Jamie Dixon: King Of New York by Zach Smart “From now on, nothing goes down unless I’m involved. No blackjack no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park, I want in. You guys got fat while everybody starved on the street… It’s my turn.” – Frank White (King of New [...]

Miles From Ordinary by Zach Smart So, the biggest question of pre-season has already been answered for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team. It took Nate Miles, the controversial 6-foot-6 guard/forward, approximately a month before his name was enmeshed in controversy. Miles, who had trouble getting enrolled at UConn, was arrested Monday night for [...]

UTEP Getting Some ‘Pep’ In Its Step by Zach Smart Ah, to be 19 with otherworldly, eye-popping springs. Meet Randy Culpepper, a generously-listed 6-foot guard for the University of Texas-El Paso. Mr. Culpepper, through a catalogue of soaring, emphatic, rim-ringing, gravity-defying and rim-punishing bangers, has etched his name in YouTube lore. The chances of the [...]

Pro Scouts On The Prowl For Quinnipiac’s Anderson by Zach Smart HAMDEN, Conn. – It’s a true story. DeMario Anderson sauntered into a restaurant on Whitney Ave., sporting a black fitted hat with “D.C.” emblazoned on the front. Suddenly, he was approached by two model-slender and strikingly pretty young women. Both were resident fans of [...]

The Storm is Over by Zach Smart To paraphrase Michael Moore, the scruffy-faced, cow-sized huckster, “was it all a dream?” While the thought of George W. Bush winning the election and serving eight chaotic years is Halloween-scary (and the results certainly speak for themselves), this was a new ground-breaking catastrophe. In the fall of 2006, [...]

The Mount a Surprise Success in 2008 by Zach Smart The road to success is not straight. It’s one of the more popular chestnuts of the King James Bible. In the Northeast Conference, a topsy-turvy, up-for-grabs league that’s about as predictable as the next Britney Spears meltdown, the axiom has proved prophetic. Mount St. Mary’s [...]

Curry Turning Heads, Finishing What His Father Started by Zach Smart There’s a quaint, old-world Deli/Bakery on the corner of the Ichabod’s Landing in the historic village of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. You ever heard of Sleepy Hollow? Every Halloween this area garners some national visibility due to that classic, legendary, werd-around-the-crackling-campfire tale that Washington Irving [...]

UConn Is Good If Price Is Right by Zach Smart STORRS, Conn. – University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun was quick to point out a palpable trend that has emerged in this young season. When the Price is right, it all starts to come together for UConn. Junior point guard A.J. Price, after [...]

Stahn And Company Return To Ferris Ave. For Hoops Tourney by Zach Smart WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Their schedule is barely halfway through, but Sean Stahn already has a pretty thorough method of attack for his White Plains summer basketball league team. Stahn acknowledges that there’s a mindset his team must approach in order to [...]