Portland Trail Blazers’ All-Star Damian Lillard knows a thing or two about hard work. Lillard’s main objective was to instill that value into kids at his basketball camp in Portland over the past two weeks. The camp and its’ namesake have become the hit of The Rose C... Read More
College football season may be right around the corner, but several prominent coaches still made time to speak this week to an influential group at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge. They were sharing their football thoughts with the Louisiana High School Coaches Association’s annual... Read More
Fantasy sports seem bigger than ever. That made it the perfect climate to launch the first-ever Fantasy Sports Combine in Las Vegas at Wynn and Encore last weekend. Several notables from the football world highlighted the two-day event. Broncos’ greats Mike Shanahan and Terrell... Read More
On Tuesday, Yankee diehards got to brush shoulders with one of the team’s all-time greats. Mariano Rivera hosted a luncheon in conjunction with Steiner Sports at NYY Steak. There were various ticket packages that ranged from $375 to $1000. Fans could enjoy lunch and leave with Ri... Read More
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
University of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino will have a short walk to his next speaking engagement. Pitino’s appearance highlights the four-day Robbie Valentine Basketball Camp, being held on the Cardinals’ home floor at the KFC Yum! Center. The camp runs from July 27-... 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
There is no hiding how crazy the people of Lexington, Kentucky get for Wildcat Basketball. It makes sense that the 13th annual Lexington Area Minority Business Expo would bring a former UK great in as keynote speaker. Derek Anderson will headline the two-day event, being held July 29-... 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