Pasco, WA When Anthony Owens accepted the the men’s head basketball coaching job at Columbia Basin College earlier this year, he was unaware that it came with a bonus: a new gymnasium in a few years. “I found out about it after the fact,” said Owens. “(CBC athletic director) Scott […]
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The NBA bubble has held. So has the NHL’s double bubble. The WNBA and MLS, no leaks. In this unprecedented landscape of sports in a pandemic world, one indisputable fact has emerged: bubbles work. Thousands of tests, minimal to no positive COVID-19 test results. So as the NCAA gets set […]
We like you and we’re interested, but we want to see you play live. The head coach will be coming out to see you. I look forward to watching you on the AAU trail this summer. Mid-level college basketball prospects hear some version of these phrases over and over from […]
The head coach will be coming out to see you. Mid-level college basketball prospects hear some version of these phrases over and over from programs in conversations with coaches throughout high school. The fate of their careers, delivered in the form of an official offer, is often determined by their […]
Taloma Miller looks through a stack of photos of her late son Semaj and lingers on a school portrait of him when he was much younger. Semaj Miller, a 14-year-old basketball player with NBA potential according to some, was shot and killed in Compton on July 29. (Jason Armond / […]
LeBron James had just finished a 30-minute workout and lay on the court wearing sweatpants just a shade darker than the gray in his beard. From a pocket he pulled out a plastic wristband imprinted with a Lakers logo and the outline of Mickey Mouse. It’s called a MagicBand. For […]
Long before the Indians played in the state championship game at Broadmoor World Arena last month, vying for the program’s first title, there was always the whisper that this 4A team on the Western Slope could make some noise, at least in the mind of two-time Southwestern League Player of […]
The days crawled at the Federal Correctional Institution in Morgantown, W. Va., as the prisoner paced in his cell, laid on his bed, stared at the walls. He waited for meals, recreation time, even sleep – anything that would make the clock move faster and the agonizing slow days fall […]
Kansas and USC will meet Monday on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament with a gap withinside the Sweet sixteen at the line. The Jayhawks, seeded 1/3 withinside the West Region, are scheduled to play the No. 6-seed Trojans at 9:forty p.m. ET March 22 on CBS. Several on-line streaming offerings […]
Feb. 18—FAIRMONT — While passing a basketball between a team of kids from different areas of Marion County is not the best activity idea during a pandemic, the Marion County Parks and Recreation Commission has created a new way to teach kids the fundamentals of basketball. MCPARC normally hosts a […]
WHITESBORO – Just like Zoom meetings and virtual game nights, livestreamed sporting events have become a routine of pandemic-era life. According to a release, Middle Township has now put a new twist on the trend by bringing livestreaming to youth rec sports. The Middle Township Recreation Department pulled together a […]
Tom Noie, South Bend Tribune Published 7:56 a.m. ET Jan. 6, 2021 CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Scott Gleeson breaks down the latest Ferris Mowers Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll. USA TODAY SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Ryan Ayers, a former Notre Dame men’s basketball assistant coach who left the program abruptly prior […]
Around this time a year ago, twenty-three Lancaster-Lebanon League boys basketball games were getting ready to begin their seasons in tip-off tournaments. Juxtapose that with the current conditions, as just one Lancaster-Lebanon League boys basketball team is scheduled to tip off its seasons this Saturday, when Lebanon travels to Wilson […]
CLOSE New Mexico State head men’s basketball coach Chris Jans leads a meeting at the team’s temporary headquarters at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa. (Photo: New Mexico State University Athletics) If or when Chris Jans sits down to write his memoirs of a life in basketball, 2020 will be a big part […]