From concrete walls to open skies: Meet Chile's first rugby team created inside a prison
At first, the tackles, rucks and mauls were merely survival tactics within the harsh world of prison. It mirrors the schedule of a professional league, but this is Rugby Unión Libertad — a sports club officially registered in mid-January with a mission that goes far beyond the pitch: preparing inmates for social reintegration after they serve their sentences. "Rugby freed me; it healed my soul," Alex Javier Silva, 48, who has been incarcerated since 1999, told The Associated Press.
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Thunder prospect Nikola Topic makes his G League debut after knee injury, cancer treatment
Oklahoma City Thunder prospect Nikola Topic has made his NBA G League debut after recovering from a major knee injury and undergoing cancer treatment. Topic had seven points and seven assists in 16 minutes for the Oklahoma City Blue in their 137-135 overtime victory over the Sioux Falls Skyforce on Monday night.
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Report: A push is coming to allow draft picks to be traded up to five years out
One of the potential changes to the rules for 2026 could include a change to the limits on trading draft picks.
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