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Brendan Quinn

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Past articles by Brendan:

What’s it like to be an official in the final moments of a huge game? ‘I was dead and right’

'It’s not fair to anybody to change your criteria in the final two minutes.' Officials share what it's like to call the biggest games. → Read More

LIV Golf wants Official World Golf Ranking status: What’s the criteria, why is it important?

Plummeting in the rankings amounts to losing standing in the world of professional golf. LIV players are already feeling the impact. → Read More

Memphis' Penny Hardaway after loss to SMU: 'Stop asking me stupid f---ing questions'

In his fourth season at the helm of the Memphis program, Hardaway boasts a 72-40 record with no NCAA Tournament appearances. → Read More

Tiger Woods to compete at PNC Championship with son, Charlie

The news of Woods' participation in the upcoming event comes a little over a week after he told Golf Digest that while he hopes to participate on the PGA Tour again someday, returning on a full-time basis won't happen. → Read More

‘I had never seen anything like him’: Shaquille O’Neal’s recruitment was from another time — inside an extraordinary arrival – The Athletic

As college hoops returns to in-person recruiting, we look back on the summer of 1988 and a secret that couldn't be kept in the year 2021. → Read More

Emoni Bates is an NBA inevitability. The path, the Michigan State pledge, the control ... that's more complicated

Emoni Bates' path to No. 1 NBA draft pick is ... complicated. A prodigy navigates Ypsi Prep. Michigan State, and controlling the future. → Read More

Michigan to reportedly host Southern Miss. in 2017-18 home hoops schedule

The Golden Eagles, coached by Doc Sadler, finished 9-22 overall last season. → Read More

For Xavier Tillman, a timely reminder that he's not the biggest kid anymore

"It's difficult -- difficult because they're the same size as me." → Read More

For Michigan State's ballyhooed 2016 class, the novelty is gone, but the expectations remain

Romance seems to have given way to realism for all involved. → Read More

Joshua Langford, now healthy, is ready to be the real Joshua Langford

Fact is, Langford never fully played to his potential as a freshman. → Read More

Knee injury forces Michigan State commit Gabe Brown to forego remainder of AAU season

Brown says he'll be healthy for his senior season at Belleville High School. → Read More

D.J. Wilson inks NBA deal, shines in Summer League debut with Bucks

The former Wolverine scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds vs. the Cavs. → Read More

Jaren Jackson Jr., finally in one place, gets settled at Michigan State

The McDonald's All-American is at home at MSU. → Read More

Tim Hardaway Jr. lands a four-year, $71 million offer sheet from New York Knicks

ANN ARBOR - Tim Hardaway Jr.'s payday has come in a big way. A restricted free agent with the Atlanta Hawks, the former Michigan standout signed a four-year, $71 million offer sheet with the New york Knicks on Thursday night, according to ESPN and Yahoo. Hardaway began his career with Knicks after being draft 23rd overall in 2013. He was traded... → Read More

In a late-night duel, Miles Bridges shows the games that mean the least can say the most

Sometimes, though, the nights that mean the least say the most. → Read More

Memphis Grizzlies to retire Zach Randolph's No. 50 jersey

Randolph led the Grizzlies to seven playoff appearances in the last eight years. → Read More

Sources: John Beilein interviewing candidates as assistant coach search continues

Duquesne assistant Charles Thomas and Creighton assistant Preston Murphy have interviewed. → Read More

Former Spartan Zach Randolph reportedly agrees to 2-year, $24 million deal with Sacramento

Randolph is moving west after eight years in Memphis. → Read More

Report: Keith Appling pleads guilty to gun and obstruction charges, will spend 1 year in jail

The former MSU star pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and resisting police charges on Monday → Read More

Derrick Walton Jr. tops Zak Irvin in clash of familiar U-M, MSU names at NBA Summer League

Walton led the way with 13 points. → Read More