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Former NBA standout Robert Covington makes major HBCU hoops move

Former NBA standout Robert Covington is making a return to his HBCU in a big way. In a statement released on Tuesday afternoon by Tennessee State Athletics, Covington is joining Nolan Smith’s staff as the chief basketball officer .

Yahoo! Sports · Sep 8, 18:52 ↗

Field of 68 revives college basketball’s 24-hour tip-off marathon

The Field of 68 is reviving college basketball’s opening-day 24-hour marathon, nearly a decade after ESPN discontinued the event; ESPN launched the format in 2008, running 14 games across five time zones in its debut year and continuing the tradition for nine seasons before ending it in 2017.

Yahoo! Sports · Aug 11, 12:45 ↗