A rivalry game between two Washington high schools comes down to the last shot and the most unlikely thing happens. The result? The dreaded non-ending.
Basketball
How teams react on the road each season often differs more than a teenager’s mood. It’s easier to win away from home in the NHL, NFL, Major League Baseball and even some sketchy Argentine soccer leagues than it is college basketball.
Gary Hannig let out a long exhale as the final seconds ticked away Tuesday. And after the final buzzer sounded, The Meadows boys basketball coach had a relieved look on his face.
It’s not just one that got away. UNLV junior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones has had a lot of time to reflect on two games to regret, and he admitted to being in a foul mood because of it.
Until recently, UNLV sophomore center Aley Rohde had no doubt about what profession she wanted to pursue.
As critics take shots at coach Dave Rice, whose approval ratings are dropping following UNLV’s back-to-back home losses, he’s getting too familiar with the downside of a high-profile position.
There were hotels to check out of and flights to catch. But virtually every NBA team had someone stick around the Reno Events Center on Thursday afternoon.
Ryan Fretz is in his first season as the boys basketball coach at Desert Oasis. But he still had the date memorized: February 8, 2012.
Sierra Vista’s boys basketball team walked off the court with a 75-68 win over Palo Verde on Thursday to move to 2-0 in the Northwest League.
Dennis Rodman apologized Thursday for comments he made in North Korea about a detained American missionary, saying he had been drinking and was under pressure as he organized a game with former NBA players.
The Rebels today are a team stranded at sea with a giant hole in the raft, not enough life jackets and a radio transmitter engulfed in water. They are as disjointed off the court as they are on it, helplessly searching for reasons why they can’t beat average teams at home.
Soaring in and reaching high above the rim for an alley-oop pass, Deonte Burton threw down a thunderous dunk that reverberated from Las Vegas to Reno. UNLV’s dominant run against UNR was done.
UNR star guard Deonte Burton was shocked when he found freshman Kendall Smith trying to chase him around the floor early in the game at the Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday night.
Centennial boys basketball coach Todd Allen was hoping the Bulldogs would put away Cimarron-Memorial when they had the chance with about three minutes remaining in regulation.
Dennis Rodman sang “Happy Birthday” to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before leading a squad of former NBA stars in a friendly game Wednesday as part of his “basketball diplomacy” that has been criticized in the U.S. as naive and laughable.
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