2010 Nike Hoop Summit Dates Announced
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 [...]
Caroline Wozniacki Featured on CNN.COM
What Wozniacki wants: A top-three spot in 2010 By Dean Irvine, CNN January 8, 2010 — Updated 1206 GMT (2006 HKT) Hong Kong, China (CNN) — In Doha last October Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki provided one of the most harrowing moments ever seen on a tennis court. Battling through cramps in the third set [...]
Hoops for St. Jude Launches with NBA Stars
MEMPHIS, TENN. (December 14, 2009) – Top NBA stars who are opponents on the court are teaming up off the court as part of Hoops for St. Jude, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers. Pau Gasol, Rudy Gay, Danny Granger, Shane Battier, Kevin Love and Steve [...]
Findlay Prep Defeats Bishop Gorman at BCS Challenge
Findlay Prep proves to be too much for Gorman By Case Keefer Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 | 2:01 a.m. Bishop Gorman faced several disadvantages entering its game against Findlay Prep on Saturday at the Orleans Arena. The Gaels had practiced as a team for less than a week and had no games to tune up [...]
Hoops for St. Jude Week set for March 1-7
For Tom Penn, his involvement with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a simple concept. “It’s a big time, change-the-world place. And so it’s really more of a privilege to be associated with it,” said Penn, the Blazers’ vice president of basketball operations. He has has served on the hospital’s Board of Governors since 2002, [...]
NBA Summer League to host skills event at BCS Challenge
Las Vegas, Dec. 1, 2009 – In what could be a prelude to a 2010 national high school basketball title, the 2009 defending national champions, Findlay College Prep, will play this year’s top ranked preseason team, Bishop Gorman High School, on Dec. 12, 2009 at the Orleans Arena at 8 p.m. The high school basketball [...]
Elite Baseball Athletes Sign Letter of Intent
HallPass Media client Elite Baseball would like to congratulate all of the players in the Elite Baseball organization who have signed a Fall 2010 National Letter of Intent for the early signing period. Their development is a culmination of hard work, dedication and passion which has taken these players to the next level. Elite Baseball [...]
Hoops for St. Jude Tip-Off Dinner Announced
The Hoops for St. Jude Tip-Off Dinner in conjunction with the NBA Summer League has tentatively been scheduled for July 8th at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Ticket availability and event information coming soon. For more info on Hoops for St. Jude visit: https://www.hoopsforstjude.org.
Fedor Delivers a Knockout
The best fighter in the history of mixed martial arts did it again on Saturday night, as Russian Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko beat Minnesota's Brett Rogers by second-round technical knockout in the main event of the M-1 Global/Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Roger which aired live on CBS Nov 07, 2009. Some 5.46 million viewers tuned in to [...]