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And that’s just scratching the surface of the 2022 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class. Thirteen honorees will join the sport’s most exclusive club during Saturday’s enshrinement ceremony at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Mass. You may recognize a few of the names on this year’s list, but if you aren’t familiar with every new member of the Hall of Fame, here is a brief overview of the Class of 2022....

Gortat advocated for one interesting alteration — let the players fight. "I would say I would loosen up a little bit the rules about the fighting fines. That’s what I would loosen up," he said. He went on to talk about the excitement that hockey fights bring to the fans. "Because today you go to an ice hockey game, and the one thing they’re waiting for is a fight, you know what I’m saying?...

Belgium international Batshuayi has been strongly linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge in January after struggling to make an impact at Chelsea in the year-and-a-half since moving from Marseille. Batshuayi – who scored for Chelsea against Norwich – had been suggested as a potential makeweight in a deal to take Carroll the other way, with Antonio Conte’s side linked with several surprising options, including Stoke City veteran Peter Crouch....

Ribery: Ancelotti is a great kisser! The Germany international has endured something of a difficult season on a personal level, scoring just four goals in 23 Bundesliga appearances. But Makaay praised Muller’s versatility and urged the 27-year-old to work hard in training as he bids to recapture his best form. “The funny thing with Muller is that nobody really knows whether he is an attacker or a midfielder. I could even imagine him as a goalkeeper, he would still look good there....

The two clubs will “exchange talent”, allowing players to experience both the coaching in place at Bayern and at the MLS club. “The United States is home to our very first international office, highlighting our commitment to engaging and growing FC Bayern’s fan base in the Americas,” said Bayern’s Executive Board Member for Internationalization and Strategy, Jörg Wacker. “Our intention from the beginning has been to help support the growth of soccer in the U....

Ancelotti’s Bayern and big-spending PSG have been drawn together in Group B, along with Celtic and Anderlecht. Bayern 4/5 to win Group B The 58-year-old Italian boss spent two seasons at PSG, helping the French capital club to Ligue 1 honours in 2012-13 before he was replaced by Laurent Blanc. “It’s an exciting group with great teams, Paris foremost,” Ancelotti said. “It’s a beautiful story for me personally to meet my former club....

Eto’o faces over 10 years in jail The Germany international had to be replaced with a thigh problem in the second half of Bayern’s shock 3-2 Champions League defeat away to Rostov on Wednesday. Boateng produced a poor performance prior to his injury which led to criticism from chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge after the match over his recent form. But he will have the chance to improve in Saturday’s home game against Leverkusen after a scan and examinations from club medical staff revealed only muscle tightness....

RUMOURS: Man City line up Fabregas bid Pep Guardiola is understood to be keen on reuniting with the versatile player he coached to three Bundesliga titles during his time in Bavaria at the Etihad Stadium. Alaba operated as a left back before the arrival of the Spaniard, who frequently deployed him at center back and in midfield. However, Rummenigge is calm over the situation and pointed to the contract extension the 24-year-old signed in March which ties him to Bayern for the next five years....

Carlo Ancelotti’s side currently sit at the summit of the standings thanks to their superior goal difference over their midweek visitors, but defeat at the Allianz Arena would see Ralph Hasenhüttl’s men climb above the champions. And Robben asserts Bayern are keen to beat Leipzig, who have taken the Bundesliga by storm this year. “We are looking forward to this game,” the winger told Goal. “We want to win the match and complete the first half of the season in a good way to enter the holidays as autumn champions....

Baylor regents told The Wall Street Journal that 17 women reported sexual or domestic assaults involving 19 football players, including four alleged gang rapes, since 2011. One regent called the details in Pepper Hamilton’s report “horrifying and painful.” MORE: Baylor can learn from football-first mistakes “There was a cultural issue there that was putting winning football games above everything else, including our values,” said J. Cary Gray, a member of the Baylor board of regents....

The Line: Baylor -15.5, Total: 58 Line movement: Baylor opened at just under a two-touchdown favorite, was bet up to -16.5 or -17 at most shops by Tuesday, but as of Thursday, the spread ranges from 15 to 16.5 around Las Vegas. For updated spreads and totals, visit our live odds page. Trends that matter: Baylor is 4-0 ATS this season…The OVER is 3-0 in Baylor’s last three games….The UNDER is 7-0-1 in Texas’ last eight games (3-0-1 this year)…....

The dutiful kids now are in office on their own: Mary, 41, is the new junior U.S. senator from Louisiana; Marc, 39, is mayor. The warehouse has long since been moved to the outskirts of the city. But the joint family enterprise–the Democratic power base in New Orleans– is under Republican attack, and voting machines (now computerized) are at the center of a high-stakes war over accusations that Landrieu won her razor-thin victory last November with fraudulent votes delivered by the Morial organization....

Those unaffiliated with the ACC generally tilt their heads and think for a few seconds. “Who?” MORE: College basketball’s craziest fans | Top 10 dunkers | SN Preseason All-Americans But ask someone — anyone — familiar with the ACC and their eyes widen. “You mean the kid who dropped 41 points on Georgia Tech in the conference tournament?” Yes. That was Hanlan. As a freshman. He isn’t yet a household name, but it’s certainly not for lack of effort on his behalf....

BCG is actually a vaccine made with a species of weakened mycobacterium, a group of tiny bacteria. The bacteria used in the vaccine is related to the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. But in most people, it doesn’t cause serious disease. The BCG vaccine is used to protect against tuberculosis, but it can also be used as a therapy against bladder cancer. This vaccine is a type of immunotherapy, which means the goal of the treatment is to get the body’s own immune system to attack and kill the cancer cells....

1998 BCS final: Tennessee 23, Florida State 16 Playoff setup Tennessee (12-0) Florida State (11-1) Ohio State (10-1) Kansas State (11-1) MORE: Tide’s Collins back in Big Easy in life that’s anything but | Bowl game photos Tennessee (12-0) holds the top seed and plays Kansas State (11-1), which makes the playoff despite losing to Texas A&M in the Big 12 championship. Florida State (11-1) is given a spot despite Chris Weinke’s season-ending neck injury....

Unbeknownst to husband and wife Michael and Judith Payne, a bear had been making preparations to stay below their house for the duration of the winter, Fox-affiliate KDVR reported. The couple said they were only alerted to the bear’s presence when a dog named Champ started barking at the animal. “Then the bear came out and was right by the door and I was inches away from it except for the glass door, and I’m thinking ’this is a wild animal’,” Judith Payne told KDVR....

“Like I said before, we went through a process of thoroughly evaluating the roster, and we’re moving forward with Jay Cutler as our starting quarterback,” Pace said during a press conference (via the Chicago Tribune) to introduce the signing of free-agent linebacker Pernell McPhee. HOME: Iyer: Bears can only fix Cutler by accepting he’s broken | Team-by-team arrivals, departures The Cutler angle quickly created a buzz in the Twittersphere:...

CONCACAF Watch: Honduras’ Centroamericana title may be fool’s gold Beasley is coming off a very good season with the Houston Dynamo, and though he hadn’t been with the national team since Jurgen Klinsmann all but told him he was retired from international play after the 2015 Gold Cup, Beasley remains one of the best left back options in a shallow pool of choices. Arena, facing a pair of virtual must-win World Cup qualifiers in March, had no time to worry about Beasley’s age, choosing instead to focus on the fact Beasley has big-game experience and is still capable of doing a job if called upon....

December’s Cold Moon rose on Friday night. It is both the longest full moon of the year and the last before the winter solstice on Tuesday, December 21. While the Cold Moon—named for December’s cold temperatures which also gives rise to the alternative titles of “Frost Moon” or the “Winter Moon”—was at its peak on Saturday, NASA said that skywatchers had three days to catch the moon in full glory....

This time she’s a wallflower professor of Romantic literature at Columbia University who lives at home with her vain, beauty-obsessed mother (Lauren Bacall, wonderfully insufferable). Mom has raised her daughter to think she’s unworthy of romantic passion. Enter Jeff Bridges as a sexy but out-of-it math professor who’s been so burned by torrid affairs that he’s decided to seek a union that will be purely intellectual. No sex allowed....