Day: January 3, 2019

Bulls trade Justin Holiday to Grizzlies for Seldon, Brooks and picks

Brandon King

As the NBA season progresses there will emerge teams that ,around the trade deadline, will emerge as buyers or sellers. With their 10-28 ( and now on Zion watch or RJ watch) the Chicago Bulls would definitely fall into the seller category. They let that be known by trading Justin Holiday to the Memphis Grizzlies for Marshon Brooks, Wayne Seldon and a second round pick in 2019 and 2020. According to The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania, Brooks doesn’t need to plan for an extended stay in the Windy City.…

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Kyle Lowry out for Spurs game

Brandon King

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has been ruled out for team’s highly anticipated game against the Spurs which is the return to San Antonio for Kawhi Leonard. Lowry received injections last week as he is attempting to recover from lingering back soreness. Although coach Nick Nurse has indicated Saturday that the all-star guard was closing in on a return to the Raptors lineup saying, “We are close to the end of it,” at this juncture there is no timetable for his return. Fred VanVleet will continue to assume starting…

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Markieff Morris out six weeks with Transient Cervical Neuropraxia

Brandon King

The Washington Wizards released an official update outlining the status of forward Markieff Morris. Morris was diagnosed with transient cervical neuropraxia .According to Sports Med Today it is “a rare but dangerous cervical spine (neck) injury. TQ is usually caused by cervical spinal cord trauma, which can occur after a neck hyperextension or hyperflexion injury with possible axial loading (pressure applied to the top of the head).” Morris will be limited to non-contact basketball activities for the next six weeks. He has continued to suffer neck and back stiffness after sustaining a blow to…

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Reagan Jackson leads Clark-Atlanta over Spring Hill 76-65

Brandon King

Courtesy of Clark Atlanta Athletics: Reagan Jackson had 22 points, leading three Lady Panthers in double-figures as Clark Atlanta ended 2018 with a 76-65 win over Spring Hill College Monday in L.S. Epps Gymnasium. The win was the second in five games for Clark Atlanta (2-11, 1-4 SIAC) and their first conference win of the season. Spring Hill drops to 5-7 overall, 1-2 in conference play. The Lady Panthers jumped out fast, taking an early lead in the first quarter. But Spring Hill ended the period with a 9-4 run…

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MEAC Basketball tips off conference play this weekend

Brandon King

From meacsports.com: 2018-19 MEAC Men’s Basketball Statistics | 2018-19 MEAC Women’s Basketball StatisticsMEAC Men’s Basketball Notes | MEAC Women’s Basketball Notes With the New Year comes the start of league play in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), with a full slate of action coming on Saturday and four more games on the docket for Monday as teams begin jockeying for position in the 2019 MEAC Basketball Tounament. On the men’s side, Howard went 6-8 in non-conference play, and the Bison’s resume’ to this point includes wins over UMass and American. Morgan State, North Carolina…

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“Chinese New Year” Nike Air VaporMax 2.0 Official Images

Brandon King

Not to be left out of Nike’s celebration of the Year of the Pig is the Nike Air VaporMax. This VaporMax features a black FlyKnit upper with bits of metallic gold woven in. Red is found on the flywire and on the pig logo on the tongue while metallic gold is also present on the swooshes on the lateral and medial sides as well as the Chinese character on the heel. The VaporMax unit is red and the rubber portions on the outsole are black. The “Chinese New Year” Nike…

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Central State defeats Benedict 65-55 to end losing streak

Brandon King

Courtesy of Central State Athletics: COLUMBIA, South Carolina – The Central State Marauders rang in the new year with a 65-55 road win over Benedict College on Wednesday night. Snapping a nine-game losing streak, CSU improves to 2-12 on the season with a 1-7 ledger in SIAC play. BC falls to 2-10 overall with a 1-4 SIAC mark. The Marauders, who never trailed through the entire 40 minutes of play, opened the game on a 9-2 run. BC fought back to even the score at 10-10 before CSU mounted a 11-1…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Brooklyn man slips socks and sneakers out of store

Brandon King

A Brooklyn, N.Y. man decided that the Christmas season was for taking and not giving. On December 23, an employee at a retailer on Flatbush Avenue told police he saw the suspect walk out of the store near Atlantic Avenue with an estimated $224 of footwear and socks. The would-be theif wrapped the anti-theft sensors with aluminum foil to thwart the alarms from going off as he exited the store. The man was arrested later that day and he was charged with petty larceny.

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Garrett Temple and Omari Caspi reportedly involved in Physical Altercation at Team Meeting

Brandon King

Losing ten out your last thirteen games has a way of causing nerves to fray. According to The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania, the Memphis Grizzlies held an “emotional team meeting” in the locker room following the team’s 101-94 loss to the Detroit Pistons Wednesday night. The meeting,while volatile, turned physical between Garrett Temple and Omari Caspi. Neither player set the world on fire in the Pistons game, with Temple scoring just seven points and missing six of his eight shots and Caspi just got five minutes of fun and…

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