ELW Takeover beat out No Name Nashville 13-11 during the Hoop It Up men's championship game in Atlanta on Sunday. The victory was snagged because the team had the highest points after the 10-minute game time was up. The rules state that the winner is the first team to get to 21 points, or the team with the most points when the game clock expires. To watch BNC programming, visit https://bnc.tv/how-to-watch/ Follow BNC on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNCNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/BNCNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bncnews/?hl=en #Juneteenth #KevinGarnett #HoopItUp
On "Start Your Day," hosts Sharon Reed and Mike Hill discuss Philadelphia Sixers player Ben Simmons. Many on social media, including BNC host Marc Lamont Hill, are calling out Simmons for not playing well. Reed and Hill discuss the player's performance as many attribute the team's loss in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinal to Simmons. NBA legend Magic Johnson said Simmons could never return to the Sixers' locker room. "The locker room won't recover from this. He can't recover from this," Johnson said. "The great fan base in Philadelphia — all the talk now centers around him." Sports Icon and businessman Shaquelle O'Neal said he would have knocked Simmons out if he was playing with him. To watch BNC programming, visit https://bnc.tv/how-to-watch/ Follow BNC on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNCNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/BNCNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bncnews/?hl=en #PhiladelphiaSixers #BenSimmons #NBASemifinals
Ohio State University head coach Chris Holtmann speaks to Start Your Day’s Sharon Reed and Mike hill about one of his star players, E.J. Liddell, receiving racist and homophobic slurs on social media, and even death threats, after Ohio State lost to Oral Roberts University over the weekend at the NCAA March Madness Tournament. Holtmann called the actions “vile, dangerous and reflect the worst of humanity.” #BNC #StartYourDay #EJLiddell