End of Era as Marauders Athletic Architect Al Bortke Set to Retire ismarck, ND ? After 36 years, longtime athletic director, men's Basketball coach and hall of famer Al Bortke will officially grace the halls and playing floors of the McDowell Activity Center for the final time on June 30 as Bortke begins
HBO Hung episode guide for July that tells the story of a well-endowed former high school legend turned struggling middle-aged high school teacher and basketball coach, who figures out a way to use his best asset. The series stars Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, Anne Heche, Sianoa Smit-McPhee
Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska governor dollars, go down the drain.? A former sports journalist known as ?Sarah Barracuda? when she played high school basketball, Palin said it was ?time to pass the ball for victory.? In leaving her post before the end of her first term, Palin, the
Sarah Palin to resign as Alaska governor this month full-court press right now on the national level picking apart a good point guard,' Palin said, using a basketball analogy. Palin complained during the unsuccessful 2008 campaign about having her comments 'filtered' by the mainstream media. Visit
Los Angeles officials brace for Michael Jackson memorial Friday urged fans who do not win a ticket in a random drawing to stay away from the basketball arena where the singer will be memorialized. Organizers have set aside a total of 17,500 tickets through an Internet-based lottery for the televised service at
Kentucky's Calipari Is the New King of the Court When it Comes to Salaries work?In May, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics recommended a cap on salaries of Division I men's basketball and football coaches to curtail the spiraling spending of college athletic departments. The Knight Commission pointed out that
Palin to Resign as Governor of Alaska ends in 2010. Palin, 45, did not take questions after her announcement, but compared herself to a good basketball point guard facing 'a full court press from the national level.' 'She knows exactly when to pass the ball so that a team can win,' Palin
WSU Gets 6-foot-10 Recruit Bjornstad Bjornstad, a two-time All-State forward from Columbia River High School in Vancouver, Wash., called Bone to accept a basketball scholarship at Washington State. I called him this morning, Bjornstad said. He said, Have you made your decision? I said,
Pistons fire Curry Auburn Hills, MI (Sports Network) - Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars did an about face Tuesday and fired head coach Michael Curry. 'This was a difficult decision to make,' Dumars said in a statement released by the team
Young amputee at home recovering (1503) is gone, there is a lot of stuff I will be able to do, Watson said. Cheerleading, volleyball, basketball and softball. And, I will be able to go swimming. That will be a while from now though, Amanda Watson added. The highlight of Watsons one-week stay
Greg Oden's Rehab Could Take 6 Months
Wrist injury might force star center to miss start of Ohio State's basketball season
Greg Oden will miss the beginning of college basketball season if his rehabilitation from wrist surgery takes as long as expected.
Greg Oden's father, Greg Oden Sr., said his son told him prior to Friday's procedure that doctors thought rehabilitation would take six months.
"That's what they told him, six months," Greg Oden Sr. said this weekend. "I haven't talked to him since the surgery, so I don't know what's going to happen with rehab and all of that. But they said six months."
Greg Oden, a two-time national Player of the Year from Lawrence North, had surgery at the Indiana Hand Center to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist.
Afterward, Lawrence North coach Jack Keefer said doctors inserted a clamp and a screw into Greg Oden's wrist. Keefer said doctors likened the surgery to repairing a torn anterior cruciate ligament in a knee and termed the procedure "a success."
"It's not something that's going to take a few weeks or a couple months," Keefer said.
Neither Greg Oden nor his mother, Zoe, has talked publicly since the surgery. The doctors involved are prohibited by law from commenting without family consent.
Greg Oden began classes Monday at Ohio State. Buckeyes coach Thad Matta, who was in Indianapolis on Friday for Greg Oden's surgery, has not commented on his star recruit's recovery.
Ohio State spokesman Dan Wallenberg said Greg Oden saw Buckeyes team doctor Grant Jones on Monday. Greg Oden will see Jones once a week, but "his main evaluation is going to be once a month," Wallenberg said.
Greg Oden was scheduled to play with USA Basketball's senior men's team, from which the 2008 Olympic team will be chosen, in Las Vegas in late July. Though it's almost certain Greg Oden won't be able to play, USA Basketball spokesman Craig Miller said Greg Oden might still make the trip to attend meetings, meet Olympic coach Mike Krzyzewski and spend time with USA men's basketball director Jerry Colangelo.
A six-month layoff would put Greg Oden back in action Dec. 16. Ohio State hasn't released its full schedule, but Greg Oden's absence would include the marquee game of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Nov. 29 against North Carolina, which pits the nation's top two rated recruiting classes.
Should Greg Oden play, the game would also be a rematch of a nationally televised high school game between Tyler Hansbrough, last year's national Freshman of the Year with the Tar Heels, and Greg Oden.
Lawrence North beat Hansbrough's Poplar Bluff (Mo.) team 56-40 Dec. 9, 2004, at Hinkle Fieldhouse. A junior at the time, Greg Oden had 16 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots. Hansbrough, a senior, had 16, 12 and one.
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot. Copyright 2009 The Sports Network
Turkoglu To Join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu To Join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
