Stories By Christopher Lawlor
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 3 years agoHOPEFULS TO CONVENE: 23 players are invited to USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team training camp in Houston; Coach Sharman White of Pace Academy (GA) to guide young Americans
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It’s showtime for the USA U16 National Team. Or, in the spirit of a minicamp, it’s time...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 3 years agoREADY TO GO: Mater Dei (CA), St. John Bosco (CA), Westlake (TX) atop Blue Star Media Elite 25 preseason football rankings; 5 Texas teams featured
BENSALEM, Pa. – The stars and planets are aligned in the high school football universe. The clouds have parted and the...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 3 years agoQUINN EWERS’ NIL EDICT: Not Interested, Leaving; nation’s top-rated QB bolts Southlake Carroll (TX) High School a year early for Ohio State
BENSALEM, Pa. – Quinn Ewers, the nation’s top-rated quarterback from the Class of 2022, has checked out of Southlake (Texas) Carroll...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 3 years ago2021 NBA Draft: Live Updates from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center; Cade Cunningham taken first by Detroit Pistons
NEW YORK – The 2021 NBA Draft is annual event that introduces the world to the next generations of stars. Essentially,...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 3 years agoMUST-SEE TV: Seven games featured in GEICO ESPN High School Football Kickoff; Blue Media Elite 25 teams to appear on ESPN networks from Aug. 26 to 29
BENSALEM, Pa. — The high school football season is upon us and ESPN will treat fans nationwide to a dream weekend...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 3 years agoDECISION: Blue-chip and Ohio State-bound QB Quinn Ewers considering skipping senior season over NIL; according to report Southlake Carroll (TX) star stands to profit mightily
BENSALEM, Pa. – Could the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) ruling that allows college athletes to profit off themselves and popularity...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 3 years ago2021 NBA Draft: Live Updates start Thursday night from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Who will go No. 1?
NEW YORK – The talent is young, alive, raw, bouncy and ready. That means the 2021 NBA Draft is on tap...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 3 years agoUSA Women’s Basketball U19 World Cup Team to prepare for FIBA event in Washington before departing for Hungary
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — The USA Women’s Basketball U19 World Cup Team training camp will touch down this week in Washington,...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 4 years agoRA ‘CHET’ ING IT UP: Gonzaga-recruit Holmgren bags MVP, USA wins fifth straight FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup crown, topping France 83-81
RIGA, Latvia – Paint them a shiny shade of gold … as in gold medal designated for the champions of the 2021 FIBA...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 4 years agoUSA U19 Men edge Canada in FIBA World Cup semifinals with big fourth-quarter effort; Americans meet France Sunday for gold medal
RIGA, Latvia – The USA U19 Men are officially going for gold following Saturday’s semifinal victory. In a close semifinal battle, the unbeaten...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 4 years agoBreakout first quarter allows USA Men to pull away from Senegal, 88-58, in FIBA U19 World Cup quarterfinals; Americans face Canade in Saturday’s semifinal showdown
RIGA, Latvia – Bring on Canada. That’s the battle cry for the USA U19 Men as they advanced to Saturday’s semifinals of the...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 4 years agoNo. 7 Corona (CA) Centennial captures CIF-Southern Regional championship in rematch with No. 8 Mater Dei; No. 1 Mount Notre Dame (OH) wins second straight Blue Star Media Elite 25 girls’ national title
BENSALEM, Pa. – For the last eight months the Blue Star Media Elite 25 girls’ basketball rankings have gone live. They...
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Boys HS Rankings
/ 4 years agoFINALLY: No. 1 Montverde (FL) Academy holds onto to top spot in Blue Star Media Elite 25 boys’ rankings; No. 11 Etiwanda (CA) wins first-ever CIF-Southern Regional title
BENSALEM, Pa. — The basketball season to end all seasons concluded last weekend. What started with preseason workouts in the fall...
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USA Basketball
/ 4 years agoAIMING FOR SEVENTH HEAVEN: 2020 USA Women’s Olympic Team 12-player roster revealed; Bird, Taurasi going for fifth gold medals
BENSALEM, Pa. — The march for No. 7 officially began today for the 2020 USA Olympic Women’s basketball team. The six-time...
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USA Basketball
/ 4 years agoSWEET 16: USA Women’s U16 National Team trials produces 16 finalists; Zoe Brooks, Breya Cunningham, JuJu Watkins headline selections
INDIANAPOLIS — Call it the Sweet Sixteen. That’s how many players survived the eight trials sessions featuring 34 athletes in the...
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Christopher Lawlor
/ 4 years agoTHRILLER: Mater Dei (CA) wins CIF-Southern Section Open Division crown on Lalani White’s buzzer-beater; No. 7 Monarchs move up two slots in Blue Star Media Elite 25 girls’ rankings with regional looming
BENSALEM, Pa. – If you can believe it, California and Oregon finally wrapping up their girls’ basketball seasons. The eyes of...
