: that "cap" is going to be $20 million.

Like we did last year I will be posting Jerry's human interest stories on the board.

The hits are very important for him so let's help the man who covers the Pirates better than any other reporter in the state.

Even if you have no interest just hit the link.

Thank you.


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I would imagine that Noem just killed her political career and any chance at VO just like she killed her 14 month puppy. Uhm you killed your puppy because it didn’t hunt well and killed a neighbors chickens? WTF. Perhaps try training the dog. Horrific story and I don’t know many people from Reds to Blues who would be not be upset at this story.

I rescued my dog when he was three months old. He was sweet as can be. By the time he turned 10 months he started to get aggressive. I had to get trainers to help me train my dog. It takes time. At 3 1/2, I am still training that dog and probably will never stop training him. It he he vastly improved. To kill a puppy at 14 months is ruthless.

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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff Writer

Xavier transfer Desmond Claude, winner of the Big East's Most Improved Player award, has committed to USC, he told ESPN.

Claude becomes the Trojans' ninth transfer addition and 11th newcomer of the offseason, as new coach Eric Musselman moves closer to finalizing his first USC roster. Claude chose the Trojans after taking a visit to their campus last weekend.

"It honestly felt like a perfect fit from the first call," Claude said. "The academic support, basketball resources and basketball vision all seemed custom-made for me. Also, Coach Musselman has a proven track record over the past several years of helping big lead guards make the jump to being NBA-ready guards."

A 6-foot-6 guard, Claude was a late bloomer in the 2022 high school class, but his size and ability to score and create for others put him on the radar of high-major programs. He committed to Travis Steele at Xavier, then kept his pledge when Sean Miller took over following the coaching change. Claude showed flashes as a freshman, but his true breakout came this past season as a sophomore.

His scoring average jumped from 4.7 points to 16.6 points, while also grabbing 4.2 rebounds and distributing 3.2 assists per game.

Claude started the campaign with 25 points against Robert Morris and continued to produce, hitting double figures in scoring in all but three games the entire season. He scored 20 or more points on 12 separate occasions, including 36 against Georgetown in early March and 26 against Butler twice. His Xavier career ended with 30 points, five rebounds and five assists in an NIT loss to Georgia.

The Trojans badly needed a playmaker in the backcourt, and Claude should fill that void.

"The vision that Coach Musselman laid out for me blends perfectly with my playmaking ability, NBA aspirations and ongoing development as a lead guard," he said. "I'm excited to make the next big jump in my development and I'm especially excited to be a part of the USC family."

Claude joins a deep transfer class heading to USC, highlighted by Chibuzo Agbo (13.7 PPG at Boise State), Terrance Williams II (12.4 PPG at Michigan), Saint Thomas (19.7 PPG at Northern Colorado) and Josh Cohen (15.9 PPG at UMass). The nine-deep group of portal recruits will be joined by ESPN 100 freshmen Jalen Shelley (No. 50) and Isaiah Elohim (No. 55), both of whom had committed to Musselman at Arkansas.