Few years on the Earth
Federal prosecutors in the United States have unveiled one of the most extensive basketball corruption cases in recent years, charging 26 individuals in an alleged international game-rigging and point-shaving operation that spanned both American college basketball and China’s professional league. At the center of the case are 15 former NCAA Division I players, some of … Read more
The Texas Tech Lady Raiders have entered uncharted territory in women’s college basketball with the signing of Stephanie Okechukwu, a 7-foot-1 center whose arrival has drawn global attention. When Okechukwu eventually steps onto an NCAA Division I court, she is set to become the tallest player ever to compete in a women’s college basketball game, … Read more
The dismissal of Brandon Roy as head boys basketball coach at Garfield High School marks the end of one of the most successful coaching tenures in Washington high school basketball history. Roy, a former NBA All-Star and Seattle basketball icon, was relieved of his duties following a decision by school leadership to initiate a broad … Read more
The University of Miami basketball program has been confronted with a sobering and deeply challenging development following the announcement that sophomore forward Marcus Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The diagnosis, confirmed after routine medical testing, brings an abrupt pause to what had been an important season in Allen’s collegiate career and shifts the … Read more