Round one of the adidas Nations US tour tipped off April 12, as 19 underclassmen competed at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando Florida. The camp was the initial introduction to Nations for players n the class of 2012 and 2013. Highlighted by several front court players, the campers participated in 3 [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Back when the Thunder were 3-29 last season, the notion of the playoffs coming to Oklahoma City any time soon was unimaginable. But it was that same miserable stretch that made general manager Sam Presti confident that coach Scott Brooks was the right man to lead his team into the future. [...]
John Isner on Jim Rome is Burning.
DAY 17: Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 a.m. — Denver Nuggets coach George Karl pops in his mouthpiece and puts on his helmet and braces himself for a brutal 15 minutes, but this isn’t football. This is cancer radiation. We’re at Denver’s Swedish Medical Center. The helmet is actually a white, hard-mesh mask that fits to [...]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., February 17, 2010 — The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe announced today that John Isner, Sam Querrey and the world’s top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan will represent the United States in the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas first round match against Serbia, March 5-7, on [...]
The Coach of the Hoops for St. Jude team is battling cancer once again. If anyone can fight this, we'll bet on Coach Karl coming out a winner.  Coach Karl is passionate about our youth and fighting cancer. To make a donation to Hoops For St. Jude in his name, please visit www.hoopsforstjude.org.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their fourth Australian Open doubles title, defeating Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Saturday. The top-seeded Bryans picked up their eighth Grand Slam title in doubles. They faced two break points in the ninth game before winning [...]
All Nine Rookies Competed in 2009 NBA Summer League By Art Garcia, NBA.com The Sophomores own the Rookie Challenge. Seven consecutive wins and an 8-2 overall records suggests that one year of NBA seasoning makes plenty of a difference when the league’s brightest youngsters clash each All-Star weekend. This rookie class, though, isn’t about to [...]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – American John Isner defeated Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (2) Saturday to win the Heineken Open for his first ATP Tour singles title. The 6-foot-9 Isner had 22 aces and only two double-faults. Isner got good news about his Australian Open draw. With the withdrawal of No. 15 seed Gilles [...]
USA Basketball, Nike and the NBA Portland Trail Blazers today announced that the 13th annual Nike Hoop Summit will, for a third consecutive year, be held at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. The Nike Hoop Summit, the country’s premier annual basketball game for high-school age boys, features America’s elite, young athletes playing against a [...]
