I received an email the other day from one of those companies in the middle of somewhere about NCAA basketball.
Call it good timing, especially with March Madness getting rolling this week with the NCAA tournament.
It lists the top 10 best cities for college hoops fans and the top 10 worst cities.
Alabama freshman basketball star Brandon Miller is the biggest story in college basketball right now. And for all the wrong reasons.
Innocent in the eyes of the law, he’s drawn unwanted attention in the national spotlight because of his connection to a murder.
I know Tony Carter has wanted to be a head high school football coach for the longest time. And now, the long-time Navarre football assistant will get that chance.
He’s the new head coach at Pine Forest, and when it comes to home run hires, the Eagles knocked it out of the park in landing Carter to run the show.
MaxPreps has a much bigger role now in high school athletics than it once did.
That status update is the result of the FHSAA partnering up with it when it comes to calculating rankings that determines who goes and who stays home when it comes to the postseason in all sports.
Haason Reddick leads the NFL in sacks. He’s having a postseason to remember.
And on Sunday he’ll play in the Super Bowl with the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles.
Eight years have come and gone.
My first set of stories for the paper during the first week of February in 2015 included a story on Michael Carter and the recruiting attention that was just beginning to heat up with offers from Florida, Florida Atlantic and Tennessee.
A total of 258 picks. Only 48 selected.
You do the math. The odds of being a women’s pro soccer player aren’t quite slim to none, but they are only a few houses down the street in the neighborhood.
I always find it interesting when fans lose their minds over a football recruit flipping his commitment. In some cases, you would think the world was on fire.
What’s really funny is I saw someone the other day mention on social media that they must not teach loyalty at certain high schools.
I couldn’t help but have a potential fight catch my eye as a high school basketball game played out at a tournament over the holiday season.
Tis the season to be merry. Check that, angry.
It seems to be trending more and more that young people are in a rush to get done with school and move on to the next chapter of their lives. Including athletes.
They commit to a college early, passing up their second half of their senior year of high school, or they choose to reclassify from junior to senior so they can graduate a year ahead of schedule.
