Basic boys basketball coach Leonard Taylor pulled all five of his starters midway through the third quarter Monday so he could give them an earful.
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LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and multiple players on the Brooklyn Nets are wearing “I Can’t Breathe” shirts as they warm up for a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Brooklyn.
The lawyer for Los Angeles Clippers Blake Griffin, facing a misdemeanor battery charge in Las Vegas, said Monday he has concluded an independent investigation of the charges.
For those who said allowing the country a peek into the college football playoff process for over a month would backfire in terms of trust and perception, we offer Sunday’s final rankings as sound support to that theory.
More professional athletes were wearing “I Can’t Breathe” messages Sunday in protest of a grand jury ruling not to indict an officer in the death of a New York man.
Friday night’s game against UNLV was essentially a chance for the St. Katherine Firebirds to gain valuable experience on the court and bring some money into the fledgling school’s coffers. It also provided an opportunity for Basic High School alum Jaylen Rose to play a college game in Las Vegas.
UNLV guard Jordan Cornish, making a spot start on Friday night because of injuries to Jelan Kendrick and Rashad Vaughn, was phenomenal.
The Rebels host St. Katherine from San Marcos, Calif. at the Orleans Arena tonight at 7:00 p.m.
If you don’t know a whole lot about UNLV’s opponent on Friday night, don’t worry. Even Siri has a hard time coming up with anything substantial about the St. Katherine College basketball team.
When UNLV’s basketball schedule was released during the summer and the name “Saint Katherine” appeared on it, people were scratching their heads and echoing a collective, “Who?” But maybe coach Dave Rice knew what he was doing.
The UNLV women’s basketball team couldn’t overcome a nine-minute field-goal drought in the first half Thursday in a 76-61 loss to Brigham Young in Provo, Utah.
Basketball coaches always hope for a perfect quarter on defense.
This is what they don’t write about in those lavish recruiting profiles. These are the things you don’t hear about when a prep basketball star signs with your favorite college.
All that started well ended in insult and injury for UNLV, which was blown away in a 77-55 loss to Arizona State on Wednesday before a crowd of 5,822 at Wells Fargo Arena.
Sophomore guard Kendall Smith, who did not play in UNLV’s past three games because of an ankle injury, is unlikely to return to the basketball team and plans to transfer.