Photo: New York Liberty It's been a difficult year for seventh grade basketball player, Sydney Phillips, to say the least. The 12-year-old who attended St. Theresa School in Kenilworth, NJ was all set to join the boys' basketball team due to the fact that the small school didn't have enough ladies to form a girls' team. “I’ve been [...]
The number 777 is considered good luck, and this week's sports related news was full of 7's. 1. Have a look at 16-year-old high school freshman Robert Bobroczky. He's 7'7" and just got his first game time minutes as a varsity basketball player at the Spire Institute in Ohio. He was born in Romania and speaks four languages. Who knows. [...]
Photo: CSUSM Stefawn Payne is an active duty staff sergeant in the Marines. He's also a 31-year-old freshman on the Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team. He reeks of ICY HOT for good reason. The guys he practices with and competes against are 18 to 20-year-olds whose joints are still in their prime. Payne put his college [...]
Francesca Belibi, 15, didn't start playing basketball until she entered high school. Her parents are doctors and they couldn't find the time to fit hoops into the family's schedule, according to The Denver Post. Fast forward one year, and Belibi has become the first girl to dunk in a high school game in Colorado. The 6'1" sophomore at Regis Jesuit [...]
On the 75th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, 97-year-old World War II veteran Peter DuPre' played a beautiful rendition of the Star Spangled Banner prior to the Seton Hal-Cal game at the Pearl Harbor Invitational. DuPre' was a medic in the Battle of the Bulge, and he was invited to Bloch Arena, which is located on the [...]
Photo: Thomas Shervington/Facebook By Kim Constantinesco At six-foot-four, Thomas Shervington was born to play basketball. And tennis. And softball. And soccer. And golf. And bocce. The reason extends well beyond his size and athleticism, however. Through sports and the Special Olympics, the 19-year-old from Tampa, Florida has found his voice. Literally. Diagnosed with autism at three years [...]
Robbie McNulty, 14, was playing basketball by himself at a Cambridge, Mass. park. If you've ever hooped alone on a court, you know your imagination takes you all kinds of fun places. Crossing over LeBron to drive to the basket? Check. Hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer to send your team into the playoffs? Check. Needing to drain two free [...]
Stan Larkin, 25, lived for 555 days without a human heart, and unbelievably, played pickup basketball along the way. The father of three was diagnosed at 16 years old with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), which causes irregular heartbeats and puts people at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. Doctors implanted a defibrillator when he was a teenage, but when both [...]
Former Kansas guard and likely future NBA draft pick Brannen Greene has been dubbed a hero by his Uber driver, Henry Moran. The two were driving in the Bronx, New York on May 21 when their car slammed into a guardrail after being rear-ended. Before it burst into flames and exploded, Greene helped a trapped Moran out of the car. [...]
Photo courtesy of Gary Woodland By Kim Constantinesco The AT&T Byron Nelson Golf Tournament consistently serves up boisterous crowds. With concession tents that ooze beer buckets, and a hometown hero in Jordan Spieth, it feels more like a basketball game than a PGA tournament. And that's perfectly okay with Gary Woodland, the PGA Tour pro who turned down [...]