The Links: The surprising Darius Morris and the leadership of Keith Appling

December 2, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state, a day late this week because of the holiday weekend. Chris Webber is writing an autobiography that could include his side [...]

Michigan native Al Horford discusses his reading habits, yoga and his cheerleader-loving brother (with video)

November 30, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Former Grand Ledge standout and current Atlanta Hawk Al Horford recently sat down with Grantland writer Charles Bethea for an interesting interview, including his connections to his [...]

Grand Ledge’s Al Horford is the NBA Player of the Week

November 27, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Al Horford, a former Grand Ledge standout who now plays for the Atlanta Hawks, was named this week’s Player of the Week in the Eastern Conference by [...]

The Links: JaVale McGee with one of the best NBA plays of the year and ranking Michigan’s 2013 recruiting class

November 26, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state, a day late this week because of the holiday weekend. The play of Michigan‘s bigs continues to impress. (HoopSpeakU) Fred Mattison [...]

The Links: Big Ten guards discuss guarding Trey Burke and how the D-League could help Chris Douglas-Roberts get back to the NBA

November 4, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Saginaw’s Jason Richardson making positive impact on Philadelphia 76ers. (Philadelphia Inquirer) Mott Community College coach Steve Schmidt will have his own [...]

Could a team of MI-native players compete in the NBA?

October 25, 2012 in Cover Story, Professional

By Patrick Hayes Comcast Sports Net Chicago put together an interesting slideshow looking at what a roster of all Chicago-born active NBA players would look like. The results? They’d have [...]

The Links: J.D. Tisdale excited about Bowling Green and Did Lansing native Magic Johnson have the best Simpsons cameo ever?

October 14, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. The Phoenix Suns are hoping Shannon Brown plays like another former Michigan State standout, Jason Richardson. (Sun ‘N Gun) Speaking of [...]

Atlanta Hawks waive Oakland’s Keith Benson

October 11, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes For the second straight year, the Atlanta Hawks have waived former Oakland University standout Keith Benson in training camp. From NBA.com: Both players appeared in one preseason [...]

The Links: MAC TV schedules, Midnight Madness at Michigan State and can the Mott C.C. basketball team repeat as champs?

October 7, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. The MAC has released its schedule of games that will be televised. Eastern Michigan games can be found here, Western Michigan [...]

ESPN #NBARank: Zach Randolph, Al Horford and JaVale McGee the last of the players with Michigan ties

September 25, 2012 in Professional

ESPN.com is doing its annual ranking of the top 500 players and incoming rookies in the NBA. You can see the experts who voted on the rankings here and follow the#NBARank hashtag on [...]