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High School, Latest News, Video / Jul 1, 2009 / 11:05 am

2K Sports Preseason All-American Team vs. The World, Episode 2

From Jared Sullinger to Tristan Thompson to Cory Joseph, it’s not often you get a group of future NBA superstars all playing on one team. Follow them and more as they take on Puerto Rico in Episode 2 of the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team vs. The World.

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College, High School / Jun 30, 2009 / 6:49 pm

Lance Stephenson Officially Commits to Cincinnati

If you said that Lance Stephenson, the first four-time NYC champion (along with classmate Buddha Ellis), was going to commit to Cincinnati a year ago, people would have called you crazy. But that’s exactly what just happened.

After months of hearing that he was headed to St. John’s, Maryland, Memphis, Arizona, or even Florida, Cincinnati popped out of nowhere to snare Lance.

Read the rest of the story HERE.

College, High School / Jun 29, 2009 / 11:22 am

Recruiting Rumor: Lance Stephenson To Cincinnati

For weeks we heard that we’d have to wait until after Lance Stephenson’s June 29th court date was settled to get back to the recruitment business. But there’s a rumor circulating before his sexual assault case is adjourned in court today that “Born Ready” will be headed to Cincinnati.

Word is that the Bearcats leapfrogged Arizona, Memphis and Florida International, and we could hear about a commitment as early as tomorrow. Check out the rest of the story HERE.

High School, Latest News, Video / Jun 24, 2009 / 9:30 am

2K Sports Preseason All-American Team vs. The World, Episode 1

It’s now been a week since my return from France, and I’m not gonna lie - I miss it. From the food to the games to kickin’ it off the court, it was an amazing time. Now, we take you even further behind the scenes in Episode 1 of the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team vs. The World.

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High School, Latest News, Video / Jun 17, 2009 / 10:39 am

America Dunks On The World

After an amazing week in France embedded with the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team, I’m back. Hanging with the stars of the Class of 2010, if you’re still unfamiliar with these kids by now, you’re sleeping on game. If you hadn’t been following my whole trip on High School Hoop, head over there now so you can be the one telling your buddies who’s the Next Big Thing. Oh yea, and you just might see the Dunk of the Year courtesy of Jason Morris

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College, High School / Jun 11, 2009 / 11:26 am

The USC Emergency

After news broke yesterday morning about Tim Floyd’s resignation at USC, our man Jason Jordan got after tracking down the members of the Trojans’ incoming basketball recruiting class to find out if they were going to stick with USC. Read More »

High School, Video / Jun 10, 2009 / 10:21 am

The United States vs. The World

On Monday night our man Aron Phillips took off on a plane from JFK to Paris, France, embedded with the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team. AP will be covering every part of the trip as the top high school players in America do battle in the World Basketball Tournament in the city of Douai this week.

AP will be bringing you all the game coverage on HighSchoolHoop.com, but first thing’s first: Tristan Thompson and Jared Sullinger break down the differences between McDonald’s in France and the U.S….


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High School / Jun 9, 2009 / 3:19 pm

Jordan Montgomery Update

If you didn’t catch the story/video yesterday on 8 year old Jordan Montgomery, check it out here http://dimemag.com/2009/06/introducing-jordan-montgomery/.

Here is today’s update. His brother was reading through all the comments and emailed me the following (I don’t think he’d mind if I posted his entire email… trying to be as transparent as possible here!): Read More »

High School, NBA, Video / Jun 8, 2009 / 4:15 pm

Introducing Jordan Montgomery

Here’s the deal. I received a facebook message that said the following:

“My little brother is the top 8 year old in the country and we are hoping to get some publicity is there anyway you can help?
Thank you. Below is a mixtape of my brother… thanks again”

My reply to the dude?

“Maybe the craziest thing anyone has ever asked me!!! HE’S IN 2ND GRADE!!!”

Now I’ve succumbed. So world, introducing Dime cover athlete for issue #674… The 8 year sensation… Jordan Montgomery.

College, High School / Jun 3, 2009 / 10:55 am

Rumors Swirling About Xavier Henry’s Commitment to Kansas

Head over to High School Hoop for the full story about a new batch of rumors surrounding Xavier Henry’s commitment to Kansas. Late last week, news surfaced that the star small forward wasn’t happy at KU. Kentucky fans jumped at the sound of that, hoping Coach Calipari would sweep Xavier back up. Check it all out HERE.

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