Cavinders on verge of returning to UM after 1-year hiatus
Hanna Cavinder is returning to the University of Miami women’s basketball team for a final season after a one-year hiatus from the game, and her twin sister Haley might join her.
Hanna had said she was done with college basketball after the Hurricanes’ historic Elite Eight run in 2023. Haley announced in November 2023 that she was transferring to TCU for the 2024-25 season, but with the transfer portal in full flux, there is a chance she will come back to Miami instead to play alongside her sister and with new coach Tricia Cullop.
“My last season of basketball was one of the most successful and challenging years of my life but it helped me evolve and grow in ways that are unexplainable,” Hanna posted to the twins’ 4.5 million TikTok followers on Wednesday. “Over these past few months I have been itching to get back to the game that I thought I lost the passion for. Nothing quite fills the void that this sport brings me.
“With that being said, I have decided to return for one more season. Let’s run it back Miami. I had a purpose before everyone had an opinion.”
Since leaving the Hurricanes they have been promoting their various sponsors and working with the WWE. But with the surge in popularity of women’s college basketball in recent months, it would make sense for the twins to return to the game.
NBA BANS TORONTO’S PORTER FOR LIFE FOR GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
The NBA banned Toronto Raptors player
Jontay Porter for violating league gambling rules.
The NBA said in a statement on X, “The league’s investigation found that prior to the Raptor’s
March 20 game, Porter disclosed confidential information about his own health status to an individual he knew to be an NBA bettor. Another individual with whom Porter associated and knew to be an NBA bettor subsequently placed an $80,000 parlay proposition bet with an online sports book, to win $1.1 million, wagering that Porter would underperform in the March 20 game.”
Porter also limited his own game participation “to influence the outcome of one or more bets on his performance in at least one Raptor game,” according to the NBA.
NBA Commissioner
Adam Silver said in a statement, “There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition for our fans, our teams and everyone associated with our sport, which is why Jontay Porter’s blatant violations of our gaming rules are being met with the most severe punishment.”
The NBA statement said Porter placed at least 13 bets between January and March while traveling with the Raptors by using an associate’s betting account. They weren’t made on games that involved Porter. His winnings, according to the NBA, were $21,965.
Porter placed over 1,000 bets on a FanDuel account that was closed after he signed a two-way contract with the Raptors in December, according to Action Network, a sports betting media site.