With the 2016 Rio Olympics just a year away, many Team USA favorites will become household names again. Wrestler Jordan Burroughs is starting that build-up for the Games again. Burroughs won gold at the Pan Am Games this past weekend. He has been making various TV appearances recently... Read More
Last week, college basketball legend Christian Laettner made his annual trip back to Buffalo, New York to teach kids at a three-day camp. The Christian Laettner Basketball Academy was held at Nichols School Monday-Wednesday. The seven-hour sessions trained about 100 boys and girls of all ag... Read More
NBA Summer League can be the ultimate proving ground for young players just entering the league and those also trying to hang on to their basketball dreams. Last week in Las Vegas was certainly the opportunity San Antonio Spurs forward Kyle Anderson sought to prove he belonged. Anders... Read More
The NBA offseason is still a busy time for many players, but Kemba Walker got to take some time out this week to instruct basketball hopefuls from the Charlotte area. Walker hosted his Basketball ProCamp at Carolina Courts. There were 200 kids on hand who got to learn from the Hornets... Read More
Last Saturday, Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch returned to his roots. Lynch hosted the Fam 1st Family Youth Football Camp at his alma mater Oakland Tech. The 9th edition of the camp catered to nearly 1,100 at-risk youth from the San Francisco and Oakland areas. Lynch rose... Read More
NBA veteran point guard Shaun Livingston always remembers to go back home. This week, he has been in Peoria, Illinois at his alma mater, Central High, for the 2015 Pride of Peoria Basketball Clinic. The camp ran Monday-Thursday from 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. each day. It serviced at-risk yo... Read More
This past weekend, legendary NFL returnman Devin Hester brought his youth football camp to Orlando for the first time. Nearly 400 participants from the ages of 6-15 gathered at Olympia High School for the three-hour clinic. Several other NFL current and former players, like Edgerrin J... Read More
On Tuesday, former Louisiana State University standout and current NBA forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis surprised several customers at Raising Cane’s in Baton Rouge. Davis worked the drive through as part of his Louisiana Literacy Tour. Raising Cane’s presented him with... Read More