English averaged 12 points on 49 percent shooting at Ranger, a school he “loved.” He also grabbed five rebounds a contest along with averaging two assists and 1.3 steals. Ranger, coached by former Texas A&M and Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie, compiled a 31-4 record and advanced deep into March, falling to Vincennes University in the NJCAA Men’s Division I National Championship…
The former and potentially future Olympians (softball had been excluded from the Olympics since 2008, but Reed is hopeful to be on the 2020 squad) joined Red Wings President Naomi Silver, 2002 Olympic ice hockey official Megan Mackenzie and former East High football player Alannah Scardino in a pregame roundtable discussion and in-game autograph session. The Wings also hosted a pregame softball clinic with the Our Lady of Mercy High School softball team…
Putnam’s “Pipeline” to Bonaventure is three links long now, as Lofton and Osunniyi will welcome Justin Winston to campus this summer. A fourth Putnam product, Kareem Reid, visited earlier this week. Lofton was in the Reilly Center gym, of course, during Reid’s SBU jersey photoshoot…
After averaging 14 points and nearly six assists in 20 G-League games, however, the former Atlantic 10 Player of the Year was signed to a multi-year NBA contract when Jeremy Lin’s contract was bought out in February.
Cierra Dillard was a parking lot attendant at Frontier Field during the 2016 and 2017 summers, handing out tickets in the regular and VIP parking lots. On Saturday, the Gates-Chili alum was parking in the VIP lot, a Red Wings first pitch honoree after being selected by the Minnesota Lynx in Wednesday night’s WNBA Draft…
St. Bonaventure was 4-2 with a three-game win streak entering a Dec. 5 matchup with Georgetown, but star forward Katie Healy was on the bench in a walking boot. Healy suffered an ankle injury the day before that sidelined her for four games, leaving the Bonnies without their leading scorer and rebounder…
Two of the top three defensive teams in the nation are playing in Minneapolis tonight. Virginia leads the country in scoring defense, allowing just over 55 points a game. Texas Tech is third, holding teams to just 59 points per contest…
With the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) holding its annual convention during championship weekend, most college coaches attend the Final Four every year to network with their peers…
After 11 consecutive years of being a three-bid league or better, two teams danced this season. The “one-bid” label was avoided when Saint Louis caught momentum and took advantage of an injury-riddled VCU team’s elimination, but this was a harsh reality for a conference that boasted six NCAA Tourney representatives just five March Madnesses ago…
VCU guard Marcus Evans practiced Thursday and is expected to play in Friday’s NCAA Tournament game against UCF, but coach Mike Rhodes said his star is not 100 percent. Evans suffered a bone bruise in his left knee in the first half of the Rams’ Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinal loss to Rhode Island…