All posts by Joel Alderman

Zaila Avant-garde, at 14, is spelling champion, math whiz, and hoop phenom

By Joel Alderman Zaila Avant-garde is 14 years old and has at least three exceptional talents. One...
The Former Basketball Player Who Blew the Whistle on Bill Cosby

By Joel Alderman Bill Cosby is back in the news, and so is college basketball. Normally there...
UConn was first college in New England with five African-American starters; one of Dee Rowe’s coaching legacies

By Joel Alderman While researching former University of Connecticut basketball coach Dee Rowe after his passing earlier...
California high school basketball program penalized, and its coach fired for tortilla-throwing incident deemed as racist

By Joel Alderman Basketball and tortillas have little relationship, but when those thin flatbreads are thrown by...
Miami Heat and Marlins provided help after the disastrous condo collapse

By Joel Alderman The NBA regular season is over and most of the players not still in...
Mike Krzyzewski’s decision to retire leads us to research his basketball life before becoming coach at Duke

By Joel Alderman Now that Duke University’s iconic basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, has decided to retire after...
John Thompson once took a high school team he coached off the court in protest over the officiating, yet it is rarely included as part of his legacy

By Joel Alderman When John Thompson, the iconic former Georgetown Univ. basketball coach died on Aug. 30,...