docs: update NEWS.md and cran-comments.md for v3.0.0

- Add HTTP Backend Migration section
- Add Messaging Migration (usethis to cli) section
- Add Social Branding (Twitter to X) section
- Update TOC entries for new sections

Author: saiemgilani

.Rbuildignore

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+^\.claude$
+^\.vscode$
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NEWS.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 **Table of Contents**  *generated with [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)*
 
 - [**hoopR 3.0.0**](#hoopr-300)
+    - [**HTTP Backend Migration**](#http-backend-migration)
+    - [**Messaging Migration (usethis → cli)**](#messaging-migration-usethis--cli)
+    - [**Social Branding (Twitter → X)**](#social-branding-twitter--x)
     - [**Stability and Test Robustness**](#stability-and-test-robustness)
     - [**CI and Check Improvements**](#ci-and-check-improvements)
     - [**NBA Play-by-Play V3**](#nba-play-by-play-v3)
@@ -66,6 +69,28 @@
 
 # **hoopR 3.0.0**
 
+### **HTTP Backend Migration**
+
+- **Breaking**: Replaced `httr` with `httr2` as the HTTP backend for all API requests across the package.
+- Removed `httr` from package dependencies (`Imports`).
+- `request_with_proxy()` now uses `httr2` request/retry pipeline instead of `rvest::session()` with `httr` config arguments, resolving segfaults on systems with libcurl >= 8.x / curl R package >= 7.0.0.
+- All ESPN, NBA Stats, NBA G-League, NCAA, and KenPom HTTP calls now use shared internal helpers (`.retry_request()`, `.resp_text()`) backed by `httr2`.
+- `check_status()` now uses `httr2::resp_status()` instead of `httr::status_code()`.
+- KenPom (`kp_*`) functions now use `httr2` cookie jar authentication via `login()`, `.kp_get_page()`, and `.kp_request()` helpers.
+
+### **Messaging Migration (usethis → cli)**
+
+- Replaced all `usethis::ui_*()` messaging calls in database builder and loader functions with `cli` equivalents.
+- `usethis::ui_stop()` → `cli::cli_abort()`, `usethis::ui_oops()` → `cli::cli_alert_danger()`, `usethis::ui_todo()` → `cli::cli_ul()`, `usethis::ui_info()` → `cli::cli_alert_info()`.
+- Inline markup converted: `usethis::ui_value()` → `{.val}`, `usethis::ui_path()` → `{.file}`, `usethis::ui_code()` → `{.code}`.
+- Moved `usethis` from `Imports` to `Suggests` (retained for `usethis::edit_r_environ()` documentation references).
+
+### **Social Branding (Twitter → X)**
+
+- Updated all social media links and badges from Twitter to X across README, pkgdown site, and vignettes.
+- Shields.io badge `logo=twitter` → `logo=x`; profile URLs `twitter.com` → `x.com`.
+- pkgdown navbar icon updated from `fa-twitter` to `fa-x-twitter`.
+
 ### **Stability and Test Robustness**
 
 - Hardened API-facing tests against live schema drift and intermittent empty payloads.

cran-comments.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 **Table of Contents**  *generated with [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)*
 
 - [Release summary](#release-summary)
+  - [HTTP Backend Migration](#http-backend-migration)
+  - [Messaging Migration (usethis → cli)](#messaging-migration-usethis--cli)
+  - [Social Branding (Twitter → X)](#social-branding-twitter--x)
   - [NBA Play-by-Play V3](#nba-play-by-play-v3)
   - [NBA Boxscore Summary V3](#nba-boxscore-summary-v3)
   - [New NBA Stats API Endpoint Wrappers](#new-nba-stats-api-endpoint-wrappers)
@@ -18,6 +21,21 @@
 
 This is a major release (v3.0.0) with the following changes:
 
+### HTTP Backend Migration
+- Replaced `httr` with `httr2` as the sole HTTP backend for all API requests.
+- Removed `httr` from package dependencies, resolving compatibility issues with libcurl >= 8.x.
+- All HTTP calls now use `httr2` request/retry pipelines via shared internal helpers.
+- KenPom functions now use `httr2` cookie jar authentication.
+
+### Messaging Migration (usethis → cli)
+- Replaced all `usethis::ui_*()` calls in load/database functions with `cli` equivalents (`cli::cli_abort()`, `cli::cli_alert_info()`, `cli::cli_ul()`, `cli::cli_alert_danger()`).
+- Moved `usethis` from `Imports` to `Suggests`.
+
+### Social Branding (Twitter → X)
+- Updated all social media links and badges from Twitter to X across README, pkgdown site, and vignettes.
+- Profile URLs `twitter.com` → `x.com`; shields badge logos updated to X.
+- pkgdown navbar icon updated from `fa-twitter` to `fa-x-twitter`.
+
 ### NBA Play-by-Play V3
 - `nba_playbyplayv3()` function added -- dedicated wrapper for the NBA Stats PlayByPlayV3 endpoint.
 - `nba_pbp()` and `nba_pbps()` now default to `version = "v3"` (previously `"v2"`).