The Lott IMPACT Trophy is a defensive college football award named after NFL Hall of Fame inductee Ronnie Lott. The award is unique because it represents the first trophy to give equal weight to personal character as well as athletic performance from a defensive college player and is the first national college football award based [...]
via www.nba.com NEW YORK -- Twenty-four teams, including the Utah Jazz, which will be making its first appearance, will compete in this year's Samsung NBA Summer League July 11-21, at the Thomas & Mack Center and COX Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The Jazz will join 22 other NBA teams and a team [...]
via www.nba.com NEW YORK -- Samsung NBA Summer League tips off on Friday, July 11, at the COX Pavilion and Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, marking the 10th time the event will be held in the desert. For the second time in the event's history, a tournament-style format will be [...]
Now that spring has arrived, the basketball prep scene shifts its focus to AAU tournaments, invitation-only elite camps and all-star games. Hence, earlier today Adidas announced the dates and location of its offseason grassroots events. More info via their press release: adidas today announced its 2014 adidas Uprising grassroots basketball schedule which includes a four-tournament [...]
Every year a select group of NBA players and coaches do their part in supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through the Hoops for St. Jude program, a partnership between NBA Cares and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital that helps create awareness for children’s cancer research and raises funds for the young patients of St. [...]
Summer Dreams, a 2-hour television special that gave fans an exclusive look at the players, personalities and behind-the-scenes drama at NBA Summer League aired Sunday, March 15th on the CBS Television Network. The documentary profiles two first round draft picks, Michael Carter Williams of the Philadelphia 76ers and Dallas Mavericks' Shane Larkin, two players trying to [...]
Summer Dreams began as an early idea from event organizers Warren LeGarie and Albert Hall to document the trials and tribulations of young players adjusting to life in the NBA and all of the unique characters and situations they encounter along the way. The process of going from big man on campus to a [...]
HallPass Media has secured a $150,000 contribution for the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation from the Windsong Trust. The donation will support various initiatives supported by the IMPACT Foundation, the charitable arm of college football's Lott IMPACT Trophy which to date has donated more than $1 million to various charities throughout the country. HallPass is the official agency of record for [...]
The Lott IMPACT Trophy, an annual defensive college football award named after NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott honors College Football's Best in Character and Performance. Carolina Panthers LB Luke Kuechly was the 2011 recipient of this prestigious award, and it is becoming more and more apparent that the Trophy's national voting panel made a [...]
Coaches Mike Brown, Rick Carlisle and Monty Williams will serve as the 2014 Coaching Ambassadors for the Hoops for St. Jude program, highlighted by HFSJ Week March 7-13. Each year a select group of players and coaches do their part in promoting the HFSJ program across the NBA and the United States, raising funds and [...]
