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March 1, 2023

NFL player hosts AAU basketball team training sessions

An NFL player is using his knowledge of what it takes to reach the next level to help a Florida AAU basketball team fulfill its dreams. Nelson Agholor, wide receiver for the New England Patriots, has teamed up with the Learning Academy of Basketba...

February 9, 2023

Duncanville Girls Basketball Coaching Staff on Paid Leave

by Wesley Sykes

According to the Duncanville (TX) Independent School District, an investigation has been opened into girls high school basketball coach LaJeanna Howard. Duncanville ISD said Howard allegedly violated her UIL suspension and written directives from ...

January 10, 2023

Florida Teenager Shot after High School Basketball Game

by Wesley Sykes

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...

December 15, 2022

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

by Wesley Sykes

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...

November 28, 2022

NCHSAA To Consider 35-Second Shot Clock

by Wesley Sykes

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...

November 2, 2022

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

by Wesley Sykes

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...

July 14, 2022

Jump Stops, Pivots, and V-Cuts

by Barry Hecker, contributing writer

Having coached basketball at every level since 1970, including 21 years in the NBA, I always started with stops, starts, pivots, and v-cuts with every team I worked with. In presenting at coaches and player clinics since retiring from the NBA, I...

April 6, 2022

Parents, Players Attack Youth Basketball Referee in Georgia

by Wesley Sykes

Georgia police are conducting an investigation after a youth basketball referee was attacked by a group of young basketball players over the weekend. The alleged Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball game took place inside a church athletic faci...

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