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RISE Above Flashback: DeMar DeRozan

Jon Mahoney, ESPN RISE

RISE Above Flashback: DeMar DeRozan

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

It's all in a long day's work for Richmond

Ryan Canner-O'Mealy, ESPN RISE

With 4.7 seconds to play in last season's sectional final, Waukegan's Jereme Richmond had one shot to be a hero. Did he feel up to it?

Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Preseason Hoops: Five Burning Questions

Ronnie Flores, ESPNRISE.com

Preseason Hoops: Five Burning Questions

Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Who walked those halls?

Sheldon Shealer, ESPNRISE.com

What does Don Mattingly have to do with high school soccer? Nothing. But he's a famous alumni of one of this week's FAB 50 Top 10 teams.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2009

California, Illinois boast impressive résumés

Mark Tennis and Doug Huff, ESPNRISE.com

Michigan's shocking upset of No. 1 seed New York in the first Great State Debate semifinal proved anything can happen. California and Illinois vie for the chance to advance this week.

Story | Conversation | March 08, 2009

2009 Boost Mobile Elite 24 roster announced

ESPNRISE.com

2009 Elite 24 roster announced

Story | Conversation | July 29, 2009

2009 AAU Super Showcase info

ESPNRISE.com

The AAU Super Showcase presented by Champion is an invite-only event for the nation's marquee U-17 AAU boys' basketball teams.

Story | Conversation | July 15, 2009

Putting on a S.H.O.W. with Kanye West

David Abrams, Special to ESPNRISE.com

David Abrams made a new friend this summer, Kanye West. Abrams shares his story of working with the rapper on a Chicago-area program for high schoolers that he created.

Story | Conversation | June 23, 2009

NBAPA Top 100 camp teaching hoops and life skills

Chris Lawlor, ESPNRISE.com

The NBAPA Top 100 camp has attracted the nation's most promising hoopster from the classes of 2010 and 2011 for a summer school on and off the hardwood.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2009

For nation's top athletes, excelling in one sport is not enough

Mark Tennis, ESPNRISE.com

It takes a special athlete to excel on the football field and the basketball court. See which dual-sport players were named 2009 ESPN RISE Grid-Hoop All-Americans.

Story | Conversation | April 23, 2009

Kobe, Shaq among top 15 prep players

ESPNRISE.com

Shaq and Kobe have been closely linked since their dominant run with the Lakers from 2000-2002. But which was the better prep player? The former teammates and current rivals square off in our Best Baller countdown.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2009

2009 High school basketball champions

ESPNRISE.com

ESPN RISE congratulates all of the 2009 high school basketball champions.

Story | Conversation | March 22, 2009

Peoria, not Chicago, boasts Illinois' best high school hoops

Joe Bush, Special to ESPNRISE.com

Chicago may produce the most NBA talent in Illinois, but you have to travel to Peoria to find the real heart of hoops in Illinois.

Story | Conversation | March 11, 2009

NorCal or SoCal, the debate for hoops' supremacy rages on

Ronnie Flores, ESPNRISE.com

In California basketball, it's north vs. south and Los Angeles vs. San Francisco. In the last few years, L.A. has forged out in front.

Story | Conversation | March 09, 2009

New York, Michigan clash in semifinals

Mark Tennis and Doug Huff, ESPNRISE.com

Can Michigan pull off another Great State Debate upset? The Wolverine State faces its toughest challenge yet in No. 1 seed New York.

Story | Conversation | March 02, 2009