Abby Waner and the U.S. women just barely beat Australia in the opening game of the FIBA U21 World Championship.

Josh McRoberts made a mistake in not coming out after his freshman year – so says Gary Parish. The spiky-haired one says McRoberts allowed his weaknesses to be exposed and cost himself millions by returning.
Well, okay, but that’s fairly short-term thinking.
McRoberts is a talented kid, but whether he came out last year [...]

Virginia Tech’s Zabian Dowdell and Jamon Gordon went undrafted by the NBA and are seeking to make a team the old-fashioned way – by playing their way in during summer ball.

The NCAA has cracked down on diploma mills, but as is usually the case, creative sorts figure out ways around the restrictions.

The draft is over, and it’s hard to imagine anyone more disappointed than Josh McRoberts. Originally pegged to go somewhere between 17 and 21, McRoberts tumbled all the way out of the first round, going to Portland in the second at #37.
On the bright side, he’ll be reunited with his AAU teammate Greg Oden, [...]

In ACC draft news, Thaddeus Young went to the Sixers, Javaris Crittenton to the Clippers, Brandan Wright was taken by the Bobcats and then traded to Golden State for Jason Richardson, Sean Williams ended up with the Nets, Jared Dudley was taken by the Bobs, Al Thornton by the Clippers, Reyshawn Terry went to the [...]

When we commented on Mike Nifong’s latest troubles Thursday, we got a bit confused. His Thursday hearing, which he failed to attend, was with Judge Orlando Hudson. Hudson more or less told Nifong to get his resignation in by Monday.
The other judge after Nifong, W.Osmond Smith, who presents a more serious problem: [...]

If you scroll down in this article, you’ll see Luol Deng is doing some good work to help fight malaria in his home continent of Africa.  And if you are near Chicago, you can get some court time with him, too!

Here are the results of the DBR mock draft, as conducted on the bulletin board.  Let’s see who gets anything right!1. Portland – thebur SELECTED – Greg Oden, Ohio State
2. Seattle – pfrduke SELECTED – Kevin Durant, Texas
3. Atlanta – Jason Evans SELECTED – Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State
4. Memphis – [...]

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