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SL Film Night: Abstract -The Art of Design

BY ALEX KARTMAN| Director of Digital Sports Production | Ball State Sports Link In Sports Link, we preach the importance of story. Understanding how to…

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And There It Is: LaVar Goes Too Far

BY ALEX THOMAS | Ball State Sports Link LaVar Ball has completely blown up.  He’s now more popular than his sons Lonzo, UCLA stud and…

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Ball State + Nike Through 2022

The Ball State athletics department reached a five-year agreement with Nike that solidifies an already strong partnership between the two groups. Nike will become the…

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Ball Hogs: Royce Young of ESPN, on KD Being Back and OKC’s Title Hopes

The guys talk with Royce Young of DailyThunder.com and ESPN about the most important season for the Oklahoma City franchise and their chances of winning it all. From the important topics like the Thunder’s over-the-top Halloween party, to the big-man rotation and team chemistry, learn everything you need to know going into the season. Also Royce presides over past podcast debates like Kevin Durant vs. Russell Westbrook, the Kings dumpster fire, and the importance of luck.

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Ball Hogs: Rating NBA Players Who Have Attempted Rap Careers

We’ve made it through another week! And now it’s time for a special “Casual Friday” edition of the Ball Hogs podcast. Today, we give NBA Dunk Contest-style ratings to NBA players who have attempted careers in rap. From Kevin Durant and Tony Parker to Lance Stephenson and Iman Shumpert, we’ve seen everything from hilariously terrible to surprisingly impressive.

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Ball Hogs: The Ultimate Basketball Movie Power Rankings

From Space Jam to He Got Game, basketball movies have varied from goofy to gloomy. Both the biggest athletes like Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal, and the biggest actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Ferrell want to be play a basketball star on the silver screen. But what is the best basketball movie of all time? What are the top five worst?

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Ball Hogs: Would Magic Johnson Really be a Top Five PG in 2015?

In today’s “philosophical Wednesday” edition of the Ball Hogs podcast, Matt and Ken take on the difficult task of trying to compare the different generations of NBA players. Are players in today’s NBA really better? Ken says if you drop Magic in today’s NBA, he would rank him as the 8th best point guard in the league. Do you agree?

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Ball Hogs: Who’s the Greatest Big Man of All-Time?

In a special PM edition of the Ball Hogs podcast, Matt and Ken discuss who the greatest big man of all time should be. Two categories immediately form, which guy had the best career, and which guy would you want if you were going to start your team today??

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