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USA Today
17-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Report: Wisconsin in contact with five-star in-state guard, top-30 recruit
AI-assisted summary Wisconsin basketball has contacted 5-star 2027 shooting guard Dooney Johnson. Johnson, from Milwaukee, is ranked No. 27 overall in his class by 247Sports. Numerous top programs, including Kentucky, Indiana, and Gonzaga, have also contacted Johnson. Wisconsin basketball is in the mix for one of the top high school prospects in the class of 2027. According to Sam Kayser, the Badgers are part of a large group of programs that have contacted Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shooting guard Dooney Johnson. Other programs on the list are Indiana, Kentucky, Marquette, Washington, Gonzaga, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, Minnesota, LSU, BYU, Cincinnati, Western Michigan, St. Louis, Southern Utah and Bradley. 247Sports lists Johnson as a five-star recruit at this stage of the 2027 cycle. He's specifically ranked as the No. 27 overall player in the class, the No. 3 shooting guard and the No. 1 player from the state of Wisconsin. The in-state Badgers and Marquette Golden Eagles are the clear top programs on his offer sheet as of June 17, though numerous blue-blood programs, including Kentucky, Indiana and Gonzaga, appear to be entering the mix. The Milwaukee Juneau High School standout also sits at No. 30 in the ESPN60. He has a real chance to surpass class of 2024 five-star recruit Kon Knueppel, who finished the cycle ranked No. 19 in the nation, as one of the state's top players in recent memory. Johnson's recruitment should be a major storyline as the 2027 cycle picks up steam. Several top-ranked in-state recruits have committed elsewhere over the last half-decade. That includes top-100 class of 2025 prospects Jamarion Batemon (Iowa State) and Xzavion Mitchell (Iowa State), Knueppel (Duke), class of 2023 standout Milan Momcilovic (Iowa State), 2022 point guard Seth Trimble (North Carolina) and 2021 point guard Tyrese Hunter (Iowa State). Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle Of course, Wisconsin has experienced as much success as the listed programs over the last half-decade, except for Duke. But there remains a question of how much the program's ceiling would be elevated by landing top-tier, NBA-caliber talent. Johnson looks like the next in-state player who could make that a reality. Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion
USA Today
18-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC announcer Bruce Buffer delivers signature introduction at 2025 Preakness Stakes
UFC announcer Bruce Buffer delivers signature introduction at 2025 Preakness Stakes UFC octagon announcer Bruce Buffer took his talents to horse racing for the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. The 2025 Preakness Stakes took place Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, and just moments before the jockeys mounted their horses, Buffer took the mic to deliver a signature UFC-style introduction, complete with an emphatic, "It's time!" Check out Buffer's full introduction below, which was broadcast live just prior to the race (via X): The Preakness Stakes took place Saturday during UFC Fight Night 256, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Buffer typically has the night off for UFC Apex shows these days, having not announced an event at the venue since June 20, 2024, for UFC on ESPN 60. In his place, Joe Martinez handled the octagon announcing duties. As far as the horse race itself, pre-race favorite Journalism won with a thrilling late charge, bursting through two horses coming out of the final turn, and then passing Gosger, who led most of the race, at the last possible moment.
USA Today
07-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Amanda Lemos: Iasmin Lucindo wants my spot at UFC 313, and 'I'm not going to give it to her'
LAS VEGAS – Amanda Lemos plans on cementing her spot as a top contender at UFC 313. Lemos (14-4-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC) meets rising strawweight Iasmin Lucindo (17-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) on Saturday's main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+). Lemos has lost two of her past three, while Lucindo is on a four-fight winning streak. However, the former title challenger assures that this won't be a passing of the guard. 'I know she's coming off a win. She's an up-and-comer,' Lemos told reporters through an interpreter at Wednesday's UFC 313 media day. 'The biggest thing here is that she wants my spot. I'm not going to give it to her. 'It's good for us – it's good for girls to have that kind of representation. We love to have fighters like that. As far as facing a Brazilian, I'm used to it all the time. I'm very ready to defend my spot and to face her.' After getting submitted by Virna Jandiroba in her most recent outing at UFC on ESPN 60 this past July, Lemos said she lost to herself. She explained what she meant by that after taking some time off. 'I said that because I really had prepared well for that fight,' Lemos said. 'I felt like that was a slip. I really wanted to work on the mistakes. I wanted to take some time off for myself as well. I was in a little cocoon for a second there to prepare better for this fight and to be ready for this one.' For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC 313.
