Aidan Berg

Multimedia Sports Journalist

I am currently a Digital Desk Editor at NBC Sports. While studying journalism at USC, I held writing, reporting, editorial and producing positions for many media outlets.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday: Bracket reveal, updates, tracker, immediate reactions for March Madness

Everybody, take out your pens and pencils: We now know exactly what the men’s March Madness bracket looks like.Sunday’s selection show had all the fun twists and revelations we’ve come to expect. The SEC dominated the proceedings, boasting two No. 1 seeds in Auburn (the No. 1 overall seed) and Florida as two of the conference’s 14 teams, an NCAA Tournament record. St. John’s, the best story in college basketball, rode its hot finish to a No. 2 seed. North Carolina was a notable inclusion while W...
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Big Ten men’s Bracketology: What top 16 reveal said about Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan

Saturday’s reveal of the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee’s top 16 teams was… well, revealing. The Big Ten had three teams listed in the field, with a fourth just on the outside looking in at this selection which could be considered an unofficial list of real title contenders.The reveal came complete with an appearance from Bubba Cunningham, chair of the committee and the athletic director at North Carolina. His comments on the rankings shed light on the committee’s thinking and what aspect...
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Big Ten men’s basketball teams' 2023-24 season preview – in the players and coaches’ own words

Media days are a great chance to not only learn about players and coaches as individuals, but also to get a glimpse at what they think of their team for that upcoming season. After all, nobody knows a team like those who are a part of preseason prep in practice day after day.

With Big Ten men’s basketball teams ready to tip off the 2023-24 season on Monday – including the first game in Peacock’s slate, featuring a New Jersey matchup between Rutgers and Princeton – here’s a blurb from each team
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Keep the ball rolling: How Aliyah Boston is adjusting to the future, for herself and women’s basketball

Aliyah Boston wrote down her goal for her first WNBA season before she even entered training camp with the Indiana Fever: Win Rookie of the Year.

Not only did Boston follow through on her intention, she made history in the process. By winning the award unanimously, she joined an exclusive list limited to past and present legends of the league: A’ja Wilson, Elena Delle Donne, Tina Charles and Candace Parker. She even led the league in field goal percentage at 57.8%, the first time a rookie has e
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Trail Blazers 124, Wolves 118: Offense Can’t Overshadow Everything Else

There aren’t a ton of certainties in the NBA, but there’s one that’s tried and true: Winning ugly is always better than losing pretty. Just ask the Minnesota Timberwolves which side of their 124-118 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers they’d prefer to be on.

It wasn’t always aesthetically pleasing basketball for the Blazers Saturday, but they did the gritty things necessary to take the upper hand in this one, and the Wolves didn’t. Portland imposed its will on offense, forcing enough contact to
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Is Kyle Anderson a Viable Starting Point Guard Option for the Timberwolves?

While in the throes of another uninspiring Minnesota Timberwolves loss — this time to the Grizzlies — Friday night, an intriguing idea gained traction on Wolves Twitter: the possibility of Kyle Anderson becoming the team’s new starting point guard.

It’s not an out-of-left-field proposition given the timing; D’Angelo Russell put in another poor performance and Anderson had some good moments while acting as a lead ball handler, including a few nice passes.

Still, it’s not an obvious decision bec
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EP. 10 WITH JEFF PASSAN

Listen to this episode from Baseline to Bassline on Spotify. In a truly historic day for Baseline to Bassline, ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan joins the show to talk all things MLB (6:51). Jeff, Aidan and Nathan discuss the league’s return, whether they’ll be able to finish up this season, a potential playoff bubble, financial ramifications of the coronavirus on baseball and a whole lot more. Then, Nathan gets into his freestyle (26:57), which he thought went pretty well — Jeff gives his thoughts a
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“Long overdue”: United Black Student-Athletes Association breaks down barriers to advocate for social justice

Toward the end of Anna Cockrell’s speech at the 2019 USC student-athlete graduation, she thanked the athletes in attendance for giving her strength. Cockrell had spent the last few minutes opening up about her battle with depression and how her coaches, teammates and the Trojan family helped her through it.

“Watching my fellow student-athletes just reminds me of how resilient we are, of how powerful the Trojan Family is and how strong we can be when we come together,” Cockrell said.

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USC assistant coach Chris Capko on the Trojans' NCAA Tournament run

Listen to this episode from Bleav in USC Basketball with Chris Penrose on Spotify. Chris and Aidan welcome USC basketball assistant coach Chris Capko to discuss what the Trojans have done well in their two NCAA Tournament wins, what Oregon brings to the table in their next matchup and what it has been like coaching an NCAA Tournament — and season — during a pandemic.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.