High School Basketball

EL PASO, Texas – At 17, KJ Lewis is not yet old enough to open his own checking account. But this weekend, he received a job offer that would earn him $ 500,000 that would change his life. But Lewis’s maturity showed beyond his years by the fact that he …

LOWELL – Terance Mann hasn’t forgotten the kindness and generosity of her Mill City neighbors as she climbs the professional basketball ranks. The LA Clippers goaltender just wrapped up his second season with a sparkling performance in this year’s NBA Playoffs, including a 39-point night in the first round to …

Between 6 and 13 years old, Kobe Bryant lived with his father, Joe “Jelly Bean” Bryant, in Italy. Having spent much of his childhood in the countryside, Bryant was fluent in Italian. The elder Bryant decided to bring the family back to Philadelphia, Pa., Where the younger Bryant would end …

Scott Jester has stepped down from his position at BHS and has been appointed girls’ coach at Salem this offseason. Former Jefferson Forest boys coach Cameron Shepherd will take over at BHS. Liberty split from Randy Dunton this year and hired David Williams to take over in June. Liberty Christian’s …

Tokyo is a long way from Columbia – 6,303 miles to be exact. For Yvonne Anderson, traveling the world to apply her hardwood art has been how she spent her adult life. Former women’s basketball star Hickman is finishing her first Olympics as a full member of the Serbian national …

The Seattle Seahawks apparently signed their 47th tight end of the offseason, and this one is a former basketball player. On Friday, the team announced both the previously reported waiver of WR Darvin Kidsy as well as the signing of Michael Jacobson, who has not played any organized football since …

It has been a busy year for the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame. Earlier this year, the class of 2020 was officially recognized after having to wait a year due to the pandemic. Now, a new group of inductees is preparing to take their turn in the spotlight …

The Gateway High School boys’ basketball coach is suspended for the first six weeks of the 2021-22 season and three players are suspended from the sport for a year under state sanctions against the school in following an FHSAA recruiting survey. Gateway, who begins college sports this fall after spending …

Syracuse basketball was the first major program to feature four-star prospect Gavin Griffiths in 2023, and I hope that pays off for the Orange as his recruiting continues to intensify. Griffiths, an exceptionally talented 6-foot-7-wing, is in his sophomore year at Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut. He runs …

Cody Schilling is a Viking again. The former Augustana men’s basketball star player, who went on to become the school’s all-time leading scorer (a record since broken), was announced on Friday as the newest addition to the coaching staff of Tom Billeter. Schilling, a native of Ellsworth, Minn., Was most …