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Ekmark's mind kept going back to Connecticut. Now the 6-foot shooting guard/wing is the first 2014 player to commit to the Huskies. She did so on Monday night. "She really liked ASU and Charlie (Turner Thorne) and wanted to stay home ...  

Forwards Nisha Barrett and Haley Videckis signed with Arizona State women's basketball after visiting last weekend ... She averaged 18.9 points and 12 rebounds and is a "fantastic shot blocker," ASU coach Charli Turner Thorne said.  

Ever since the 3rd grade, Egor Koulechov dreamed of playing college basketball in the United States. The first step in that journey took place last summer when the Russian native moved from his home in Israel to Florida. Tuesday night that journey took a significant leap to being a reality as the Weston Sagemont High School forward committed to the Sun Devils.  

Koulechov chose ASU over Rutgers, Providence, Richmond and Alabama-Birmingham. Ross said ASU coach Herb Sendek and assistant Scott Pera traveled to watch Koulechov six times last season. “They spent a lot of time and energy recruiting him,” he said.  

“Nakiya Smith is the only junior College player that we signed,” Jackson Freeman said.  “Although we signed some really good guards from last season we felt that we needed another 2-3 type of player that could play the one thru the three.  

ASU's men's basketball adds six players to incoming classWSFAHe is a kid who has played on the highest level of basketball and understands what his role has been on the teams he has played on under Coach James Jackson. He can score and he can rebound and we are really excited to get someone of his talent because ...and more »  

Throughout his coaching career, Herb Sendek has shown a proclivity for adding to his program foreign-born players who could shoot the basketball. It shouldn't be a surprise, then, that Arizona State's first commitment of the 2013 class is a such a player.  

The Rams have struggled in recent years on the basketball court but ... At any given moment, they can make a play above the rim, and that’s what we are looking for. We didn’t just want big guys making plays above the rim, but we wanted ...  

AMMAN — The first round of the Premier Basketball League has concluded with four teams flying off to the final four play-offs. Kufr Youba, ASU, Orthodoxi and Riyadi will contest the last round before the title deciding best-of-five play-offs. Wihdat and ...  

In James' first season of organized basketball, he was the best player on an undefeated team, but everyone on the roster got an MVP trophy from coach Frank Walker Sr. "Right then and there, I knew that this is what I wanted to do," James said Friday.  

Bob Huggins, the West Virginia men's basketball head coach, is still considered a bit underrated when you talk about legendary coaches in college basketball. The former Cincinnati and Kansas State coach is one of the winningest active coaches in Division I ...  

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Nelson returned to the University of Iowa on Saturday to receive his bachelor's degree in physical education, 50 years after leaving school for the NBA. Nelson left school in 1962 needing to finish eight ...  

And so the folks in Miami holding these grand championship plans, and the TV networks warily watching the bottom line, and anyone who just wants compelling basketball this time of year will now await the verdict on the next player who left the court ...  

The U.S. men's basketball team has more time to solve the problems caused by its injuries. The Americans have been granted an extension from the U.S. Olympic Committee and won't have to name their roster until July 8, pushed back from June 18. That will ...  

Charlotte finished last season 7-59, the worst winning percentage in NBA history (.106). Bobcats president of basketball operations Rod Higgins and general manager Rich Cho are leading the coaching search and have been on the West coast this week where ...  

Believe it or not, basketball fans, the NBA playoffs are still slogging on. That’s the first round of the playoffs. Given how frenetic and fast-paced the regular season was, this playoffs feels like a Helen Mirren movie playing one door over from a Jason ...  

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A judge on Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit brought against Syracuse University and men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim by two men who said the Hall of Fame coach slandered them when he said their accusations of sexual abuse against ...  

The U.S. women's Olympic basketball team will begin its quest for a fifth straight gold medal in London against China, Angola and three other teams from the qualifying tournament. The U.S. women's Olympic basketball team will begin its quest for a fifth ...  

The Celtics didn’t play their best basketball of the postseason Friday night, but they got the win nonetheless. That victory puts them in prime position to take a stranglehold on the series if they can protect their home floor tonight. Game 3 went to ...  

The victory was as thrilling as the title that came with it. The Don Estridge Middle School boys' basketball team recently secured their second county championship in that sport with a one-point win on their home court over a previously undefeated opponent.  

The excitement of March Madness is something that only comes around once a year. As the month of March draws near, college hoops fans start their preparations for blowout March Madness parties. Once the big screen televisions have been procured, party ...  

Pitt's chances of winning one final Big East championship on its way out the door got a whole lot better Friday afternoon when the NCAA ruled transfer Trey Zeigler eligible for the upcoming season. Zeigler transferred to Pitt last month after spending his ...  

They've won 18 straight games, gone 8-0 in the playoffs and have evolved into almost a basketball machine. They don't possess anything all that intimidating except for their style of play. There's something special about them and unfortunately for OKC ...  

The additions of Missouri and Texas A to the SEC ensured the league would have to change the way it schedules its basketball games because, any way you slice it, a 14-school league is more difficult to manage than a 12-school league. Blame football and ...  

The NBA wants to pull basketball's top players out of future Olympic Games and model the competition on the Under 23 format used in football. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the original United States 'Dream Team', the squad featuring Michael ...  

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NBA's Basketball without Borders camps will go to Tokyo and Moscow for the first time. South Africa also will host a camp for the 10th time, the league and FIBA announced Wednesday. Led by Dikembe Mutombo and Sam Dalembert, the Tokyo ...  

Was an assistant/lower-level coach at Hononegah High School, which plays in same league with Rockford schools In just 15 words Tuesday night, Warren superintendent Dr. Philip Sobocinski accurately summed up the hiring of Ryan Webber as the Blue Devils ...  

Year-round schooling. Baby boomers date-nighting. Insatiable appetites DVRing, VODemanding, online streaming. March madness game changing ("Hunger Games," not basketball, $358 million and counting). A short way to say popcorn is not just for summer anymore.  

Big things were expected from Damontre Harris and Anthony Gill. Both players have showcased plenty of talent during their young careers at South Carolina and were expected to step up for new coach Frank Martin in 2012-2013. Unfortunately for the Gamecocks ...  

KENTUCKY: Kentucky guard Marquis Teague, right, celebrates with teammates at the end of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game against Kansas in New Orleans. The Wildcats won their eighth NCAA title after a 67-59 victory.  

He averaged 14.8 points in his one season at Florida and almost single-handedly carried the Gators much farther in March Madness than anyone had predicted. That deep run only enhanced his draft stock, which was already soaring after his high school campaign.  

SAN DIEGO — A California man has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he was part of a betting ring involving the University of San Diego’s basketball team. Richard Thweni of El Cajon (kuh-HOHN’) pleaded guilty Thursday in San Diego to conspiracy ...  

Off the court, Breanna Stewart and Shabazz ­Muhammad are typical text-crazy, movie-­loving teens. (She likes rom-coms; he prefers action flicks.) But put a basketball in their hands and they’re superstars. The high school seniors top PARADE's annual ...  

Fadi Hassan Faraj pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder for shooting and killing another man on a Dearborn basketball court last July. Faraj admitted in court that he got into a fight with 23-year-old Hassan Zeidan over a pick-up game of basketball ...  

In games, in seasons and, as we've been watching, in a playoff series. Any sport that places a premium on speed -- basketball, boxing, football, hockey, soccer, tennis -- places a premium on fresh, young legs. The Mavericks have old legs -- and those old ...  

This past winter felt like a page-turning kind of season for Osbourn boys’ basketball Coach Mike Dufrene, and this week he announced that he was stepping down after 14 years at his alma mater. The Eagles’ top seven scorers, including Dufrene’s son ...  

Jay Triano, the presumptive choice to coach the suddenly sexy Canadian men's basketball team, wasn't keen to discuss his employment situation, his relation-ship with Basketball Canada or, for that matter, his working friendship with Steve Nash, the newly ...  

SALT LAKE CITY — Seventeen-year-old prep basketball sensation Jabari Parker graces the cover of this week's issue of Sports Illustrated, although the national publication rarely produces a cover story on a high school athlete. In an exclusive story, the ...  

The duo sold a pitch for an hourlong project that features the sex, money and power that accompany the world of pro sports. Jeff Nathanson and Gavin Polone are bringing their own brand of sports dramedy to HBO. PHOTOS: 'True Blood' Season 5 Character ...  

Someone tell Bob Knight ... Kentucky basketball players do go to class. This news is probably a bigger deal than any other team's report card because of comments from people like Knight (who mistakenly said last spring that Kentucky players played in the ...  

Plus, there's that guy in the glasses, probably named Grayson. And, whoa, hey, Jeremy Schaap. (AP) One of the cute, necessary things about Ivy League basketball: it plays league games on back-to-back nights, Fridays and Saturdays, to accommodate the ...  

"There is always luck in basketball and we didn't get much luck today," said Nuggets coach George Karl. The Lakers can advance to the second round with a victory in game five on Tuesday at home. There were 18 lead changes in Sunday's game as neither team ...  

That's easy. If she's a basketball fan here in Boston, you buy her Celtics gear. Obviously there are quite a few potential gifts out there to choose from. The hardest part is simply trying to figure out just the right thing to get her and it's important to ...  

The NCAA is looking at Nerlens Noel, USA TODAY's All-USA boys basketball player of the year. However, Kentucky, the school Noel has signed with, said it has not been contacted by NCAA investigators regarding Noel's recruitment. A New York Times report ...  

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/04/2044178/report-finds-academic-fraud-evidence.html#storylink=cpy So what does college basketball have to do with this? Some UNC hoops fellas (as many as 23, though the number could be lower) took some ...  

A lot of recruits want to stay close to home. Lexus Williams, however, was looking for a place like home. The Chicago product found both at Valparaiso. From the coaching staff, to the emphasis on academics to the small-school feel, Williams — a 5-11 ...  

MIAMI: New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin says he is erring on the side of caution by not rushing back into the NBA playoffs so he can give his surgically repaired knee more time to heal. "They said I need to be able to just trust the knee and right now ...  

It was a March Madness to remember for the students and Parent Teachers Organization at Woodsdale Elementary School. Each spring, students purchase $5 raffle tickets for the chance to win a prize each school day during the month of March. The PTO ...  

KENTUCKY: Kentucky guard Marquis Teague, right, celebrates with teammates at the end of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game against Kansas in New Orleans. The Wildcats won their eighth NCAA title after a 67-59 victory.  

Amile Jefferson has committed to Duke, giving the Blue Devils one of the top incoming freshman in the country. In looking at Amile Jefferson, Duke is getting exactly what they need. They are getting a 6'7", 190 lb. power forward with well-polished skills.  

SALT LAKE CITY — Seventeen-year-old prep basketball sensation Jabari Parker graces the cover of this week's issue of Sports Illustrated, although the national publication rarely produces a cover story on a high school athlete. In an exclusive story, the ...  

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. -- A man who was playing basketball and drinking at a San Leandro elementary school Thursday night suffered a head injury in an apparent attack, a San Leandro police lieutenant said. A janitor at Roosevelt Elementary School, located at ...  

DALLAS -- Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle is at the end of his four-year contract, but president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said Sunday that the franchise's lone championship coach isn't getting away. "He likes us, we like him and those ...  

Nominations for the Social Madness challenge are finished, and the Columbus-area field is more than double the size of the March Madness college basketball tournament that was an inspiration for the creation of the social media tournament. Eight additional ...  

the company whipped out a quick rebate scheme for the processing capacity on the machines that I dubbed March Madness. It is not clear how effective this deal was, but it has come and gone and now IBM has a similar rebate to push some more Power 770 iron ...  

There are three stages to the competition. Think of it like the NCAA March Madness (thus the name Social Madness) or the NBA’s road to the final four. All the teams participate in regular season play. Top teams (companies) in each division move on to ...  

The NCAA Baseball tournament may not receive the hype or anticipation that March Madness annually gets, but there are still future Major League stars in play you won't want to miss. If you're a fan of teams that select high in the upcoming MLB Draft ...  

Haute Living introduces Haute Living Hotel Madness. Inspired by the popular NCAA March Madness tournament, Haute Living’s chic twist on the competition offers readers a chance to vote for their favorite hotels in four different cities to declare a national winner.  

In the market for a new home? Unafraid of some chilly winters? Interested in owning a one-of-a-kind piece of basketball history? Well, this may be the house for you. via Naismithhome.comThe Georgian-style three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in Almonte ...  

The London 2012 Olympic Basketball competition schedule has been confirmed, revealing when the teams will play each other in the preliminary rounds of the tournament at the Basketball Arena on the Olympic Park. The Women’s tournament will tip-off on ...  

Bulls forward Taj Gibson was one of 13 players named to the 2012 USA Basketball Men's Select Team that will compete against Team USA during a six-day July training camp in Las Vegas, Nev. Other players named were: Ryan Anderson (Orlando Magic/California ...  

The Philadelphia 76ers once again proved the critics wrong on Wednesday night. They played inspired basketball and found a way to force a game 7 against the Boston Celtics. This win followed an awful performance in game 5 and Kevin Garnett's shot at ...  

Another Thunder comeback, another Lakers meltdown. Just when you thought the Los Angeles Lakers were ready to reassert themselves and make things complicated for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are trying to make the Western Conference finals for the second ...  

James, who has won three of the last four league MVP awards, earned first team honors for a fifth consecutive season and sixth overall since entering the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2003. The eight-time All-Star ranked third in the NBA in ...  

May Madness owns March Madness. The first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs is underway and Tuesday’s schedule features an exciting trio of showdowns. If you’re schedule is jam-packed, though, and only capable of finding the time to watch one, maybe two ...  

The fifth graders and staff members, that participated in the March Madness games. March Madness came to Florence Elementary! The fifth graders promoted a little friendly basketball game between the staff members and the 5th grade boys and girls in order ...  

Airing June 13 on NBA TV, ''The Dream Team'' celebrates the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Olympic men's basketball champions, often considered the greatest basketball team ever. It features interviews with all 12 members, including Michael Jordan ...  

PONTE VEDRA BEACH -- Big East basketball coaches have endorsed having all its members in an expanded lineup participate in the league's high-profile conference hoops tournament. The Big East has tried a variety of formats, including limiting the ...  

That's the most disappointing thing." The game was the third NBA playoff contest in 27 hours at Staples Center, which will host six playoff games in hockey and basketball over a four-day stretch this weekend. With the Los Angeles Kings' ice just ...  

For the most part I like the feel of the game. I really feel like we have better basketball in us." Better basketball didn't come until it had to. The Celtics were down six with 8:33 left when championship mode kicked in. Garnett had 9 points in ...  

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: The San Antonio Spurs swept the Utah Jazz out of the first round of the NBA playoffs on Monday, holding on for an 87-81 win thanks to a balanced attack that saw five players score double figures. Manu Ginobili scored a team ...  

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Auburn has dismissed two basketball players and suspended a third indefinitely. Coach Tony Barbee said Friday that Cedrick McAfee and Josh Langford were kicked off the team for violating team rules and Noel Johnson is suspended.  

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Under new management, the 76ers had Philadelphia caring about basketball again. They had co-owner Will Smith sitting courtside and playing along to the cameras. They brought Julius Erving back in the fold. Allen Iverson made ...  

Braham junior Rebekah Dahlman, the Pioneer Press' girls basketball player of the year, has been invited to tryout for the U.S. national 18-and-under basketball team May 18-20 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Junior Nia Coffey, who helped power Hopkins ...  

He was given a choice and, after careful consideration, he made it. McRoberts is leaving basketball in his past. “I just followed my heart,” McRoberts, 19, said. His heart led him to football. Football led him to commit to Southeast Missouri State.  

The new nasty is plastered on T-shirts all around San Antonio, though the description hardly fits. There's probably not a more cerebral or mild-mannered team in the NBA than the Spurs, who are making basketball look so easy that sometimes their ...  

The draw for the men's and women's Olympic basketball tournaments was held on Monday as qualified teams for both groups were divided into two groups of six teams each. The two Olympic tournaments will then see teams play the five other teams in ...  

After 13 years as girls' basketball coach at L.A. Windward, Steve Smith will be stepping down to devote full attention to being the school's athletic director and pursuing a master's degree. He will be replaced by assistant Vanessa Nygaard, who ...  

Plans to travel to China fell through, but the Husky basketball team salvaged a summer trip that begins in Europe and ends in Africa, allowing senior-to-be center Aziz N'Diaye to play in his native Senegal. Washington will play seven exhibition ...  

Every basketball fan on the planet knew it, too. Gasol looked distracted, played distracted and the Lakers fell in embarrassing fashion in four games to the eventual champion Dallas Mavericks in the second round last May. There were rumors of a ...  

"There is still not a timetable," Spoelstra said. "Really, it was more a progression of his rehab than it was a basketball workout. But I could see how it would be interpreted different. It's more rehab-oriented." Spoelstra admitted that it was ...  

The Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Latest from The Business Journals UNC reprimanded by Atlantic Coast Conference Belk Bowl sets date with Bank of America Stadium Out of NCAAs, Charlotte plots return to March Madness Follow ...  

Crossroads GPS, a conservative nonprofit group founded by Karl Rove, announced a $9.7 million ad buy attacking President Barack Obama over student loans, jobs and the economy. The ad, entitled "Basketball," features a woman whose grown children ...  

The start of the 2012-13 college basketball season is still more than five months away, but practice begins Tuesday. It's only two hours a week over an eight-week summer period, according to a new NCAA rule. Yet for local coaches, it's a chance ...  

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 U-M athletic department will no longer be banned from associating with and recognizing the four ...  

Before we go any further, that's the basic thesis here: The COIA thinks Kentucky's modus operandi will ruin college basketball, an in turn, the NCAA. The COIA thinks Calipari will completely overturn a model that's been in use for nearly a century.  

TORONTO, May 8 (UPI) -- Steve Nash, a two-time NBA MVP, Tuesday agreed to take over the Canadian men's senior national basketball team as general manager. Nash will said he will try to secure a berth in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro ...  

A brawl broke out during an exhibition basketball game in China between the New Orleans Hurricanes and Zhejiang Lions, according to description accompanying the video of the fracas on YouTube . In the video, it appears that almost every player ...  

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Dwyane Wade scored 41 points and NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James added 28 on Thursday as the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 105-93 to reach the Eastern Conference finals. After falling behind 2-1 in the-best-of ...  

CHAMBERSBURG — The PIAA Basketball Championships are heading back down U.S. Route 322 after six years in the Bryce Jordan Center. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association on Thursday voted to return the basketball championships to ...  

WHEATON, Ill., May 16 (UPI) -- A former student-athlete at a small Illinois college has been convicted of carving a racial slur on a window will in a black student's dorm room. Myles Burton, 21, of Libertyville, Ill., who was on the basketball ...  

In its own way, every offseason trip taken by college basketball programs -- in which a coach and his players go overseas for weeks at a time, bonding and chalking up early practice allowed by the NCAA -- is special. College basketball players ...  

During Larry Bird's final few years in the NBA, in the early 1990's, Michael Jordan was finally coming into his own as what many argue to be "the greatest player of all-time." With their exits from the game, Bird and Magic Johnson were leaving ...  

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Negotiations to keep the popular Indiana-Kentucky basketball series alive have stalled for the second time in a month and there seems to be little chance of reviving it. Indiana athletic director Fred Glass announced May 3 ...  

Did you watch Basketball Wives Monday ? A lot more of you apparently tuned in giving the show some of its best ratings this season. According to viewership figures released late Tuesday, the premiere episode of Basketball Wives drew over 2.02 ...  

Chris Lewis had a big day on Monday. In the span of just a few hours, Lewis received college basketball scholarship offers to both New Mexico and Memphis, both perennial NCAA tournament programs. For most teenagers that might not be too shocking.  

STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut athletic director Warde Manuel says he has no plans to name Kevin Ollie or anyone else as a coach-in-waiting for the men's basketball program. Coach Jim Calhoun, who turns 70 this month, is expected to return next ...  

Penn State defensive end Jack Crawford and Georgia State defensive lineman Christo Bilukidi are both former basketball players who started playing football late. Saturday, they were both Raiders draft picks. “We’re close to having a starting ...  

March Madness is returning to downtown Washington. The NCAA announced Thursday that the East Regional of the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament will be held at the Verizon Center and be hosted by Georgetown. The Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games ...  

Team USA will open the London Olympics men’s basketball tournament against France on Sunday, July 29, at 2:30 p.m. London time, or 9:30 a.m. ET. If all goes as expected, the U.S. will play for the Gold Medal on Sunday, Aug. 12, at 10:00 a.m. ET.  

Plaintiffs led by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon had accused the National Collegiate Athletic Association and its marketing company of violating U.S. antitrust law by conspiring to force students to sign away their ability to profit ...  

SEATTLE — Tamika Catchings was thrilled to be back on the court. While most of her teammates on the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team spent the winter playing overseas, she was rehabbing an injury to her right foot. Now that’s she healthy ...  

UCLA's basketball team, which has one of the nation's top incoming freshman classes as well as a newly renovated home arena, will open its season against Indiana State on Nov. 9 at Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins' nonconference schedule includes ...  

Apparently, Kenya Bell‘s estranged husband, former NBA baller Charlie Bell, is now demanding a cut of her Basketball Wives check. Charlie claims he’s supported Kenya for years with his basketball earnings, and now that his funds are not like ...  

Dayna Jordan, who had one of the longest coaching tenures in the Triangle, has been relieved of her girls basketball coaching duties at Broughton. Jordan said she was told earlier in the week by Jack Spain, the school’s athletic director, it ...  

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana basketball player Matt Roth's immediate future remains unsettled … even as he has set an impressive foundation for the long term. He's eligible for a fifth season as a medical redshirt after a foot injury limited ...  

Griner averaged 23.2 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.2 blocks per game. She was the first Baylor player to be named the AP women's college basketball player of the year, and was also recognized as the top women's player with the John R. Wooden Award.  

Simeon junior Jabari Parker's story -- his dedication to his Mormon faith and his off-the-charts basketball skills -- is a familiar one in Chicago. Now a national audience gets a glimpse into his world. The story also quotes Parker as being ...  

STORRS, Conn. -- The University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams both have agreed to play in next season's Jimmy V Basketball Classic. The UConn men will face North Carolina State on Dec. 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York.  

The Georgetown women’s basketball team officially named Keith Brown as its head coach, Athletic Director Lee Reed announced on Monday afternoon, confirming previous reports that the program’s top assistant would be elevated to fill the vacancy.  

Bait and switch, anyone? Which brings us back to March Madness. Since the market, for whatever reason, went straight up in January and February, portfolio managers who’d been late to the parade concluded in March that they’d better get lots ...  

(BLOG) – Well the madness is over. No I’m not talking about March Madness, I mean the madness that is Derby time in Louisville! Growing up outside of Kentucky I knew about the Derby and watched the race on television. What I never realized ...  

Miami Heat forward LeBron James won the National Basketball Association’s Most Valuable Player award for the third time. James, 27, finished third in the NBA in scoring this season with an average of 27.1 points per game, and was fourth in ...  

RALEIGH -- Football and basketball players accounted for nearly four of every 10 students enrolled in 54 classes at the heart of an academic fraud investigation at UNC-Chapel Hill, according to figures released Monday. The classes were all ...  

The 27th annual Washington Irving Middle School basketball reunion will be Tuesday from 2:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Roslindale school. The theme of the reunion, which is organized by the Warriors for Peace basketball alumni organization, is ...  

Kobe and Pau haven't created the same basketball "music" this season. "Pau's got to be more assertive. He's the guy out there that we need. When he's getting the ball he's looking to pass. He's got to be aggressive. He's got to shoot the ball.  

DALLAS, May 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Olympic Committee gave men's basketball officials an extension to determine its 2012 roster due to injuries to several candidate players. The team will have until July 7 to announce its final 12-player roster.  

Jocelyn Leonard stood near the front of the gym, leading the choir at Fennville High School. In her left hand, she held a graduation cap — for Wes. The pain is still difficult to bear — especially during a week like this. Nearly 15 months ...  

LeBron James had a solid all-around effort with 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Miami Heat dominated the shorthanded New York Knicks, 106-94, to win their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series in five games. The Heat ...  

And it’s a rather large one. Five years into his run with the Celts — and just nine days away from his 36th birthday — the Big Ticket may be playing his best basketball since he got here. This leaves the Celtics wanting (make that needing ...  

March Madness thrives with a single-elimination tournament. Did anyone watch No. 15-seeded Lehigh beat No. 2-seeded Duke and think, Wow, that would have been much better had it gone on for a seven game series. (Besides Duke fans.) I'm not ...  

Here are the five nominees for the Daily News' annual girls basketball Player of the Year award, followed by the five candidates for girls coach of the year. Winners will be announced at 5 p.m. on Thursday on SNY's "Daily News Live" program.  

Tim Tebow did his best Flat Stanley impression at the Kingsley-Pierson (Kingsley, Iowa) prom Saturday night. A homemade cardboard visage of the former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback appeared on the arm of senior Rachel Bird, a ...  

Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski received more than $7.2 million in compensation during the 2010 calendar year, according to the federal tax return the university filed this week. The amount is the second greatest single-year ...  

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Pau Gasol probably would have been a doctor if he hadn’t grown up to be 7 feet tall and awfully good at basketball. The Lakers forward sees his charity work with UNICEF and children’s hospitals as a different way to ...  

DESTIN, Fla. -- With the addition of Missouri and Texas A, the Southeastern Conference is tweaking its football and basketball schedules. Football coaches are having a tougher time deciding on what changes to make than their basketball ...  

While the latest blackout lasted under an hour, the brevity did little to appease those who suffered through the March madness and left many wondering why NStar’s problems recurred. “I’m sure there was a thought in everyone’s mind that ...  

Boone County girls’ basketball player Sydney Moss certainly lived up to the hype this season. Moss, a versatile 5-foot-11 forward, added to her postseason haul by being named Kentucky Miss Basketball on Saturday night. She was also the ...  

Talk about March Madness: consumers went on a borrowing spree, adding $21.4 billion in borrowing for the month. The surge was the largest–in both dollar and percentage terms–since November 2001. What was unusual was an increase of $5.2 ...  

Ron Ginyard wanted the chance to be a head coach. The opportunity to move back to the Washington area made his decision even easier. Ginyard, who played at Paul VI Catholic and graduated from Georgetown, has been hired as the new boys ...  

RICHMOND, Va. — Academic sanctions and potential defections could give the Colonial Athletic Association a drastically different look. Two CAA schools — UNC Wilmington and Towson — are facing Academic Progress Rate sanctions in men’s ...  

Lou Watson, a former Indiana basketball All-American and the man who coached the Hoosiers before Bob Knight took the job, died Thursday in Fairfax, Va. He was 88. Watson, from Jeffersonville, was an All-American for the Hoosiers in 1950.  

UCLA’s basketball team, which has one of the nation’s top incoming freshman classes as well as a newly renovated home arena, will open its season against Indiana State at Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 9. The Bruins’ nonconference schedule ...  

MIAMI—LeBron James loves telling the story about his first MVP award. In James' first season of organized basketball, he was the best player on an undefeated team, but everyone on the roster got an MVP trophy from coach Frank Walker Sr.  

Their formidable task at the venerable Ohio State University Scarlet Course is on par with the 15-over-2 upsets that occur on occasion in the opening round of March Madness. Only, one player can't carry a golf team on a Cinderella run.  

Trent Lockett, Arizona State's leading scorer last basketball season, said he will transfer to Marquette for his senior season to be closer to his mother in Minnesota, who has cancer. Lockett already has his degree from Arizona State.  

To achieve that goal, the school would need successful teams across the board – not only the big-ticket sports, football and men’s basketball, but also the Olympic sports, from swimming and wrestling to women’s basketball and soccer.  

VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University has hired Tommy Dempsey as its new men’s basketball coach. Dempsey, 38, a native of Scranton, Pa., comes from Rider University, where he served as head coach for the past seven seasons.  

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