Alaska exports athletes  23 Oct 2003
East's Trajan Langdon and Juneau's Carlos Boozer both played in the McDonald's Senior All-American basketball game, both helped national power Duke University ... (Anchorage Daily News, AK)

URI Sports  23 Oct 2003
He has signed to play with the Juarez, Mexico, of the American Basketball Association and was back gathering some belongings and saying hello to his old ... (Providence Journal Bulletin (subscription), RI)

Diverse class enters Black Hall of Fame  Oct 22, 2003
Going into the Hall are Edison wrestling and track and field standout James Osborne Brady; Leroy Wright, one of the first African American basketball players ... (Stockton Record, CA)

Barrett speaks at Tech function  Oct 21, 2003
Barrett, who played for the American Basketball Association’s Virginia Squires, won a gold medal playing for the United States men’s basketball team at the ... (Charleston Gazette, WV)

BASKETBALL: FIRED-UP ROCKS ARE NOT AFRAID OF SHARKS  Oct 17, 2003
But the American basketball coach will have no complaints if league leaders Sheffield Sharks turn up knackered to face his team at Braehead tomorrow after ... (Glasgow Daily Record, UK)

Husky Hysteria sweeps through Connecticut  Oct 17, 2003
Hours later, the now-defunct New England Blizzard, a middling 13-14 American Basketball League team featuring several former UConn stars, beat the Colorado ... (ABC12.com, MI)

Flying Knueppel's win Gus Macker  Oct 19, 2003
I felt a little bit of pressure," said Kon, who was an All-American basketball player at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee. ... (Hilton Head Island Packet, SC)

Pardew: How I'll make West Ham great again  Oct 17, 2003
Alan Pardew's first task when he starts work with West Ham on Monday will involve pinning the words of an American basketball coach on the wall at the club's ... (This is London, UK)

Curtain Call  Oct 16, 2003
The Long Beach Jam, a new professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association, is looking for dancers to perform at all 18 Long Beach Jam home ... (San Bernardino Sun, CA)

LA basketball star 'held student by neck to rape her'  Oct 9, 2003
The American basketball star Kobe Bryant grabbed a woman around the neck in a hotel room, bent her over a chair and raped her as she begged him to stop, a ... (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)

Survey says: Hornets get no respect  Oct 19, 2003
On Nov. 9, 1976, the Jazz played the New York Nets, one of the former American Basketball Association teams absorbed that year into the NBA. ... (Times Picayune, LA)

Native takes another step toward Olympics  Oct 10, 2003
Conference player of the year at the University of Florida before being drafted in the first round by Portland of the now-defunct American Basketball League. ... (Coastal Courier, GA)

On a mission  Oct 14, 2003
Just as American basketball star Shawn Bradley was once sent to Australia to do Mormon missionary work, so Kjar found himself landing in Brisbane in 1997. ... (Daily Telegraph, Australia)

Wilson ready to return as Coug coach  Oct 14, 2003
I was totally surprised," said Wilson, whose coaching career also included 13 seasons at USC and two years in the American Basketball League in Seattle. ... (Charleston Post Courier, SC)

Three-time WNBA All-Star Williams traded  Oct 8, 2003
...basketball history. She has scored 1,837 points in the WNBA and posted 1,777 points in three American Basketball League seasons. She ... (Sports Network)

Welcome to the World of Bob  Oct 12, 2003
Francis went on to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show and in 1961-62 he played for the Cleveland Pipers of the now-defunct American Basketball League. (Chicago Sun Times, IL)

Success a constant among Lopez's teams  Oct 12, 2003
It kind of blew me away," said Rhoades, who played for Colorado State and the Denver Rockets, an American Basketball Association franchise. ... (Denver Post, CO)

Local volunteer organization seeks field trip donations  Oct 10, 2003
Sources reported they are less than halfway toward their goal. Walter "Doc" Hurley will be inducted into the African-American Basketball Hall of Fame. ... (Bloomfield Journal, CT)

Lone star did it all his way  Oct 13, 2003
One day during that first season at Middlesbrough, assistant manager Bill Beswick told Robbie and me an interesting story about an American basketball coach ... (The Times (subscription), UK)

Billups seeks Brown's wisdom at the point  Oct 14, 2003
Brown, a former point guard at North Carolina and in the American Basketball Association, has a reputation for being tough on players at that position. ... (Detroit Free Press, MI)

Hall of Famer Sharman Carves Out Trivial Niche  Oct 2, 2003
He signed on with the Cleveland Pipers of the fledgling American Basketball League, owned by a 31-year-old Ohio native who made millions in shipbuilding. ... (Indiana Gazette, PA)

Former United workers offer plan to reopen base  Oct 14, 2003
Among tentative investors is Leonard Bloom, who owned the American Basketball Association's San Diego Conquistadors in the 1970s. ... (Indianapolis Star, IN)

Showalter named to USA Basketball committee  Oct 1, 2003
...game and the Jordan Basketball Classic in Washington, DC Showalter currently serves on the selection committee for the McDonald's All-American Basketball Game. ... (Kalona News, IA)

Homegrown talent gives NBA hope  Oct 1, 2003
MEXICO CITY: Eduardo Najera is a minor name in American basketball but he single-handedly carries the NBA’s hopes of conquering an entire nation. ... (Daily Times, Pakistan)

Rush in time warp, and so is the SEC  Oct 5, 2003
There have been many African-American basketball coaches in the SEC -- Tubby Smith, Rod Barnes, Stan Heath and Dennis Felton now; Nolan Richardson, Rob Evans ... (Lexington Herald Leader, KY)

The Ohio State back's suit could make history, but many say he ...   Sep 28, 2003
In 1971, as the result of a lawsuit by Spencer Haywood, who had played two seasons at the University of Detroit and one with Denver of the American Basketball ... (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX)

No winners are likely in Clarett ’ s NFL suit  Sep 25, 2003
When he followed that by signing with Denver of the old American Basketball Association, the NBA’s Seattle franchise violated its own league rules - a player ... (Toledo Blade, OH)

Wilson gearing up for second C of C tenure  Sep 30, 2003
Prior to working as a professor, Wilson spent two years as associate head coach of the Seattle Reign of the American Basketball Association. ... (Charleston Post Courier, SC)

Haywood backs Clarett lawsuit  Sep 25, 2003
Haywood spent one year at Trinidad State Junior College in Colorado and one year at the University of Detroit before entering the American Basketball ... (Ventura County Star, CA)

Moore makes final roster for ABA Squires  Sep 30, 2003
Antrone Moore didn't hear his name when it announced last week he made the roster of the Trenton Squires of the American Basketball Association. ... (Central Maine Daily Sentinel, ME)

2 Broncos believe it's not time for Clarett  Sep 25, 2003
...the entire season. "It's about the money," said Haywood, who entered the American Basketball Association with the Denver Rockets. (Rocky Mountain News, CO)

Chips with everything  Sep 25, 2003
Paris 15-8, London 2-1, Havana 100-1); or the next General Election (Labour 2-11, Conservatives 3-1, Lib Dems 40-1); or on whether the American basketball ... (Independent, UK)

Knicks: Lampe showing he's versatile  Oct 1, 2003
Lampe is a 6-11, 274-pound forward whose American basketball education includes two summer leagues and some pickup games with the likes of Keith Van Horn. ... (Newark Star Ledger, NJ)

Zoesis Hires Toy/Entertainment Expert Ellen Bossert as CEO  Oct 2, 2003
...for various executive gatherings. She was an NCAA All-American basketball player and is a classical pianist. Ms. Bossert received ... (PRNewswire (press release)) [an error occurred while processing this directive] American Basketball [an error occurred while processing this directive]