All posts tagged "Joel Alderman"

Curly Neal, a player, comedian, and good-will ambassador with the Harlem Globetrotters, dies at 77

By Joel Alderman Basketball legend, Fred “Curly” Neal, a dribbling phenom with the Harlem Globetrotters, and the...
Lee Green and David Edwards, both New Yorkers and college basketball players in the ’90s, have fallen to the coronavirus this week

By Joel Alderman Two stars of another era, Lee Green at St. John’s, along with fellow New...
Ivy Leaguers Seth Towns and Jordan Bruner could be playing for major programs next season, even as teammates

At least two Ivy Leaguers, Seth Towns of Harvard and Yale’s Jordan Bruner, could be continuing their...
Connecticut basketball fans stirred by allegations against Jim Calhoun in sex discrimination suit against University of St. Joseph

By Joel Alderman Basketball fans in Connecticut, and there are legions of them, as well as much...
College gym floors getting new paint jobs; 3-point arc is enlarged starting next season

Those who have been complaining about the relative ease that 3-point shots have been made will be...
Miye Oni of Yale signs NBA contract; first Ivy Leaguer to make it since Jeremy Lin in 2010

Miye Oni, who could have been a rising senior at Yale, has instead become the first Ivy...
NBA draftee Miye Oni bid an eloquent farewell to Yale while following his dream

Yale University is one of the highest regarded and most prestigious educational institutions in the world. It...