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Basketball
USA Basketball has chosen its roster for the FIBA World Cup qualifiers, as the Americans look to earn a berth in the 2023 tournament. - An institutional “culture of callousness” led Los Angeles County deputies and firefighters to shoot and share photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and other victims of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven others, a lawyer for Bryant’s widow told a jury Wednesday.
- WNBA legend Lauren Jackson has been named on her fifth FIBA World Cup roster for Australia in her comeback to international basketball, in a selection that was somewhat expected.
- Kevin Durant has given Nets owner Joe Tsai an ultimatum: Tsai must decide between Durant, a 12-time All-Star universally regarded as one of the best basketball players in NBA history, and the pair of Brooklyn’s general manager Sean Marks and head coach Steve Nash.
- Tremont Waters, a former Boston Celtics guard from New Haven, returned to the Greater Hartford Pro-Am Saturday. He grew up coming to games with his father, Ed Waters Jr., and hopes to inspire children watching as he did.
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UConn Men's Basketball
- UConn men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley will join his father, Bob Hurley Sr., at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. on Friday, Aug. 12 as part of the “Hoop Hall Hangout” series.
UConn Football
- Jim Mora stressed the importance of fans coming to UConn football games this season, saying the team feeds off their energy and that it doesn't go unnoticed.
UConn Women's Basketball
- The UConn women’s basketball team has finalized its nonconference schedule for 2022-23 season. The Huskies will play Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville on Jan. 26, the programs announced.
High Schools
- Bob DeMayo, who coached baseball for 64 years at North Haven High, retired on Monday. DeMayo won over 900 games in his career and five state titles, the last in 2015.
Basketball
- USA Basketball has chosen its roster for the FIBA World Cup qualifiers, as the Americans look to earn a berth in the 2023 tournament.
Football
- James White, who scored the game-winning touchdown in the New England Patriots’ historic comeback win over Atlanta in Super Bowl 51, announced his retirement on Thursday.