The Links: Branden Dawson’s recovery and Jordan Crawford as a potential starter

September 30, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. A controversial shot by Flint Northwestern great Trent Tucker is remembered by SI for Kids. (Sports Illustrated) Video of the Hall [...]

Whatever his role, Wizards will need Jordan Crawford’s offense at some point

September 26, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Fantastic Washington Wizards blog Truth About It has been counting down its ranking of the best Wizards players over the past five seasons. Coming in at No. [...]

ESPN #NBARank: Jordan Crawford (@jcraw55) and Shannon Brown (@ShannonBrown) check in on the list

September 4, 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 [...]

Detroit native Marlon Williamson of The Family named assistant coach at UMass

August 29, 2012 in Division I

By Patrick Hayes Marlon Williamson, who for the past nine years has helped run ‘The Family,’ a Detroit-based AAU basketball program that is among the country’s elite, has been hired [...]

Detroit’s Jordan Crawford, gunner extraordinaire

August 29, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Anyone who has watched Detroit native Jordan Crawford in college or the NBA for any length of time knows that he’s a scorer — often a shoot-first [...]

Should Detroit native Jordan Crawford start for the Washington Wizards?

August 20, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Considering the Washington Wizards just used the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s draft on shooting guard Bradley Beal, it seems like a foregone conclusion that [...]

The Links: Some coaching moves, Jordan Crawford’s frozen shoes and a new home for Powers Catholic

June 12, 2012 in Roundup

Periodically, we’ll roundup a bunch of stories from around the state that, though they didn’t merit individual posts, are certainly newsworthy and worth mentioning. Ray McCallum and Trey Burke played [...]

‘The Saint is Back:’ St. Cecilia readies for summer

June 4, 2012 in Cover Story, Division I, Division II, Division III, High School, Professional

By Patrick Hayes You can’t truly call yourself a basketball fan in Michigan until you’ve stepped into the iconic St. Cecilia gym in Detroit. My first opportunity came two summers [...]

Knee injury derails promising professional season for Joe Crawford in Israel

May 18, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes Former University of Kentucky and Detroit Renaissance star Joe Crawford seemed poised for another shot at the NBA after putting together a standout season for Maccabi Rishon [...]