C.J. McCollum has sought to make a quick impact on the greater Portland community during his two NBA seasons. This week, the Blazers guard held his youth basketball camp in the area at ClubSport. For three days, McCollum took great interest in training the 80 or so campers on hand. He... Read More
Maurice Clarett’s new life mission off the football field has been about impacting lives. Clarett got the opportunity a few weeks ago to speak to the Xavier Basketball program as part of head coach Chris Mack’s Fortune 15 series. Mack has brought in several speakers since last y... Read More
Former LSU head basketball coach Dale Brown is known to at least play some role in making Shaquille O’Neal a Hall of Fame player. Brown shared stories about O’Neal and others from over 30 years in coaching as the featured speaker at the Montana Coaches Association clinic on Wednesd... Read More
With the recent success of Becky Hammon as a head coach in the NBA’s Summer League, the discussion about women coaching in male professional sports has been a huge talking point. The Arizona Cardinals advanced those discussions on Monday by hiring Jen Welter as the first-known female coa... Read More
The third time was the charm for Icelandic CrossFit athlete Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir. Davidsdottir rallied from behind to take the title of “Fittest Woman in the World” at the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games. She was third entering the final day of competition and 33 points of... Read More
In his seventh try earning the title of “Fittest Man in the World”, Ben Smith triumphed at this weekend’s CrossFit Games. Smith came in first place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Sunday with a grand total of 915 points. He finished ahead of second-pla... Read More
Anyone who followed the career of Pedro Martinez knew his Hall of Fame speech would be appointment viewing. The always-colorful Martinez spoke from his heart about his journey from the Dominican Republic to the greatest honor in baseball. He was the last of the four players being inducted t... Read More
Last week, Michael Carter-Williams was able to go back to a place where he learned some of his most basic basketball lessons. The Milwaukee Bucks star point guard spoke in front of 150 campers at the Academic-Basketball-Awareness Camp in North Andover, Massachusetts. Carter-Williams spent s... Read More
Nancy Hogshead-Makar has used her platform as an Olympic champion for years to promote women in sports. The Phi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women honored her work last week with the Member of Distinction Award. They announced the biennial award at their convention. It is just the latest i... Read More