Former Washington Bullets center Kevin Duckworth died Monday while on a trip to the Oregon Coast to host a free basketball clinic. He was 44. The cause of death was to be determined by a medical examiner. The 7-foot Duckworth spent 11 seasons in the NBA, helping Portland reach the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. The two-time all-star also played for San Antonio, Milwaukee and the Los Angeles Clippers. Read more...

Queens - Northeastern 59:69 The Northeastern University basketball team secured their first win on the Canadian tour. They held off Queens University in Kingston, Ontario in the first of the seven-game schedule in Canada. The teams entered the game quite well matched and were all square at 14 after the opening stanza. However the visitors gradually took over and built a 5-point advantage at halftime. Read more...

Former Duquesne University forward/center Kieron Achara (6'10''-F/C-83) (Stirling, Scotland/Maine Central Institute) has signed a one-year contract with a two-year option to play basketball for UPIM Bologna it was announced today. Achara joins 2007-08 Duquesne teammates Reggie Jackson (Hogansville, Ga./Southern Union College) and Shawn James (Brooklyn, N.Y./Notre Dame Prep) who have also signed contracts with overseas professional teams this summer. Read more...

UIC head coach Jimmy Colllins announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27 that Josh Anderson (Chicago, Ill./Simeon Career Academy) has joined the UIC men's basketball team. Anderson, who is joining the Flames as a walk-on, is a 6-foot-3, 182-pound shooting guard who averaged 13.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a senior for Simeon last year. Read more...

Las Vegas Aces basketball team has come to an agreement with former NBA player Anthony Miller (6'9''-C-71, agency: CGL Sports, college: Michigan St.) as one of the marquee players to join the 'Aces' ranks. Known as 'Pig,' Miller (born October 22, 1971) in Benton Harbor, MI) is an American professional basketball player who was selected by Golden State Warriors in the second round (39th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft. Read more...

The Amherst College mens basketball program has consistently produced student-athletes that have moved on to play at the professional level, and it is becoming more common for Division III athletes to further their playing careers overseas. But all five members of one graduating class signing professional contracts in the same summer? Thats unheard of. Read more...

San Angelo, Tx .Will be the location for the 2009 SAN ANGELO CHAPARRALS team tryouts . The Chaps had another tough run at a championship but came up short to the defending TPBL champs the MIDLAND HEAT. All players are asked to bring your own work out gear and be prepared to work out twice in one day. Read more...

The Klosterneuburg Dukes and the Worthersee Piraten announced their new Centers for the 2008/09 season. The Dukes found the replacement for Kevin Martin (208-C-83, college: Florida Gulf Coast) at the Eurobasket Summer League in Chicago in Michael Rembert (206-C-84, college: SE Missouri St.). Rembert was in the Chicago All-BigMan and All-Tournament 2nd Team. The 6'9 tall Rembert played college basketball for SE Missouri St. where he had 7.3ppg and 5. Read more...

Marcus Watts (201-F, college: Chattanooga) (201-F, college: Chattanooga) (201-F, college: Chattanooga) signed for Team Componenta in Finland for the upcoming season. This summer Marcus Watts competed at the Eurobasket Summer League in Salt Lake City and was simply outstanding as he was the tournaments leading scorer. He is definitely a player who is going to have a better professional career than in college career based of off his natural scoring potential which was systemized in college. Read more...

Houston Rockets acquired D.J. Strawberry (6'5''-G-85, college: Maryland) from Phoenix Suns in exchange for Sean Singletary (6'0''-G-85, college: Virginia). D.J. Strawberry played 32 regular season games for the Suns averaging 2.2 ppg. In December 2007 he moved to D-league team Albuquerque Thunderbirds but next month the Suns called him back. It was his first NBA season since he graduated at Maryland in 2007. He played 34 games at his senior year adding 14. Read more...

Los Angeles Clippers today named Fred Vinson Assistant Coach/Director of Player Programs. Vinson served as a Player Development consultant for the Clippers during the 2007-08 season. 'We feel that Freds background and experience as an NBA player will allow him to take on a mentoring roll with our young players and help ease their transition to the NBA', stated Clippers Director of Player Personnel Neil Olshey. Read more...

courtesy basketball canada The exhibition schedule between CanadiaN iNTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS and the NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHELETIC ASSOCIATION, got under way monday night as the NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HUSKIES knocked off Queens U Gold GAELS 69-59. Junior Matt Jannerg scored 19 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the Huskies who play in the NCAA division 1 COLONIAL ATHELETIC ASSOCIATION. Read more...

The first day of classes of the 2008-09 school year came on Monday (Aug. 25) at Cleveland State and men's basketball head coach Gary Waters celebrated the day by announcing the addition of three players to the basketball roster. Joining the Vikings are sophomore Aaron Pogue (Dayton, OH/Dunbar) and freshmen Ethan Anderson (Grand Rapids, MI) and Tim Kamczyc (Strongsville, OH). Read more...

When former VMI guard Jack Castleberry (6'3''-G) was in the lineup during his playing days at the Institute, head coach Duggar Baucom said it was like having another coach on the floor. Baucom will now have Castleberry as a full-time staff member as the Virginia Beach native and Class of 2007 alumnus has joined the Keydets program as an assistant coach. 'We are very excited to have Jack Castleberry back at VMI. Read more...

Streetball has long been confined to park playgrounds and gymnasiums across the globe, until around the mid-2000s when the culture grabbed national attention thanks to TV exposure via shows like ESPN's "Streetball" and "City Slam" among others. That exposure spawned the creation tours and companies like AND1 and Ball4Real, helping further push the culture into the mainstream. Read more...

West Texas Whirlwinds today announced the signing of 6'10', 240lb Randy Holbrook (6'9''-C-82, college: S.Indiana) of St. Louis, MO. Holbrook was an Honorable Mention All-American at Division II Bulletin. He helped lead the Southern University Eagles to regular-season and tournament titles in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and the team added a first round victory in the NCAA Tournament on its way to a 25-7 record. Holbrook averaged 16.2 points and 6. Read more...

FAYETTE, Mo. - The Central Methodist University men's basketball team completed its recruiting efforts for the 2008-09 season by signing four transfers. Paulius Cibulski, Eli Harris, Matthew Scott and Moses Harper committed to join the Runnin' Eagles for the upcoming season. Paulius Cibulski is a 6-foot, 8-inch sophomore from Eastern Wyoming College. Cibulski averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds per game at Eastern Wyoming College last season. Read more...

Former Mid-America Christian University basketball player, Joseph Brown signed a professional contract to play in Sangalhos, Potugal. Brown came to play at MACU in 2006. As a junior point guard he averaged 17 point per game. He was a member of the 2007 NCCAA National Championship Team and was named to the all-tournament team. As a senior, Brown averaged 14 points per game. In the Sooner Athletic Conference his three point field goal percentage was ranked in the top ten. Read more...

Daniel Webster College Department of Athletics today announced that David Faucher has been named head coach of its men's basketball program. The announcement was made by Phil Rowe, assistant vice president of Student Affairs. The hiring of Faucher underscores Daniel Websters commitment to advancing its athletic program while continuing to provide an academic-rich environment, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. Read more...