Four Emporia High basketball players earned postseason all-league honors this week. Senior Gracie Gilpin of the women’s basketball team won the All-Centennial League first team after leading the league in scoring with 18.8 points per game according to sportsinks.com. She ended her career with over 1,000 points. 6-foot junior Rebecca Snyder was named to the […]
Basketball court magician LeBron James receives a statue from Space Jam: A New Legacy by Iron Studios! Meticulously created to capture every little detail from his facial features and tattoos to his style and on-court movements, Iron Studios brings the basketball star statue, “LeBron James Art Scale 1/10 – Space Jam: A New Legacy”dressed in […]
CLEMSON, SC — Shortly after the Clemson football team signed its 2019 recruiting class, a group that ranked 10th nationally and first in the ACC, the Tigers’ upperclassmen wasted no time in starting to scout their new teammates. Of course, returning Clemson players were curious about the coverage skills of five-star cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. […]
The Mid-American Conference disciplined four Kent State men’s basketball players hours before the team played the University of Akron in the MAC Tournament Championship game on Saturday night after a video with a racial epithet, foul language and taunts surfaced on social media. The conference has suspended junior forward DJ Johnson indefinitely. Three other players, […]
There are only two wheelchair youth basketball programs in Wisconsin, and one of them is in Madison. March 11, 2022 11:19 a.m. Job : March 11, 2022 11:19 a.m. Update: March 11, 2022 11:26 a.m. Courtesy of Mad City Badgers There are only two wheelchair youth basketball programs in Wisconsin, and one of them is […]
CHICO — Just four years ago, the Pleasant Valley men’s basketball team was where they are today — one win after being named CIF Division III state champions. In the 2018 season, the Pleasant Valley Boys won the NorCal Regional Championship for the first time in school history. The girls won their first state title […]
March 4, 2022 at 2:45 p.m. LOGAN — Utah State Women’s Basketball wrapped up its regular season at home with a win over Fresno State on Wednesday night. They enter the Mountain West tournament 5-13 in the conference. They will face Fresno State on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. in the first round of the tournament […]
GUERNSEY – last week the Guernsey-Sunrise basketball teams bid farewell to five seniors. Athletes were honored between men’s and women’s varsity games last week. The night was dubbed “senior night” and family and friends gathered to say goodbye. Afton Kelley was escorted by her parents Shannon and Mindy Kelley and her brother, aunt and uncle. […]
South Carolina Drunks Keyshawn Bryant 24 will score against Mississippi State on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Joshua Boucher [email protected] The South Carolina men’s basketball team will hold their Senior Day recognition Tuesday night at Colonial Life Arena, as the Gamecocks play their final home game of the season against Missouri at 7 p.m. Graduate students […]
Yarmouth’s Peter Psyhogeos throws a shot over York’s Jake Fogg during the Clippers’ 50-41 win in the Class B semifinal on Tuesday at Portland Expo. Yarmouth will play in the regional final at the Expo on Saturday, rather than the Cross Insurance Arena as previously scheduled. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer Todd Flaherty enjoys playing at Cross […]
Moussa Diabate and Terrance Williams have been suspended for one game, effective immediately, for their role in Sunday’s postgame bout between the Michigan men’s basketball team and Wisconsin, the Big Ten announced Monday. Michigan coach Juwan Howard, who escalated the disagreement by hitting a Badgers assistant in the postgame handshake line, […]
LR-Central has a history of winning championships. It’s no different for James Toney, Kwame and Annor Boateng, who excel on and off the pitch. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – This time of year is busy for the Little Rock Central High School basketball team. All players give it their all every time they hit the ground, […]
Head coach Will Fujita hoists the Suffolk County Class C Championship plaque following his team’s Pierson Boys basketball team’s 68-52 title win over Greenport on Wednesday night. MICHAEL HELLER Wilson Bennett’s first thoughts weren’t on how he had just scored a game-high 24 to help propel his Pierson Boys basketball team to their first Suffolk […]
Asher Mayan recorded a grand total of 33 minutes in his rookie season for the TRU WolfPack men’s basketball team, the 2019-20 campaign. Asher Mayan recorded a grand total of 33 minutes in his rookie season for the TRU WolfPack men’s basketball team, the 2019-20 campaign. The Langley sophomore forward had a career-high 33 points […]
Nate Frie wanted to find a way to share everything he learned as a professional basketball player with the next generation of Houma athletes. He opened “The Den of Alpha Omega” gym to do just that. It is located at 138 Alliance Court in Houma and is open to area athletes who want to learn […]
Now that college athletes can enjoy their names, images and likenesses, players have strengthened their personal brands with the help of outside agencies or new branding initiatives launched at the colleges they attend. Most of these branding efforts are from players doing things on their own, but the Ohio State basketball team has come together […]
Bouncing is the name of the game around Boone County. Almost every high school basketball team in the county has experienced some adversity in the past week, whether on the court or by the hand of Mother Nature. Starting at Columbia, both Hickman teams are aiming for a rebound week. The Kewpie boys fell to […]
After two straight seasons ending in a quarterfinal elimination from the GHSA AAAAAAA State Basketball Championship, the North Gwinnett High School varsity boys return with a vengeance. With a 13-3 overall record for the season and a 2-0 record in regional games so far, the Bulldogs are on track to qualify for the state playoffs, […]
No matter your final record, a basketball team is made up of a variety of different players. You need scorers, shooters, ball carriers. You need passers, rebounders, defensive specialists. And you still need a little glue. The player who holds it all together. Most importantly, the player who keeps your team together. When things are […]
History links Orono, Maine – The University of Maine women’s basketball team returns to the Cross Insurance Center for their first home game of the 2022 America East conference when they host the NJIT on Sunday, Jan. 2 at 1 p.m. . After claiming a thrilling victory for Vermont in the conference opener, the Black […]
History links DAYTON – The Wright State men’s basketball team returns the schedule to 2022 on Saturday afternoon as the Raiders host Green Bay at the Nutter Center. Wright State has won three straight games after an 80-75 victory Thursday night over Milwaukee, while Green Bay comes to town after losing its last five games […]
Recently, the Mission Saints women’s college basketball team played a home game against Harbor College in Southern California. Molly Erezo, a Mission Saint, scored 15 points in the win, including a midfield buzzer shot. Her teammate, Dulce Jacobo, clocked a record 13 blocked shots. Both women expressed respect for their coach, Corey Cafferata, a former […]
Tom Izzo’s Michigan State basketball team will be shorthanded in their final non-conference game of the season on Wednesday when High Point travels to Breslin Center. Several players tested positive for COVID-19 upon their return to East Lansing after the Christmas holidays, Izzo said on Tuesday. Starters Marcus Bingham Jr. and Max Christie, as well […]
KARACHI: They idolize NBA players, knowing full well that reaching that level would be beyond them. Even beyond future generations of basketball players raised in Karachi. But they keep playing and in the 16th edition of the week-long Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup here at Aram Bagh Court there was a flurry of action with no less […]
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) – With the announcement of two game cancellations just days apart, the SFA men’s basketball team hasn’t let a tough start to the Christmas holidays hamper a tradition they the program has been going on for several years. Earlier this week, the team shopped for several hours at Nacogdoches Walmart for the […]
Kansas goalie Tristan Enaruna walks past Iowa State goalie Jalen Coleman-Lands, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb.13, 2021, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo / Charlie Neibergall) Charlie neibergall PA The Kansas men’s basketball team had five eligible players who left the program through the transfer portal last […]
December 18, 2021 PEMBROKE – The Lumberton boys’ basketball team lost their first game of the season in the Robeson County shootout semifinal on Friday against St. Pauls. On Saturday, the Pirates rebounded quickly. Lumberton scored the game’s first 11 points and took a 20-point lead in just seven minutes in a 68-30 victory over […]
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ST. AMANT, Louisiana (WAFB) – The community of St. Amant High is rallying around two of their own. After Colby and Jah’leel got stuck in a bad wreck on Hwy 941 Monday night on their way home from basketball practice. “When I opened my eyes I thought it would be a lot worse than it […]
LAPEER, MI – Things may never return to normal for students at Oxford High School after the horrific mass shooting two weeks ago that left four dead and seven injured. But for 32 minutes on Tuesday night, the women’s basketball team had a certain sense of normalcy playing their first game of the season. No […]
As the Kentucky Wildcats experienced the rare and exhilarating rush to hammer LSU’s football jam in October, some of their Commonwealth Stadium fans picked a friend of mine from the stands in his LSU gear. As the UK fans listened to my friend, he stopped them in their tracks saying, “Just wait for basketball season.” […]
LSU’s women’s basketball program is in the midst of a turnaround under coach Kim Mulkey, especially when it comes to shooting. A team at the bottom of the SEC in field goal and 3-point shooting percentage in recent seasons is showing up in national stats this year. The Tigers are 21st in shooting percentage and […]
Last year, the West Burlington High School girls’ basketball team made their first state tournament appearance since 1977, an incredible accomplishment in a season plagued by cancellations, postponements and disruption from COVID-19. This year, Notre Dame is off to a quick start, having won its first five games despite the loss of head coach Jim […]
WESTFORD – The message was pretty clear, “We’re back, baby! On Friday afternoon, those words came from three veteran players of the Westford Academy women’s basketball team, Carly Davey, Abby Chambers and Kate Barnes. Like the rest of their teammates, they were on the gym floor, working out exercises with sweat streaming down their faces. […]
There’s nothing quite like having a little piece of home away from home when you’re not in college. Plymouth-born Teja Andrews, Kylee Grassi and Caroline Tripp resumed Tuesday night when Andrews’ UMass Dartmouth Corsairs women’s college basketball team hosted Grassi and Tripp’s Bridgewater State University team. The Corsairs moved away in the fourth quarter to […]
LeBron James is arguably one of the top three basketball players of all time and has one of the smartest basketball IQs of anyone who has ever set foot on the floor. Something puzzled the Los Angeles Lakers superstar on Thursday night as he prepared to return to NBA action following a COVID alert. He […]
Five of the senior players of the Isfeld men’s basketball team, from left to right: Karman Kandola, Temwa Mtawali, Leo Blake, Kye Kotapski-Tinga and Jasper Halvorson. Photo provided Courtenay basketball players eager to get back on the pitch High school basketball is about to resume play from the regular season. At Courtenay’s Mark Isfeld High […]
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Ahead of Penn’s home opener Tuesday against Lafayette, all but three of the Penn Quakers’ male basketball players were sitting on the team bench during the national anthem, with some joining their arms. Two assistant coaches were seated. Head Coach Steve Donahue stood just past the end of the bench. The discussion is not over, […]
Two Duke basketball players were charged on Sunday morning, according to a report. It was a Tuesday morning to forget about Duke’s basketball schedule as Stephen Wiseman of the News & Observer reported that two Blue Devils face legal action from the weekend. Junior Guard Michel savarino and forward freshman Paolo Banchero were the two […]
The excitement in the Grain Valley High School gymnasium was evident from the moment the members of the women’s basketball team entered. They rushed to the sidelines, unpacked their backpacks, slipped on their sneakers and hit the pitch for their first after-school training in two years. Due to the pandemic, practices last year took place […]
On the basketball court, the Ithaca College Women’s Basketball Team has the chemistry, camaraderie, and cohesion of a championship team. However, the team isn’t just promoting their connection to the Ben Light Gymnasium – the team has bonded at the off-campus house where three of the team’s seniors live. Currently three elderly – Lindsey Albertelli, […]
The players of a basketball team from Castel Voltuno (Caserta, Italy) have been banned from participating in the U17 and U19 national championships because they are not Italian citizens. The Italian Basketball Federation’s decision sparked controversy and political debate over discrimination. The players of the Tam Tam Basket team from Castel Volturno (Caserta) in Campania […]
Earlier this month, the City of Mount Clemens Commission approved the official name for a community centre’s basketball courts, the Ved Green Memorial Basketball Courts. Green was the girls’ basketball coach at Mount Clemens High School. Advertising MOUNT CLEMENS – The city’s basketball courts have officially a new name. Earlier this month, the City of […]
Breadcrumb Links News Local news The outgoing mayor announced Thursday that in the event of re-election, her administration would transform 15 vacant lots into sports fields. Author of the article: Brendan Kelly • Montreal Gazette Release date : October 15, 2021 • October 15, 2021 • 3 minutes to read • Join the conversation “We […]
CINCINNATI – How cool would it be to have a piece of your favorite basketball team’s basketball court? Like the one LeBron played in Cleveland to win the world title, for example. A Cincinnati business is making this a reality. What would you like to know Artsman, a local Cincinnati company, is the only one […]
Are basketball players the best athletes in sport? This has been widely speculated in part because many started their athletic journey on hardwood before moving on to the soccer field. There are quite a few who have managed to adapt to the NFL. Some were dual sport university students. Some have found the football life […]
Number 34 has been worn by many notable NFL players – Bo Jackson, Hirschell Walker, Walter Payton. If the number is synonymous with greatness, it rings more than true for a late Ridgefielder who also found success wearing it, but his game was basketball. On September 11, 2001, Tyler Ugolyn was on the 93rd floor […]
Number 34 has been worn by many notable NFL players – Bo Jackson, Hirschell Walker, Walter Payton. If the number is synonymous with greatness, it rings more than true for a late Ridgefielder who also found success wearing it, but his game was basketball. On September 11, 2001, Tyler Ugolyn was on the 93rd floor […]
item UWM CEO Mat Ishbia and former MSU basketball player. FOX 2 – Mat Ishbia helped the Michigan State Spartans on the field, and he helped them out. United Wholesale Mortgage CEO Mat Ishbia has designed the perfect game to help MSU athletes capitalize on their name, image and likeness. The company will sponsor all […]
Kobe Bryant’s far-reaching basketball legacy will now be reinforced at the Tustin Playground in West Philly. Two new basketball courts honoring the late Hall of Famer and his daughter Gianna will arrive at Overbrook Park this fall, the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation has announced. The foundation was established in honor of the Black Mamba […]
Chances are, a walk in West Lampeter Township will take you past Village Park and the large progress indicator that runs along Village Road. The meter shows how much was raised for the park’s $ 2.5 million project. The project aims to create or improve sports facilities on the entire 52-acre lot. Construction began last […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Texas A&M University men’s basketball team has a record five student-athletes who have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Court of Honor- ball 2020-21, recognizing male college basketball student-athletes who excelled academically over the past season. The NABC Court of Honor recognizes the talents and gifts these […]
GOSHEN – It always looked like Roger Moore would be working on court one and Lee “Ray” Comer on court two. And while neither man is physically on those courts anymore, they’re there in spirit this week. At Elkhart County’s first 4-H fair since the deaths of the two men, banners hang from the fence […]
Ryan Rogers lost his battle with brain cancer in April. Her family and others are raising money to renovate the courts. FALMOUTH, Maine – The popular basketball courts in Falmouth have been named “Ryan Roger’s Memorial Courts” after Ryan Rogers, 28, lost his battle with brain cancer in April. “He ate, slept and drank basketball,” […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – While a sprained ankle may have slowed Donovan Mitchell on the training grounds this summer, his charitable work on the field hasn’t stopped. Working with Adidas with the launch of his new sneaker, the DON Issue # 3, the Utah Jazz goalie donated basketball courts to New York’s Children’s Village […]
Ryan Rogers of Falmouth died in April at the age of 28. The Ryan Rogers Memorial Courts at Huston School Park pay homage to him. Contribution / The Rogers Family Ryan Rogers’ joy of bringing people together will live at Huston School Park in Falmouth, where the two basketball courts have been named in his […]
The driving force finds Lake Norman’s Madison Saunders earning a spot on the Iredell County women’s basketball first team. Emerging from a crowd, Lake Norman sophomore Kirsten Lewis-Williams is one of the youngest players named to the […]
Mark Rogers on one of the pickleball courts at Cypress Park on January 19. {Photo by Jen Russon}. By: Jen Russon Last summer, the city of Coral Springs responded to complaints of profanity on four of its basketball courts by replacing them with pickleball — and Mark Rogers and his daughter, Alison, aren’t the only […]
History links Next game: Mount St. Joseph University 1/2/2021 | 5:00 p.m. ESPN Louisville (93.9 City) LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Forget New Year’s Eve. The real celebration of the Bellarmine University men’s basketball team was on New Years Day at Freedom Hall. Bellarmine opened 2021 with a dazzling performance against Transylvania on Friday, winning their first […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — High school basketball programs are eager to get back into the game after the pandemic put the sport on hiatus. As the new school year begins, many coaches are encouraging their students to focus on success in the classroom in addition to the basketball court to maximize their college options. […]
SOUTH CURVE The ring may be the thing, but in this case, for much more than just the bling. When Marina Mabrey watches her National Championship squad she doesn’t just see the sparks dancing on top of that boulder. She sees the journey. “I don’t think of it as a ring, but more of a […]
You stood in line to fight the winter cold waiting for the doors to open. And when you finally walked in and the place opened up before your eyes, it was magical. Or you sat basking in the last light as the summer sun set while the action unfolded just yards away. Whether you parked […]