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Class B all-state boys basketball teams
Leon Redd, Wyoming Godwin Heights CLASS B BOYS BASKETBALL First team LEON REDD Wyoming Godwin Heights, 6-0, SR. G Three-year starter paced the Wolverines to the state title as a junior, and a No. 1...
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Class A all-state boys basketball teams
Brandon Allen, Haslett CLASS A BOYS BASKETBALL First team Brandon Allen Haslett 5-9, Sr. G Set five Haslett school records: career points (1,654); career 3-pointers (218) and season (74, last year);...
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Meet the Free Press’ boys basketball dream team
Austin Davis, Onsted BOYS BASKETBALL DREAM TEAM Austin Davis Onsted 6-feet-10, senior center Got in shape and was nearly impossible to stop inside. Posted big numbers, averaging 25.3 points, 14.3...
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McCabe: What if Josh Jackson had stayed in state?
Josh Jackson watches the Michigan State -Ohio State game on March 5 at the Breslin Center. Josh Jackson was back in Michigan Monday, but he won’t be staying long. The No.1-ranked high school player in...
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McCabe: Carey was also the Voice of Friday nights
Paul Carey with his wife at Tigers spring training in 2014. The longtime radio announcer of the Detroit Tigers died Tuesday at age 88. For oh so long, the routine was the same:...
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Henry Ford's Towns will play basketball at Niagara
James Towns (left) and his mother Kim Fountain on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Detroit Henry Ford basketball coach Kenneth Flowers sums up his senior guard James Towns in one word; “Tough.” But when you...
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The U-D Jesuit star participated in the Jordan Brand Classic Friday in New York. Video by Lauren Shute/Special to DFP
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Michigan coach John Beilein out on the recruiting trail
Michigan basketball coach John Beilein has been out connecting with many prospects during the recruiting period that began Friday. Michigan basketball coach John Beilein. Over the weekend, coaches were...
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Windsor high school basketball star found to be 30 years old
The skyline of Windsor, Ontario, as seen from the Detroit River. In a stunning development, a star center for a Canadian high school basketball team was exposed as a 30-year-old African refugee,...
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Recruiting: Prospects headed to Michigan State spring game, Part 2
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio celebrates after the 16-13 win against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Big Ten championship Dec. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. While the current Spartans will be...
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Overage high school basketball players? Not in Michigan
U-D Jesuit’s Ike Eke (1) and Gregory Eboigbodin (11) celebrate an MHSAA boys basketball Class A championship at the Breslin Center in East Lansing on March 26, 2016. Speculation had been growing about...
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Basketball recruit Cain visited U-M, offered scholarship
Jamal Cain, Detroit Cornerstone Today could impact the future of the Michigan basketball program. Detroit Cornerstone wing Jamal Cain, a rising player in the 2017 class, went to Ann Arbor on an...
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Oakland gets commitment from North Farmington guard Billy Thomas
North Farmington’s Billy Thomas on March 25, 2016. Oakland University suffered a serious blow for next season when junior point guard Kay Felder declared for the NBA draft and signed with an agent....
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Coach cleared in Jonathan Nicola case, but team may forfeit all wins
The skyline of Windsor, Ontario, as seen from the Detroit River. The sordid Jonathan Nicola affair has reached the phase of parceling out responsibility and blame. It appears that the 29-year-old...
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Nunn, Ploof capture Mr. and Miss Bowling awards
Flint Carman-Ainsworth’s Jordan Nunn holds the Matt Fiorito Mr. Bowling award Sunday at Century Banquet Center in Sterling Heights. “I’ve learned how to swing the ball and how to control it and play...
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UDM signs Ypsilanti star, retains Jermaine Jackson as assistant
Corey Allen of Ypsilanti Detroit Mercy has signed Mr. Basketball finalist Corey Allen (Ypsilanti) to a national letter of intent. A 6-foot-3, 210-pound guard, Allen averaged 23.2 points, 7.8 rebounds...
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Detroit Mercy signs JUCO All-America point guard
New Detroit Titans basketball coach Bacari Alexander speaks at his introductory news conference Friday, April 22, 2016, in Detroit. Deshawndre Black plays for Schoolcraft College Detroit Mercy has...
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2-time Mr. Golf eyeing more before heading to Michigan State
Battle Creek Lakeview golfer Andrew Walker There’s no shortage of superlatives to describe Battle Creek Lakeview senior Andrew Walker. “A quality kid,” says his high school golf coach, Tony Evans....
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Dyslexia was hurdle for Lake City star, valedictorian
Laraiah Schichtel. Three years ago, Laraiah Schichtel sat with the band in Lake City’s gym and listened to Rhett Thompson deliver the valedictory address. When the ceremony ended the freshman went...
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Recruiting: MSU stops in to see Greenville TE Keegan Cossou
Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio talks to the crowd during a timeout in the Michigan State-Florida NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan...
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