Florida Atlantic hits highest ranking in AP men's hoops poll - ESPN
Florida Atlantic's run to the Final Four last season was viewed as a nice story, a small program making a surprise run before sliding back into anonymity.
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Kieron Pollard To Join England Coaching Staff For T20 World Cup 2024
Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard will join England's coaching staff for next year's T20 World Cup to be jointly held across the Caribbean islands and the USA, the ECB announced on Sunday. Pollard, who retired from all forms of cricket in April 2022, was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2012 T20 World Cup and has played 637 T20 matches in his career. "Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has been appointed to the England Men's coaching team for next year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States," the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a media release.
England rope in Pollard as assistant coach for T20 World Cup
England have appointed former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard as an assistant coach for the Twenty20 World Cup next year, the country's cricket board (ECB) announced on Sunday (Dec 24).
NBA MVP straw poll - 100 league insiders on where Embiid, Giannis, Jokic and LeBron are in the race - ESPN
Throughout his career, Joel Embiid has made it clear that rings aren't the only pieces of hardware he desires — namely, NBA Most Valuable Player Awards — in his quest to become one of the league's all-time greats.
How super plants could help fight pollution
Plants have been shown to be capable of absorbing harmful substances present in the soil and in water. But how does this process work? The substances can either get sucked out of the soil, before being transported into the stems and leaves, or remain trapped below the ground, in the roots. Certain species are also able to break down polluting particles into less toxic chemicals.
Purdue returns to No. 1 spot in AP men's college basketball poll - ESPN
Purdue's slide from No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll turned out to be brief.
South Carolina remains No. 1 in AP women's college basketball poll - ESPN
South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 in the Associated Press women's basketball poll Monday, while Washington was ranked for the first time since 2017.
NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, fantasy MVP for each team - ESPN
With another week in the books of the 2023-24 NHL season, it's time for an updated set of Power Rankings. As another treat this week, we've brought back ESPN fantasy hockey analysts Sean Allen and Victoria Matiash, who have identified the current projected fantasy MVP of each team and offered insights into whether that projection will hold.