Jalen Suggs, who plays club basketball for Grassroots Sizzle out of Minneapolis, is one of the top two-sport athletes in the country and has several Division I basketball and football scholarship offers.
Sam Gordon
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
The 2019 WNBA All-Star Game will be played in Las Vegas, league president Lisa Borders announced at a news conference Saturday in Minneapolis.
Cassius Stanley, a four-star senior wing and consensus top-40 recruit from the Los Angeles area, has shined this year for Westbrook’s grassroots basketball program, Team Why Not.
As a 21-year-old rookie for the Aces, A’ja Wilson is emerging as the face of the WNBA. She’s one of the world’s best female basketball players, and by many accounts, one of its most genuine people.
An altercation broke out near the gym entrance about 20 minutes before the 13-year-old LeBron James Jr. and the North Coast Blue Chips were set to play the Nike Meanstreets in a showcase game the four-time NBA MVP was present for.
Jalen Hill will conclude his AAU basketball career at the Las Vegas Classic as one of the country’s top 100 recruits and the most productive player on the ultratalented Las Vegas Prospects.
Daishen Nix is one of the best — and most underrated — point guard prospects in the country, a distinction he’s comfortable with for now.
The conclusion of NBA Summer League signals the end of the AAU basketball season, and, as always, the country’s best club basketball teams will congregate in the desert for the final live recruiting period.
The Aces are a legitimate playoff contender, constructed around all-stars A’ja Wilson and Kayla McBride, and a brigade of youthful contributors like Kelsey Plum, Moriah Jefferson and Dearica Hamby — all 26 or younger.
Swords came off the bench Sunday to contribute a 12-point, 10-rebound performance against the Indiana Fever and further solidify herself as a trusted cog in Laimbeer’s rotation.
A’ja Wilson scored 24 and Kayla McBride added 16 points to lift the Aces to an 88-74 victory over the Indiana Fever at Mandalay Bay Events Center on Sunday.
The Aces are building a rapport with the Las Vegas Valley with their improved play and concerted effort to engage the community.
The Aces and other WNBA teams fly commercially to and from road games, and are often subjected to rigorous travel patterns as they navigate the course of the regular season.
Jan Van Tuyl began teaching and coaching in the Clark County School District in 1969, and spent the last 12 years coaching tennis at Desert Pines High School, where he also taught math.
A’ja Wilson and Kayla McBride will represent the Aces at the WNBA All-Star game on July 28 in Minneapolis, the league announced Tuesday evening.
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