Mount St. Joseph's Lauren Hill gives thumbs up as she holds the game ball during her first NCAA college basketball game against Hiram University at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Sunday Nov 2, 2014.

Any of the greats will tell you that basketball and other professional sports are about more than just skill. It takes passion, bravery, dedication, and more to play on a team at any level. Mental ...

Navarro senior Paulete Mbuangi scored 54 points in a basketball game recently. It might not rank in the top 10 things she’s done in her life. Mbuangi has become one of the better girls basketball ...

As part of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports program, Langston Middle School joined the Great Kindness Challenge for January that included motivational speaker Jim “Basketball” Jones, ...

Jim "Basketball" Jones is in his "happy space" conducting motivational speaking assemblies for elementary school students. Jones, 58, brought his basketballs, fun music, pens, pencils and message to ...

Charleston, SC, Oct. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After playing high school and college basketball in Kentucky, Noel White had dreams of becoming a basketball coach. But after working for two years as ...

There’s a tried-and-true formula that has worked for many a sports-centric family drama: Local kid overcomes adversity off the court (or field, or track — you name it) and rises above it all for the ...

HARTFORD, Conn. – The UConn men's basketball team received a plethora of inspiration as it headed into Sunday's game against Butler at the XL Center. There was the return to the bench of head coach ...

Don’t let his impressive transcript fool you. Obbie Luciano can still get physical on the court. The Lawrence High senior captain is an ace student with a 4.6 grade point average and plans to attended ...

The University of Northern Colorado has record of 18 student-athletes with some sort of name, image and likeness deal. Men’s basketball alumnus Matt Johnson is one of them. Johnson, known to many ...