Sentences with phrase «school basketball star»

Into Hazel's restricted existence steps Augustus, a handsome former high school basketball star who has lost a leg to the osteosarcoma from which he is now in remission.

NEW HAVEN — A former Hillhouse High School basketball star who later played in college was shot to death early today.

A Virginia town has split along racial lines over a stiff jail sentence meted out to high school basketball star Allen Iverson

Some of his more notable work came from his collaboration with director Spike Lee; over the course of the 1990s, Washington starred in three of his films, playing a jazz trumpeter in Mo» Better Blues (1990), the title role in Lee's epic 1992 biopic Malcolm X (for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination), and the convict father of a high - school basketball star in He Got Game (1998).

Excellent performances from Michael Shannon, Carla Gugino and young newcomer Taylor John Smith aren't enough to offset the narrative clichés of Bart Freundlich's drama about a high school basketball star struggling with family dysfunction.

Specifically, I'm interested in Amy's experience after she marries former high school basketball star Joey and how it might not end up being quite what she'd expected.

He spoke with Backstage about playing Eric, the closeted high school basketball star who's accused of raping a male peer.

Here's what award - winning filmmaker Michael Tollin learned about pursuing dreams and finding success while chronicling the lives of five high school basketball stars.

So when a 6» 6 high school basketball star has 14 TDs over his last two seasons in the Big Ten, then posts a 4.54 40, 4.1 - second shuttle, and 41.5 - inch vertical leap, it turns some heads.

To the people of Hampton, Va., the case of Allen Iverson — one of the greatest high school basketball stars the state has produced — comes down to one odious word: Nigger.

In your April 13 SCORECARD, you stated that Puma's Back to the Game basketball advertising campaign would feature high school basketball stars and that Puma would pay «the youngsters» expenses to and from commercial shoots.»

CONVICTED: By a state criminal court jury in Chicago, OMAR DIXON, 15, and WILLIAM MOORE, 16, of attempted armed robbery and murder for the shooting death last November of Ben Wilson, 17, nationally recruited high school basketball star.

The film is fairly paint - by - numbers and mostly predictable, but a standout performance from Shannon as the drunk, gambling - addicted father of a high school basketball star and an impressive turn from the always - welcome, always - gorgeous Carla Gugino will help position Wolves for a decently widespread theatrical release, though it probably won't have much staying power.

Wolves (Unrated) Dysfunctional family drama about a high school basketball star (Taylor John Smith) whose recruitment by Cornell is jeopardized by his gambling - addicted and compulsive liar of a father (Michael Shannon).

Back home, Ali was a high school basketball star who won a scholarship to St. Mary's College in Moraga, California.

Stanford University Expert: Effective School Response to Student Death Following the sudden passing of a high - school basketball star, schools may be wondering how they should respond to similar tragedies.

You play as Frequency Vibrations (yes that's his name), starting out as a high school basketball star, following him to the college ranks, and finally into the NBA.