Amir Johnson

Owens will stay in-state and plans to play College Basketball for Coach Mike Jones and the Radford Highlanders of the Big South Conference. A preferred walk-on for the Highlanders who will get an opportunity to earn a scholarship there ...  

Owens will stay in-state and plans to play College Basketball for Coach Mike Jones and the Radford Highlanders of the Big South Conference. A preferred walk-on for the Highlanders who will get an opportunity to earn a scholarship there ...  

"I don't think both of them will be on the roster when training camp opens," writes Smith, "but I cannot tell you for certain which one might be moved and for what. It's a logjam that I think [GM Bryan Colangelo] will come to realize he has to address.  

RADFORD, Va. – Gardner-Webb sophomore pitcher Jessica Childers struck out a season-high 12 batters but it wasn’t enough as the Runnin’ Bulldogs fell to the top-seeded Radford Highlanders 1-0 in 10 inning at the 2012 Big South Conference softball ...  

Smith, the only athlete to qualify for this year’s VHSL state meet in both swimming and diving events, will receive a partial scholarship to compete for the Highlanders ... said she fell in love with the Radford campus and swimming program ...  

TORONTO — Amir Johnson does not paint a pretty picture. Thankfully, he does not get specific in describing the various stages of what his left foot has looked like this year. “The ankle’s been fine. It’s actually starting to look like a ...  

Marshall’s Ryan Hopkins throws a pitch during a game against Radford at Linda K. Epling Stadium Tuesday in Beckley. Thundering Herd starter Wayland Moore failed to record an out, allowing three first-inning runs, as the Highlanders won the game 8-2.  

He's scored four or less in three of his last five games, but was coming off a two-game run where he'd averaged 11 points and nine rebounds. He hasn't blocked a shot in three straight games, and is a very shaky fantasy play right now.  

Amir Johnson Highlights August 18, 2009 - The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday they have acquired forward Amir Johnson and guard-forward Sonny Weems from the Milwaukee Bucks for guard-forward ...  

It wasn't pretty and again, all we can do is ask for that type of effort." Alan Anderson had 13 of his 17 points in the third quarter and Amir Johnson finished with 16 for Toronto. Ed Davis added 11 points and 10 rebounds and Jose Calderon had 14 assists.  

Linas Kleiza scored 18 points — all in the fourth quarter — as the Raptors tried to rally from a 15-point deficit at the start of the period. David Anderson had 17 points and Amir Johnson 16 for Toronto. Ed Davis added 11 points and 10 rebounds and ...  

HPU faced jams in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, as Radford loaded the bases with one out or fewer in all three. But it was able to limit the Highlanders to single runs in the fourth and sixth and escape unscathed with a double play in the fifth.  

Ryan Burgess, a native of Richmond, Virginia, comes to the Mainers from the Radford University Highlanders' squad. Joining the likes of current teammate Brett Mollenhaur and many others prior, this left hander adds to the list of Highlanders who ...  

David Anderson had 17 points and Amir Johnson 16 for Toronto. Ed Davis added 11 points and 10 rebounds and Ivan Calderon had 14 assists. Magic 119, Pacers 89 ORLANDO, Fla. - Jason Richardson hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points, J.J. Redick ...  

on Thursday at Radford University Softball Field. The Mountaineers fell to 12-3 on the season and 0-2 in extra-inning contests as the Highlanders improve to 14-8 and 11-6 all-time against the Apps. The Highlanders struck first in the bottom half of the ...  

Radford’s starting pitcher Jake Palese lost his first game of the season after lasting two and one-third of an inning and allowing five earned runs. Daniel Wright led the Highlanders at the plate with a two-RBI double down the third base line ...  

Radford got on the scoreboard with two runs on two hits ... Mack and Zach Costello each had two hits to lead the Highlanders at the plate, while Wright was 1-for-4 with the only two Highlander RBIs of the day. The Bucs get set to hit the road ...  

The High Point University baseball team will go for the series win against Radford with a doubleheader beginning ... record 17 batters on Friday on the way to a 4-2 win over the Highlanders. Ryan Retz went 5-1/3 innings on Friday to improve ...  

The final out was recorded at 11:55 p.m. After the delay, the teams were tied entering the fifth when Radford scored on a Jeff Kemp run-scoring triple and a Matt Hillsinger RBI single.  The Highlanders then pulled away from the two-run game ...  

We will fight to get the truth.' On the possibility of a future rematch against Khan, Johnson said: 'We would love to fight Amir Khan again. That's going to be up to Amir Khan. 'We don't have a problem. We would love to make it happen. That's why he ...  

Now, let's say that they want a more expensive player in return, they could add Amir Johnson's salary to the mix (assuming the other side wants Johnson in return) and all of a sudden a $12.1-million window becomes a $17.6-million window. There are all ...  

Radford (21-10, 7-2 Big South), meanwhile, currently sits atop the Big South conference and has won 13 of its last 15 games. Led by sixth-year coach Mickey Dean, the Highlanders have found a good balance between pitching and hitting — they are batting  

When they did, they only needed one inning to put away the undermanned Radford Highlanders. Tennessee sent 13 to the plate in the decisive fifth inning when they scored all of their runs in an 8-2 victory. Here is more on the game from the University of ...  

When they did, they only needed one inning to put away the undermanned Radford Highlanders. Tennessee sent 13 to the plate in the decisive fifth inning when they scored all of their runs in an 8-2 victory. Here is more on the game from the University of ...  

With his second career loss under his belt, Amir came back out and strung together back-to-back victories over Peter Sobotta (decision) and DaMarques Johnson (submission via strikes). Before facing Johnson, Amir was originally scheduled to face Duane ...  

Radford (21-10, 7-2 Big South), meanwhile, currently sits atop the Big South conference and has won 13 of its last 15 games. Led by sixth-year coach Mickey Dean, the Highlanders have found a good balance between pitching and hitting — they are batting  

Oklahoma City Thunder's small forward Kevin Durant (35) is fouled by Toronto Raptors' center Jamaal Magloire (R), as small forward James Johnson (L) and power forward Amir Johnson defend during their NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma April 8 ...  

So long as he’s starting, Redick is definitely worth owning. Amir Johnson: 16 Pts, 1 three, 7 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl; Johnson could see a nice boost in value so long as Andrea Bargnani is out with a calf injury. Greivis Vasquez: 18 Pts, 5 threes, 11 Ast ...  

James reached high with his right arm to make a one-handed catch near the 3-point line, whirled around to find both James Johnson and Amir Johnson in his path, dribbled once and laid the ball in just before the halftime horn sounded. By the time the shot ...  

Toronto led by five going into the fourth quarter. Notes: Raptors coach Dwane Casey started James Johnson instead of Aaron Gray, moving Amir Johnson to center. ... Asked if he or the team would keep an eye on the 76ers' score during the game, Bucks coach ...  

After Bargnani there are nothing but positional battles to sort through. The first is who gets to act as Bargnani's backup: Amir Johnson or Ed Davis. Coming into this season, most thought this was Davis' job to lose. Unfortunately for him, he appears to ...  

Even though Jamaal Magloire will start, Amir Johnson, James Johnson and Ed Davis figure to play a ton of minutes up front as the Raptors wrap up the season. Gray heads into free agency as a mere big body that has never topped 4.3 points per game in a season.  

TORONTO, April 27, 2012 /CNW/ - Join Toronto Raptor Amir Johnson on Saturday, April 28, 2012 as he celebrates his birthday with fans at Cold Stone Creamery. Since last year the Bloor Street Tim Hortons Cold Stone Creamery co-branded location has carried '3 ...  

In all, only seven of Toronto’s nine healthy players made it onto the court. Amir Johnson and Linas Kleiza both dressed but did not play. Anderson made a trio of 3-pointers as the Raptors opened a 17-2 lead with 7:27 left in the first, but New Jersey cut ...  

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MONETA -- There was nothing unlucky about Friday the 13th for the Radford University fishing duo of Justin Witten and Travis Cox. On that fateful day where one should avoid walking under ladders and spotting black cats, this pair of Highlanders were ...  

Glenvar, Floyd and Radford (10-9) will compete in the Region C Division 2 tournament, while Auburn (12-10) will be in the Region C Division I playoffs. Auburn scored three runs in the top of the sixth to grab a 5-4 lead over Glenvar. The Highlanders loaded ...  

With Radford going with potential early-round draft pick Eddie ... Dogs fell into the lower bracket of the double-elimination event after bowing 8-2 to the Highlanders. Nest they’ll face Charleston Southern, which dropped a 9-8 decision to top-seed ...  

Wheaton Academy sophomore shortstop Marissa Gagliano has verbally committed to play her college softball at NCAA Division I Radford (Va.). The Highlanders, led by former Chicago Bandits coach Mickey Dean, qualified for the 2009 and 2010 NCAA tournaments.  

Bleacher Report was on scene in New Orleans to capture all the sights and sounds of the Big Easy prior to the big NCAA Final Four games: Louisville vs. Kentucky and Kansas vs. Ohio State! Loud and passionate fans of all four teams packed New Orleans to ...  

Josh Pastner (Getty Images)Josh Pastner may be the first college basketball coach ever to blame his wife after committing a minor NCAA violation. Late Tuesday night, Pastner used the University of Memphis' men's basketball Twitter account to inadvertently ...  

Jimmy Kimmel is doing his best Jerry MaGuire impression on national television. Apparently, Kimmel felt it was important for him to do his part on the behalf of UNLV. The comedian and late-night TV host tweeted high school All-American forward Anthony ...  

A trio of State Fair Community College basketball players are going Division I. Antonin Galaya and Alfonzo Houston have signed to play at NCAA Division I North Carolina Central, of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, next season in Durham, N.C. North ...  

With his trademark fade haircut, a twitter account with more than 50,000 followers and status as the best big man in high school basketball, Nerlens Noel was given the royal treatment whenever he took his unofficial visits to colleges. Now the NCAA wants ...  

Joseph Price didn't have to wait long to learn the specific challenges he'll face as Grambling's new men's basketball coach. Walter Harrison, the NCAA Division-I Committee on Academic Performance, notified Grambling President Frank Pogue on Friday of the ...  

What had been rumor and speculation in college basketball circles for years now has some teeth: The remarkable turnaround of Baylor's basketball program was not so clean. The same for its women's basketball team, too. According to a report by ESPN.com ...  

WACO, Texas (AP) The NCAA has put Baylor on three years of probation after a three-year investigation into hundreds of impermissible telephone calls and text messages sent by basketball coaches to prep recruits. The NCAA and school released the details ...  

Head coach is sometimes the most underrated position in sports. There have already been a total of 35 changes among the ranks of NCAA college basketball coaches since the end of the 2011-2012 season. Some coaches were hired, some were fired, and some ...  

The Winthrop baseball team opened its three-game series with the Radford Highlanders on Friday afternoon by splitting a doubleheader at home. The Eagles dropped the first game 7-1 before winning the second game 9-8 in 10 innings on Tyler Donovan ...  

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- The Toledo men's basketball team will be banned from next year's postseason because of past academic problems after the NCAA denied the school's appeal. The ban stems from several years of below-standard scores on the NCAA's ...  

The removal of slippery decals from basketball courts -- something we can all agree on-- isn't the only recommendation the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Rules Committees (MWBRC?) made to the Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP -- now there's ...  

Amir Khan's rematch with Lamont Peterson is in doubt after ... light-welterweight titles by split decision on December 10. Peterson's publicist Andre Johnson issued a statement to RingTV.com on behalf of the fighter and his manager Barry Hunter ...  

Luke Dunn had three goals for the 'Canes, while Nick Johnson tallied twice with an assist ... 5½ feet and won the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.9 seconds, and Taj Amir Torres won the 100 in 11.3 seconds and the 200 in 23.5 to pace the Hurricanes ...  

to Radford University, where he thought he had a good chance ... Smith, a sophomore, didn't. He threw himself into the Highlanders' sports scene. His work caught the eye of Ray Cox, a sports writer in the New River Valley bureau for The Roanoke ...  

WACO, Texas — The Baylor basketball programs may be in trouble with the NCAA after an investigation found coaches made more than 1,200 impermissible calls and text messages to prospects over a 29-month span dating to 2008. ESPN.com reported the ...  

Alan Anderson had 13 of his 17 points in the third quarter and Amir Johnson finished with 16 for Toronto. Ed Davis added 11 points and 10 rebounds. In Charlotte, North Carolina, Jordan Crawford scored 20 points and Washington got 67 points from ...  

Many Michigan basketball fans see 2013 as the end of the Ed Martin booster scandal. According to the NCAA sanctions handed out a decade earlier, the Michigan athletic department will no longer be banned from associating with and recognizing the ...  

That will need to change. “A lot of the mistakes we lived through this year can’t be tolerated,” Casey said. Big man Amir Johnson knows that many of the fans who will attend Thursday’s finale against New Jersey — note the new 7 p.m. start time ...  

With both teams eyeing a chance to increase their lottery odds by a few percentage points, most of the team’s regular contributors were in street clothes: Jose Calderon, Andrea Bargnani, DeMar DeRozan, Linas Kleiza, Amir Johnson and Aaron Gray ...  

ATLANTA—All three divisions of NCAA men's basketball will see their 2013 national champions crowned during Final Four weekend in Atlanta. The NCAA has announced that for the first time, the Division II and Division III titles will be awarded ...  

Aprilli Johnson was at home with her 13-year-old child and when the would-be burglars saw her watching them, they fled, officers said. Amir Smith, 20, and Terrance Stokes, 19, along with two other people, ages 15 and 17, were taken into custody.  

The UK men's tennis team made short work of Radford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, beating the Highlanders 4-0 The No. 6 Wildcats move to the second round, where they'll face Indiana. The Hoosiers beat the University of ...  

Mark Lewis, a long snapper for the Bulldogs in the late 1980s and a veteran sports-business executive, was named the NCAA’s executive vice president for championships and alliances. He will oversee the NCAA basketball tournament and 88 other ...  

Casey said Amir Johnson’s back is feeling better and he should suit up, but the coach also said he had not even seen the results of Bargnani’s calf evaluations — so don’t expect to see him anytime soon — and inferred that Linas Kleiza (knee ...  

BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) — The NCAA has sanctioned the men's basketball team at Southwest Baptist University after an investigation found hundreds of impermissible text messages sent to prospective athletes. Penalties include one year of probation ...  

From the wreckage of a rematch that never was, Amir Khan moves on, hoping to fight again soon ... Peterson's publicist Andre Johnson has again insisted that the 28-year-old has done nothing wrong, telling Sky: "He has been boxing for 18 years.  

Amir Khan has spoken of his 'shock' after his world light-welterweight ... and the fight that we had last time will be a no-contest.' Peterson's publicist Andre Johnson defended the fighter claiming he had not deliberately done anything wrong.  

Radford University’s Brett Mollenhauer went through his discovery period in that regard last year. Perhaps  trying to do too much in an effort to attract some professional baseball attention in 2011, the Highlanders infielder who made the ...  

Singles: Kristen Forcher (G) defeated Nur Amir 6-0, 6-0; Anna Babbin (G ... Olivia Tabaka (S) 8-1; Amanda Johnson (S) def. Emily Fanzatti (SH) 8-1 Doubles: Danielle Sahni/Shannon Landock (S) def. Eladia Watkins/Francesca Chieffo (SH) 8-2 ...  

I love Quora. With the possible exception of Twitter, it is my favorite social network/Web 2.0 thingamajig, primarily because it’s so smart. Tech nerds and early adopters parry thoughtful questions and legitimate answers while I sit back ...  

When a leak appeared in Mississippi Valley State's gym roof and warped the floor, basketball practice became impossible just as the 2010-11 season was getting under way. The displaced Delta Devils — who had made the NCAA men's basketball ...  

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Small programs, much like the Ohio Bobcats, have found ways to compete in the NCAA tournament. A few years ago, I took a road trip with the Alcorn State basketball team to see how the other half of Division I lives.  

Joseph Price didn’t have to wait long to learn the specific challenges he’ll face as Grambling’s new men’s basketball coach. Walter Harrison, the NCAA Division-I Committee on Academic Performance, notified Grambling President Frank Pogue ...  

The men, Amir Smith, 20, Terrance Stokes, 19, and two juveniles ages 15 and 17, saw Johnson watching them and took off, Walden said. Johnson watched where they ran off to and sent police right to them, Walden said. Smith, Stokes and the ...  

“This is a first in the history of NCAA basketball, and our membership is energized to play all three men’s championships games in the same city during the same weekend as a unique and special way to celebrate 75 years of March Madness ...  

Prosecutors plan to take the case of missing Columbia child Amir Jennings to the Richland County grand ... is proceeding to the grand jury May 10,” Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson confirmed Monday. Since Dec. 29, Zinah Jennings, 23 ...  

In all, only seven of Toronto's nine healthy players made it onto the court. Amir Johnson and Linas Kleiza both dressed but did not play. Anderson made a trio of 3-pointers as the Raptors opened a 17-2 lead with 7:27 left in the first ...  

In all, only seven of Toronto's nine healthy players made it onto the court. Amir Johnson and Linas Kleiza both dressed but did not play. Anderson made a trio of 3-pointers as the Raptors opened a 17-2 lead with 7:27 left in the first ...  

CHARLES TRAINOR JR / Staff Photo Miami Heat's Udonis Haslem shoots against Raptors' Amir Johnson during the first quarter of the Miami Heat vs Toronto Raptors NBA game at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. Wednesday, April 18, 2012.  

Memorably during the season, Johnson offered Lester money to knock out Wilks ... He was supposed to fight against Amir Sadollah last March but was forced out due to a serious knee injury. Wilks retires with a 7-4 career record.  

Pogue did meet with the NCAA last month to discuss plans to improve the program ... Whether or not Price is able to turn things around will ultimately impact far more than just the basketball program at Grambling.  

Toronto started forward Amir Johnson in place of Bargnani during a Wednesday night loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Raptors host the Boston Celtics on Friday night.