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 [...]

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 [...]

Several NBA players from Michigan among CBS Sports top 100

September 12, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes CBS Sports is counting down its rankings of the top 100 players in the NBA, and a few Michiganders have made the list. Detroit Country Day‘s Shane [...]

Grand Ledge’s Al Horford – criminally underrated

September 1, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Aaron McGuire at Gothic Ginobili continues his fantastic player evaluations with a look at former Grand Ledge standout Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks: There are a [...]

Which MI NBA player has the best shot at a title this year?

May 7, 2012 in Cover Story, Professional

By Patrick Hayes There are no franchise players from the state of Michigan in this year’s NBA playoffs, but there are a handful of guys who could help sway a [...]