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Brentford are planning on reopening their academy and are holding meetings over the next week to work out exactly how to pull it off

Former Iowa player Matt Gatens is leaving the Drake basketball staff to return to the Hawkeyes as an assistant. Gatens replaces the retiring Kirk Speraw. Gatens was a four-year starter for the Hawkeyes from 2009-12. He was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and two-time team captain. Gatens was Iowa’s “Mr. Basketball” as a senior at Iowa City High in 2008. He played overseas and in the NBA Development League before working on Auburn’s staff. He worked at Drake for four years.

The Los Angeles Lakers will introduce Darvin Ham as their new coach Monday, following general manager Rob Pelinka praising him for his character, approach and knowledge acquired from coaching three seasons in what is now the NBA G League and 11 in the NBA.

Jaylen Brown plays for the Boston Celtics, who will visit the Golden State Warriors for Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals, which start Thursday night. But Brown played his one year of college basketball just on the other side of San Francisco Bay at Cal.

The SWFL dance team stars in new movie "Calendar Girls," screening for the first time in SWFL at the Fort Myers Film Festival.