A New Drive: High School to Europe to NBA
                   
nysun.com     Jul 18, 2008            

If you're looking for the free-agent move with the most long-reaching consequences for the NBA, it isn't Elton Brand's move to the Sixers, nor Baron Davis's jumping to the Clippers, nor even James Posey's defection from Boston to New Orleans. In fact, it wasn't even an NBA signing. But the inking of guard Brandon Jennings by Pallacanestro Virtus Roma of the Italian League could end up having far-reaching consequences for both the NBA and college basketball, because he may prove to be the tip of a very large, powerful iceberg. The 6-foot-2-inch Los Angeles native is thought by most to be the top point guard in this year's college recruiting class, and had already committed to Arizona. But he hadn't yet qualified academically (the NCAA still pursues the fiction that elite athletes are there to learn about isosceles triangles... [read full story]                    


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SPORTS BRIEFS: Former Tide player Riley signs with Italian hoop squad

montgomeryadvertiser.com     Aug 26, 2008          

TUSCALOOSA -- Mykal Riley, a senior on the University of Alabama basketball team last season, has signed a contract and will play for Carife Ferrara in the Italian League. "After the Orlando Summer League, Las Vegas and...                    

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Former NBA All-Star Kemp agrees to play in Italy

espn.go.com     Aug 18, 2008   1 related          

If more current players flee the NBA for Europe, they will see a familiar face. The Italian team Premiata Montegranaro announced on Sunday that 38-year-old Shawn Kemp has agreed to play for the team starting in November. "I am...                    

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Italy Gains Custody of Several Hundred Out of Wedlock Children

thebiglead.com     Aug 17, 2008          

With Brandon Jennings in Roma, the idea of playing professional basketball in Europe became a little more “mainstream” over the past few months. Kobe and LeBron have both floated the idea that they’d play in Europe if the price...                    

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Terrapin Notebook

diamondbackonline.com     Aug 14, 2008          

The U.S. field hockey team - which has three former Terps - has tied its first two games of Olympic play. Keli Smith, who graduated from this university in 2001, scored in the first game to help U.S. come back against...                    

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