Sentences with phrase «basketball player at»

Bridges, a salesperson with Russell & Jeffcoat Inc. in Columbia, S.C., was a basketball player at the well - known military college The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.. His team's 1967 — 68 season will soon be immortalized in a new book by his teammate, the author Pat Conroy (The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides).

One of those letters came from a young man named Matthew Pointer, a sophomore and varsity basketball player at South Gate High School in South Central Los Angeles.

Wachob, a college basketball player at Columbia, and self - described «happy - go - lucky, heavy - drinking frat boy and successful trader,» found himself on the wall of The Palm Restaurant — an honor designated only to the most faithful of patrons — and then found himself broke, injured, and depressed.

Everyone knows the scene: a basketball player at the free throw line, bouncing the ball as he concentrates on the basket.

The former Corinne Vossel went on to be a basketball player at Illinois State, where she graduated in 1998 with 1,229 points.

Both Errol and Cenne Moore come from athletic families, and though Cenne concedes she wasn't a star basketball player at Kennedy - Sacramento, she too was ready to do whatever was necessary to win.

Robbie Compton, a 15 - year - old basketball player at Irmo High in Columbia, S.C., dreams of filling Shaquille O'Neal's shoes — or at least the Shaq Attack Reeboks (above) that O'Neal endorses.

Ireland was an All - America basketball player at Notre Dame in 1934 - 35.

That spring, nobody outside of New York or Denver (except subscribers to a fledgling cable - TV service called Home Box Office) saw, during one ABA championship series, the greatest individual performance by a basketball player at any level anywhere — ABA, NBA, BAA or UCLA.

You may have heard of Kerri Walsh — but not that many are aware that the Olympic volleyball star was a superb basketball player at San Jose's Archbishop Mitty High back in the day.

Gilbert, a basketball player at Texas Tech, has a doctorate in physics.

According to Dave Rasmussen, the club's tallest member at 7» 3» and a former unenthusiastic basketball player at Custer High in Milwaukee, the club boasts only a handful of 7 - footers worldwide.

Zach Hodskins, a junior basketball player at Alpharetta Georgia high school, is catching some eyes for incredible basketball abilities.

His father, Collis Jr., was the first African - American basketball player at LSU.

I was a varsity basketball player at Maria Regina High in Uniondale, N.Y., during the time Gary attended the school, and I dispute his statement that «many» of the students were smoking marijuana.

Oh and I forgot to say - your comments are irrelevant here... The real truth is that your Mormon buddies don't give a hoot about this woman... Nor did they give a hoot about that young black basketball player at BYU... He made a mistake and they treated him llike a slave... That's my observation about that that whole religion..

Long before Brian O'Kelley started his own business, he was a basketball player at South Eugene High School in Oregon.

People thought he was a mediocre basketball player at best.

I was getting ready to go into rehearsals for A Raisin in the Sun and, if you can believe it, I was making more money in rehearsals than the average basketball player at the time.

Cheri Mah, a researcher in the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory, «showed that basketball players at the elite college level were able to improve their on - the - court performance by increasing their amount of total sleep time.»

George had yowls to scare an opposing end about to latch on to a pass and yowls that reverberated through the field - house rafters and sent encouragement gushing through basketball players at the moment they needed a lift.

A study of 622 basketball players at the University of California at Davis has found that wearers of high - top basketball shoes, including those with inflatable chambers, suffer sprained ankles as frequently as players wearing low - top basketball shoes.

Ralph Sampson is a member of the following lists: Basketball players at the 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four, African - American basketball players and The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.

The second season of «American Crime,» which will air next year, features a high school student who accuses several basketball players at a tony private school of sexual assaulting him and posting photos of the crime online.

Parents of female basketball players at Franklin High School have sued, claiming that because it does not schedule as many girls» games during «prime time» slots as it does boys» games, the school district is in violation of Title IX, which forbids discrimination based on sex in programs receiving federal funds.

Not exact matches

In March, over a dozen former basketball players gathered in a conference room at the NBA's league office in New York City.

She resumed athletics as a wheelchair basketball player, starring on the U.S. gold medal - winning team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, then took up alpine skiing, winning two gold metals, a silver and a bronze in Vancouver and this past weekend a silver in Sochi.

A battle over how players and team owners will split the league's $ 4 billion in annual revenue, which led to the suspension of exhibition and regular - season games through at least Nov. 14, is bringing collateral damage to a range of businesses counting on professional basketball events to survive, including caterers, bars, stores, parking lots — and even the self - employed masseurs who tend to players.

Remove obstacles I always wanted to be a professional basketball player, but when my growth stopped at 5» 11» in the eighth grade, my dreams were crushed!

Generally, former basketball players either get into TV or they go coach at the college level.

«We were talking about some different projects, and somewhere in there came the concept of putting logos on the players» chairs at basketball games,» says Weisbach.

As a former professional basketball player, longtime coach, and founder of CoachUp, the nation's leading sports coaching company, I've been afforded a rare opportunity to see coaches at their best - and at their worst.

At the time I just wanted to be a basketball player.

The reality is that except for one or two players who didn't turn in their votes in 1982 and 1986, only three voted no to accepting the medals in the first vote, and only two voted no the second time, according to sources at USA Basketball.

WHY are so many players in football and basketball getting injured at MD?

He is a phenomenal basketball mind NY pg understands the game develops players and is great at x and O's not a Knick fan never will be but that's a great move for them.

In every NBA trade call, health information for every player is given, «including any factors that could affect a player's ability to play basketball at any point in his career,» according to Larry Coon's FAQ.

When people shout about LeBron James, at least we're talking about the most talented basketball player on earth.

Flanked by fellow undergrads at a lunch table, the most improved player in college basketball is annihilating his tray's contents — bacon cheeseburger, fries, fruit cup, orange juice — the way he does opponents in the paint.

The experts at Breakthrough Basketball developed these materials with players at all skill levels in mind.

Don't let his size (generously listed at 6 - foot) fool you: Chiozza is one of the toughest players in college basketball.

This Thursday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, players from across the globe will eagerly wait to hear NBA Commissioner David Stern announce their names as they move onto the next stage in their basketball life.

«I think the perception of Asian - American players is that they are all really small, and that they can't play high - level basketball,» said Chun, a soon - to - be senior at Archbishop Riordan - San Francisco who finished with 19 points, four rebounds and four assists.

The conference has a disproportionate number of the nation's Young Turk coaches, had four of the first 16 players chosen in last spring's NBA draft and has all the fandom and facilities that a power conference takes for granted — and it's still sniffed at by the college basketball cognoscenti.

Look at the young basketball players making the transition from high school.

As a player at Alabama he had been «the other end,» opposite Hall of Famer Don Hutson; at Kentucky he had been «the other coach,» eclipsed by basketball deity Adolph Rupp.

He was all but traded at one point and then he uttered the phrase that seemingly would be affixed to his basketball tombstone: «I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team.»

Ever since Tony Gonzalez committed to football at Cal, he's been the standard of what basketball players can do at tight end.

It was another slight, once more he had been overlooked as a player with a future at the next level of basketball.

«b. Either (i) the player has NOT attended a college or university in the United States or Canada during the academic year that takes place during all or any part of the season; (ii) the player has attended a college or university in the United States or Canada during the academic year that takes place during all or any part of the season but is no longer eligible in the current academic year (including by enrolling) to play basketball for the college or university during the season at the time of signing the Player Contract; or (iii) the player has no remaining intercollegiate basketball eligibplayer has NOT attended a college or university in the United States or Canada during the academic year that takes place during all or any part of the season; (ii) the player has attended a college or university in the United States or Canada during the academic year that takes place during all or any part of the season but is no longer eligible in the current academic year (including by enrolling) to play basketball for the college or university during the season at the time of signing the Player Contract; or (iii) the player has no remaining intercollegiate basketball eligibplayer has attended a college or university in the United States or Canada during the academic year that takes place during all or any part of the season but is no longer eligible in the current academic year (including by enrolling) to play basketball for the college or university during the season at the time of signing the Player Contract; or (iii) the player has no remaining intercollegiate basketball eligibPlayer Contract; or (iii) the player has no remaining intercollegiate basketball eligibplayer has no remaining intercollegiate basketball eligibility.