The Links: Benton Harbor native is one of the greatest 76ers of all-time and is Trey Burke the best in the country?

December 23, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Slow posting will continue on BallinMichigan until after the holiday this week, then we’ll return to a more normal schedule. Numbers [...]

Game Balls Week 1: Our weekly high school hoops honor roll

December 9, 2012 in Game Balls, High School

Welcome to a new weekly feature at BallinMichigan. Every Sunday, we’ll do this ‘honor roll’ post highlighting some of the top high school performances from around the state during the [...]

The Links: Two Michiganders will be on ESPN’s NBA pregame show and Pitt coach Jamie Dixon pays homage to a (kind of) Flint basketball legend

October 21, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Grownups dressing like superheroes at Michigan State‘s Midnight Madness. (Detroit Free Press) Pitt coach Jamie Dixon channels (fictional) Flint basketball legend [...]

The Links: J.D. Tisdale excited about Bowling Green and Did Lansing native Magic Johnson have the best Simpsons cameo ever?

October 14, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. The Phoenix Suns are hoping Shannon Brown plays like another former Michigan State standout, Jason Richardson. (Sun ‘N Gun) Speaking of [...]

The Links: Do the Pistons have an Adreian Payne lookalike and where does Earl Boykins rank in Washington Wizards history?

September 23, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Manny Harris made the right decision signing overseas. (Ridiculous Upside) Magic Johnson spent $50 million on his investment in the L.A. [...]

Video: Benton Harbor welcomes back Hall of Famer Chet Walker

September 21, 2012 in Professional, Video

WNDU Video on Demand – Chet Walker, a Benton Harbor great who was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame earlier this month, returned to his hometown this week. The [...]

The Links: Detroit Mercy will play Syracuse and is Chris Webber a Hall of Famer?

September 16, 2012 in Roundup

Our Sunday roundup of news from around the state. Saginaw native and former Notre Dame star Tory Jackson almost ‘fell off his couch’ when learning that Notre Dame would move [...]

ESPN #NBARank: Wilson Chandler (@wilsonchandler) makes top 100; Shane Battier (@ShaneBattier), Chris Kaman (@ChrisKaman), Jason Richardson (@jrich23) just miss

September 13, 2012 in Professional

ESPN.com is doing its annual ranking of the top 500 players and incoming rookies in the NBA. You can see the experts who voted on the rankings here and follow the#NBARank hashtag on [...]

Several NBA players from Michigan among CBS Sports top 100

September 12, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes CBS Sports is counting down its rankings of the top 100 players in the NBA, and a few Michiganders have made the list. Detroit Country Day‘s Shane [...]

Curtis Harris of @HPBasketball and @ProHoopsHistory on Michigan’s Hall of Famers Mel Daniels and Chet Walker

September 7, 2012 in Professional

By Patrick Hayes One of my favorite writers around, Curtis Harris, who writes for Hardwood Paroxysm and curates the fantastic @ProHoopsHistory Twitter feed, wrote about the state of Michigan’s two [...]