Baylor's Tounde Yessoufou -- a potential first-round pick -- has withdrawn from the 2026 NBA draft and committed to St. John's Red Storm men's basketball program to play for Rick Pitino, his agency THE TEAM tells ESPN.
I signed to UCLA my junior year of high school and was told I was going to start Day 1.
Opening Day at UCLA?
I was sitting the bench. 😭
I had 2 choices:
1. Complain, pout, and blame the coaches
OR
2. Find the holes on the team and become valuable.
So for 3 weeks, I sat the bench.
I showed up early.
Stayed late.
Cheered for my teammates.
Dragged the field every 3rd inning.
Meanwhile, I studied the team.
The middle infielders were doing well.
Third base wasn’t.
So I told the coaches:
“I can play third.”
Then I noticed something else:
Offensively, we were either hitting home runs or getting out.
I saw the gap.
If I could become a tough out, get on base, and bring energy to the team…
I could create value.
Then we played Miami.
The starting third baseman was hitting .115.
They gave me a shot.
I went 2 for 3 with a walk.
Played solid defense.
Brought energy.
I never sat the bench again.
Eventually, I became team captain…
and we were ranked #1 in the country.
One thing baseball taught me:
Opportunities don’t always go to the most talented player.
Sometimes they go to the player who becomes the most valuable.
After talking with folks inside CFB throughout the offseason, the name that comes up most often as 'home run first-year hire' is Bob Chesney at UCLA.
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And that doesn’t even get into how corrupt and nasty AAU basektball is. The amount of money the parents have to pay and 95% of the time to play for a coach who doesn’t give a shit about their development, he only cares about how the kids can make him rich. It’s sickening.
AAU basketball is the worst thing that happened to American hoops.
Americans care about highlights. International players play to get better. They play up vs grown men at 14, our kids get held back so they can put up better stats.
Last 8 NBA MVPS: all international players.
NEW: “Chud the Builder” charged after shooting outside Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville
Yesterday, a fight escalated into a shooting outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville, Tennessee.
The two individuals involved were identified as 28-year-old Dalton Eatherly aka “Chud the Builder,” and another man.
Both sustained gunshot wounds and were hospitalized in stable condition.
Eatherly was arrested and charged with criminal attempt murder (15-60 years), employing a firearm during a dangerous felony (minimum 6 years), aggravated assault (3 to 15 years), and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon (1 to 6 years).
Eartherly was booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
Updated list of 2027 UCLA 4-Star commits with WR Kingston Celifie committing
4⭐️CB JuJu Johnson
4⭐️DL George Toia
4⭐️CB Jerry Outhouse
4⭐️S Pole Moala
4⭐️IOL Jackson Ropper
4⭐️S Khalil Terry
4⭐️LB Colton McKibben
4⭐️TE Zac Fares
4⭐️WR Kingston Celifie
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I am so pumped about the way @CoachBobChesney is building @UCLAFootball . Extending, relational, principle centered, competitive, confident! Lots to be excited about.