By Charles Collier On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Bucks lost to the Indiana Pacers 119-118 in overtime. The Bucks made costly turnovers down the stretch and collapsed in embarrassingly epic fashion. Since 1997, there have been 1,610 times that a team was up by 7 points or more with 40 seconds left in the […]
Round one of the NBA playoffs Due to Start This Weekend
By Charles Collier On Saturday April 19, 2025 round 1 of the NBA Playoffs will begin. The matchups are as follows: EASTERN CONFERENCE (1) Cleveland vs. (8) TBD (winner of the play-in game between Miami and Atlanta) (2) Boston vs. (7) Orlando (3) New York vs. (6) Detroit (4) Indiana vs. (5) Milwaukee WESTERN CONFERENCE […]
NBA Midseason 2024-2025 Awards
By Charles Collier This is my list of the NBA midseason 2024-2025 awards COACH OF THE YEAR– Kenny Atkinson, Cleveland Cavaliers/Head Coach, started the 2024-2025 season with a franchise record 15 straight wins. The Cavs first loss was on November 19, 2024, against the Boston Celtics. Atkinson is the ultimate player’s coach, and he has […]
Marquette is Ready to Make Deep Run in NCAA Tournament
By Charles Collier Marquette University has been playing inspiring basketball this season. Their goal is to win the NCAA tournament. Senior guard leads Marquette, Kam Jones, who was named to the John R. Wooden Award Pre-Season Top 50 list. On January 14, 2025, Marquette beat DePaul 83-81. David Joplin was Marquette’s leading scorer. He finished […]
NBA Playoffs Begin Today
On Saturday, April 20, 2024, the NBA Playoffs begin. The NBA Play-in Tournament is currently underway. On Tuesday April 16, 2024, the Lakers beat the Pelicans 110-106 despite a 40-point performance from Zion Williamson. With the win, the Lakers secured the seventh seed in the western conference. After the game, a jubilant Lebron James was […]
Bandsketball – MKE Brings Together Local Artists and Community Members for Second Year
By Eelisa Jones July 24, 2015 Milwaukee bands Rio Turbo and New Age Narcissism (NAN) play against each other in one game of basketball. During what could be called a time of national turmoil and divide – when those of different backgrounds and races may feel forced to regard one another with […]
Courtney Pruitt Named Alcorn State Women’s Basketball Coach
May 8, 2015 Courtney Pruitt Special to the NNPA from The Mississippi Link Alcorn State University’s search for a new head women’s basketball coach concluded with a seasoned individual with extensive college coaching experience, most recently as the head women’s coach at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. Director of […]
MSCR Holds High School Basketball Tournament
March 13, 2015 Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) held its annual end-of-season High School Basketball Tournament on March 7, 2015 at East High School. Twenty-two teams from all four MMSD high schools competed. Basketball is part of the MSCR afterschool program, and is open to students who do not play WIAA […]