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maryland
January 10, 2023

Florida Teenager Shot after High School Basketball Game

One Florida teenager was shot during an altercation after a high school basketball game in Orange County. The shooting happened Friday night after the basketball game at Wekiva High School, a game between Wekiva and Edgewater High. According to po...


nevada
January 10, 2023

Nevada High School Athlete Dies after ‘Medical Emergency’ during Competition

A female high school student-athlete from Nevada died late last week after suffering a "medical emergency" during an athletic event. The information was shared by the Desert Oasis (NV) High School principal, Ian Salzman. A recent report from KE...


texas
January 9, 2023

NCAA DIII Basketball Coach Suspended After 5 Players Sent to Hospital During Practice

Concordia University Chicago has fallen under the national spotlight after five men's basketball players were sent to the hospital following a rigorous workout. Two games have been canceled as a result, and head coach Steve Kollar has been tempora...


beard
December 15, 2022

Texas Head Coach Chris Beard Suspended after Domestic Violence Arrest

Texas men's basketball coach Chris Beard was arrested early Monday morning after allegedly strangling a woman at his home. Beard, 49, was booked at 4:18 a.m. CT with the Travis County Sheriff's Office seeking a felony third-degree assault charge, ac...


camden
December 15, 2022

Minnesota Basketball Coach Suspended for Allegedly Using Racist Slur during Team Meeting

The head coach of the Eden Prairie boys basketball team in Minnesota has been suspended while the school district investigates a complaint that he used racist language during a team meeting. David Flom was suspended last Thursday while the distric...


emmanuel
December 12, 2022

One-Armed Emmanuel Throws Down Vicious Dunk

Nineteen-year-old Hansel Emmanuel sent the crowd and his Northwestern State teammates into a frenzy when recording the first collegiate points of his career over the weekend. Emmanuel, a one-armed freshman, entered late in Northwestern State's 91-...


peake
December 7, 2022

New Mexico State Announces Indefinite Suspension of Peake

New Mexico State announced the indefinite suspension of forward Mike Peake for his alleged involvement in a shooting that resulted in the death of a University of New Mexico student last month. Despite the decision from the university, Peake has n...


texas
December 7, 2022

Georgia School Resource Officer Confiscates Guns from Student at Basketball Game

A Georgia school resource officer confiscated two guns from a student at a high school basketball game on Friday, school leaders say. Hall County School District officials said the student brought the two handguns to a basketball game at Cherokee ...


nchsaa
November 28, 2022

NCHSAA To Consider 35-Second Shot Clock

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) board of directors is considering phasing in a shot clock for high school basketball during their meeting this week. Under the proposed plan, submitted by the North Carolina Basketball C...


uil
November 2, 2022

Texas High School Basketball Programs Stripped of UIL Title, Hit With Postseason Ban

A Texas high school athletics department is mired in controversy regarding both of its basketball teams — one being stripped of its 2021-22 UIL state championship and another being banned from 2022-23 postseason play. The Duncanville boys basket...