NYC is known as the cradle for basketball legends, it is no secret NYC high school basketball was and is currently at the highest competitive level. Some of the very best that ever played the game are those that played high school basketball in NYC, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Power Memorial HS, ... Read more...
A former Chicago Public High School basketball star was shot and killed on the Far South Side Thursday evening, just months before finally achieving his goal of playing Division I college basketball. Michael Haynes, 22, was shot dead while trying to break up a fight over a stolen necklace near his... Read more...
Adam Yauch, one of the founders of the seminal hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died of cancer at the age of 47, according to the Web site of the band’s publicist. Mr. Yauch, who went by the moniker MCA, had been battling cancer since 2009, when a tumor was discovered in his salivary g... Read more...