• A frat president, a volunteer and a future doctor, slain MSU students were 'incredibly loved'

    A frat president, a volunteer and a future doctor, slain MSU students were 'incredibly loved'

    Feb 15, 2023 03:25 PM EDT

    ... Shellenbarger. Those in attendance also observed a 24-second moment of silence in honor of Verner, who wore jersey No. 24 while she was a basketball player at Clawson High. "While you are silent," Shellenbarger said over the public-address system, "think about her smile, think about that hero that ...

  • 3 things we know about mass shootings after Parkland

    3 things we know about mass shootings after Parkland

    Feb 14, 2023 11:03 PM EDT

    ... School, in Oxford, Michigan, in November 2021. School gun violence takes many forms. In January 2023, five students were wounded during shootings at high school basketball games in five different states. These shootings at school games are a “quiet phenomenon” that gets little national attention. Based on our data on ...

  • As death toll continues to rise, quake already deadliest in Turkey's modern history

    As death toll continues to rise, quake already deadliest in Turkey's modern history

    Feb 14, 2023 08:54 PM EDT

    ... zone," he said. At a temporary shelter in a sports center in Afrin in northwest Syria, 190 families were sleeping on the floor of a basketball court, lying on mats typically used for training. The families attempted to create a semblance of privacy by hanging blankets on columns or sports ...

  • 5 years after massacre, Parkland families continue honoring lost loved ones with charitable work

    5 years after massacre, Parkland families continue honoring lost loved ones with charitable work

    Feb 13, 2023 06:25 PM EDT

    ... politicians, leading to the death of their 17-year-old son, Joaquin, who was known for his writing and his ability to make friends. The foundation's name comes from something Joaquin would say after bad calls cost his basketball team a game — that nothing would change without new refs.

  • Earthquake deepens need for humanitarian aid in Syria and Turkey

    Earthquake deepens need for humanitarian aid in Syria and Turkey

    Feb 12, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... days. People are still who are staying in Gaziantep, they are still spending the time in cars. Or there was provided collective shelter, like mosques, basketball courts, schools. Now, at some open spaces there was established tents for those who are preferring tents, they have no access to other options ...

  • How LeBron James changed the game and became NBA's all-time leading scorer

    How LeBron James changed the game and became NBA's all-time leading scorer

    Feb 08, 2023 11:40 PM EDT

    He's won a championship and a finals MVP on three different teams. No one's ever done anything like that. Geoff Bennett: Right. And, look, LeBron James is 38 years old. He's in season 20 of his NBA playing career. By conventional basketball playing standards, he's an ...

  • All-Star 3rd baseman Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

    All-Star 3rd baseman Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

    Jan 25, 2023 04:59 PM EDT

    ... buddies and everybody telling me where it was," Rolen said. He waited Tuesday at home in Bloomington — he was runner-up for Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 1993 — with his parents, wife, son, daughter, brother and his brother's family. "When the phone call came and I saw baseball Hall ...

  • WATCH: Golden State Warriors visit the White House, thank Biden for bringing home Griner

    WATCH: Golden State Warriors visit the White House, thank Biden for bringing home Griner

    Jan 17, 2023 03:46 PM EDT

    ... to bring home Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who had been jailed in Russia on drug charges. He called her a "big part of our basketball family." WATCH: How the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry built a dynasty "It means a lot to know that she's here and ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on Biden's handling of classified documents, George Santos scandals

    Brooks and Capehart on Biden's handling of classified documents, George Santos scandals

    Jan 13, 2023 11:30 PM EDT

    ... markings. And we're talking about 20 documents, classified documents, from when Joe Biden was vice president of the United States. This is apples and basketballs. I mean, these two -- those two objects are spherical in nature, and that's all they have in common. And I think we need ...

  • Why Americans are lonelier and its effects on our health

    Why Americans are lonelier and its effects on our health

    Jan 08, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... we often forget to do. Right. Again, it's too easy to stay in our house and watch Netflix, but if you're watching the basketball game, could you head out to a pub and watch that basketball game? If you're going to be doing something engaging in knitting ...