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Dr. James Naismith (1861-1939) was a Canadian-born educator and coach who invented the game of basketball in 1891 while teaching physical education at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass. Naismith did not finish high school until the age of...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The spring game is back in Louisiana. Gone for several years because of a change in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association rules, spring games returned this year and provided great evaluation opportunities for coaches. ...

NEW ORLEANS -- There are probably a lot of kids at St. Augustine High School who can do an impression of Avery Johnson, the former NBA player and coach with the distinctive, high-pitched voice. They could probably tell you their favorite play by t...

HOOVER, Ala. -- Five-star cornerback Marlon Humphrey has been without a cell phone for over a month now. While most of his classmates at Hoover High School would be lost without their cell phone, Humphrey has actually embraced not having it. He doesn...

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- The rain and cold weather at Merrimack College on Tuesday had little effect on Colin Flynn and the young Andover Golden Eagles. Flynn got on base three times and was extremely effective on the mound through the first five ...

A quick look at the statistics leaders or the standings or even ESPN Boston's MIAA Top 25 poll and it's pretty clear: East Longmeadow is the team to beat in Western Massachusetts. So much for a rebuilding year. The Spartans, who won their first...

DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Much like the rain, which manifested itself as cold-soup humidity over waterlogged B.C. High baseball fields, the Wachusett Regional baseball team hung around but never broke through. The Mountaineers (14-6) kept No. 2 B.C. Hi...

FAIRHAVEN, Mass. -- Just how potent is Coyle-Cassidy's offense? This potent: In Tuesday's 11-5 non-league victory over Fairhaven, the Warriors (16-3) strafed three Fairhaven pitchers for 19 hits; four Warriors had at least two hits; and se...

LSU and Ohio State were the top two for ESPN 150 wide receiver Saeed Blacknall. Now the two are bookends for the Manalapan (N.J.) High School star's top five. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Blacknall released a top five Tuesday night. LSU remains at the ...

Blog | May 21, 2013

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. -- Cornerback Kendarius Webster (Stockbridge, Ga./Stockbridge) is one of the fastest prospects in Georgia. He recently competed in the state high school state track championships in the 100-meter dash and the 4x100 meter relay. It wa...

CALERA, Ala. -- Spring practice just wrapped up for ESPN 150 athlete Ronnie Clark, and he put an exclamation point on it last week with three rushing touchdowns for Calera High School in the first half of their spring game. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound...

NORWOOD, Mass. -- Norwood's one-run loss to archrival Walpole (16-2) on April 26 left Kenny Michael with a bad taste in his mouth. Under the lights at Balch Elementary School on Monday night, he was a man on a mission-driving in both of Norwood's (14...

DOVER, Mass. - As spring turns to summer and as the MIAA lacrosse tournament nears, it's also around this time of year that Tri-Valley League rivals Dover-Sherborn and Medfield wrap up their season series - usually, with a conference title on the lin...

SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- While the Central Mass sectional lacrosse tournament is about a week away, St. John's (Shrewsbury) head coach Terry Leary thinks his team already has a playoff mentality. "Our game Saturday against Algonquin [a 7-6 overtime wi...

NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Needham senior Maddie Stenberg literally drew 'ewws and ahhs' from the home crowd as she consistently impressed them with her ease in scoring when facing the uncomfortable yesterday afternoon. Reaching through defenders to grab p...

We updated our statewide MIAA Top 25 baseball poll this afternoon. To view it, CLICK HERE. The next poll update will be Monday, May 27. That will be the final poll of the 2013 regular season. Following the May 27 update, the baseball poll will be ...