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Stephen Howard (basketball)
Stephen Christopher Howard (born July 15, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and played college basketball at DePaul University from 1988 to 1992. He was an Academic All-American his junior and senior years. He was a team captain his senior year, and finished his career at DePaul in fifth place all time for scoring and rebounding. He also holds the school record for most free throw made in a career. He was undrafted in the 1992 NBA draft, but accepted an invitation to try out for the Utah Jazz. He made the roster and played power forward for the Jazz in 1992-1993, and then again in 1995 and 1998. He played for the San Antonio Spurs in 1996-1997, and for the Seattle SuperSonics in 1997-1998. He continued to play professionally overseas for the next ten years, competing in 12 different countries. He completed his professional career in 2008. During the 1998–99 NBA lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea. The cities of Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle and later oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas's prominen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALM Évreux Basket
ALM Évreux Basket is a French professional basketball club based in Evreux, France. The team plays in the LNB Pro B, the French second division. Season by season Notable players * Isaia Cordinier * Joseph Gomis * Filipe da Silva * Ruphin Kayembe-Tshiabu * Kenny Atkinson * Bruce Bowen * Joe Burton (basketball) * Samme Givens * Jeremiah Wood Jeremiah Wood (September 27, 1876 – January 16, 1962) was an American lawyer and politician. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1921 to 1922. Life He was admitted to the bar in 1900, and practiced in New York City. He was a member of ... * Frank Aron Booker External linksEurobasket.com Team Page Basketball teams established in 1962 Evreux Sport in France {{France-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic All-America
The Academic All-America program is a student-athlete recognition program. The program selects an honorary sports team composed of the most outstanding student-athletes of a specific season for positions in various sports—who in turn are given the honorific "Academic All-American". Since 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as well as athletes in the NAIA, other U.S. four-year schools, two-year colleges, and Canadian universities, covering all championship sports. The award honors student-athletes who have performed well academically while regularly competing for their institution. It is sponsored by and presented as the Google Cloud Academic All-America® Award, having been previously sponsored by Capital One (2011–18), ''ESPN The Magazine'' (2004–2010), Verizon (2000–04) and GTE (1985–2000), and is administered by the College Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DePaul University
DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Vincent de Paul, Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998, it became the largest Catholic theology, Catholic university in terms of enrollment in North America. Following in the footsteps of its founders, DePaul places special emphasis on recruiting first-generation students and others from disadvantaged backgrounds. DePaul's two campuses are located in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Lincoln Park and the Chicago Loop, Loop. The Lincoln Park campus is home to the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Science and Health, and Education. It also houses the School of Music, The Theater School at DePaul University, the Theater School, and the John T. Richardson Library. The Loop campus houses the DePaul College of Communication, College o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. It is the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). It changed its name to the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (NBL). In 1976, the NBA and the American Basketball Association (ABA) merged, adding four franchises to the NBA. The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. The league's playoff tournament extends into June. , NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player. The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
The 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2000 PBA Commissioner's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Sta. Lucia Realtors played for the 76th championship contested by the league. San Miguel Beermen claim their 14th PBA crown, surpassing the age-old record of the famed Crispa Redmanizers' 13 titles by winning against Sta. Lucia in five games. The Realtors were on their first finals appearance since joining the league in 1993. Danny Ildefonso won on his second Back To Back Finals MVP in Commissioners Cup Finals. Series scoring summary Games summary Game 1 The beermen limited Sta.Lucia import Ansu Sesay to just 3 points in the second period to build a 44-33 halftime advantage. In the third quarter, San Miguel continued the assault to post a 75-50 lead. Game 2 Danny Ildefonso muscled his way to 18 points and 10 rebounds and outplayed Marlou Aquino at the paint before Danny Seigle converted o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Philippine Basketball Association Champions
The Philippine Basketball Association awards a championship trophy (or cup) to the winning team at the end of each conference (tournament). To determine a champion for a conference, a double-round elimination (sometimes a classification) round is usually held. After the elimination (or classification) round, the playoffs would be held. There had been a variety of ways the league conducted its playoffs,For a discussion of the different formats, see Playoff format such as: * Single-elimination tournament * The twice-to-beat advantage (The higher-seeded team needs to win only once in order to advance, while the lower-seeded team needs to win twice consecutively. This is basically a modification of the best-of-three series.) * Round-robin (or double-round robin) * Best-of-three series * Best-of-five series * Best-of-seven series There are two types of conferences: All-Filipino or import-laden. The All-Filipino conferences are tournaments where the teams are prohibited from hiring a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Hilal (basketball)
Al Hilal (in Arabic: نادي الهلال) is a Saudi professional basketball club based in the city of Riyadh in the Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia that plays in the Saudi Premier League. Currently, Al Hilal also plays in the West Asia Super League. Honours Domestic * Saudi Premier League (5): **1977, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2022 *Alnokhbah Championship (5): **1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2008 International Arab Club Basketball Championship * Third Place (1): 1996 Notable players * Ahmed Samater * Mark Lyons Mark Steven Lyons (born July 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Elitzur Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball for Xavier and Arizona before playing professionally in France, Croatia, Is ... * Clint Chapman References External linksTeam profileat Asia-Basket.com Basketball teams established in 1957 Basketball teams in Saudi Arabia Sport in Riyadh {{SaudiArabia-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ittihad Jeddah (basketball)
Al-Ittihad Jeddah is a basketball club based in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia that plays in the Saudi Premier League. Achievements *Saudi Premier League champion: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017 *Alnokhbah Championship winner: 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014 *Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Fahad Cup winner: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2017 *Arab Club Basketball Championship:1st (2004); 2nd (2006); 3rd (2007); 4th (2005) *FIBA Asia Champions Cup: 1st (2001); 2nd (2000, 2002) *Gulf Club Championships winner : 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005 Notable players * Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf * Jermaine Beal * God Shammgod god Shammgod (born April 29, 1976, and formerly known as Shammgod Wells) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently a player development coach with the Dallas Mavericks. He played in the NBA with the Washingto ... References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagesse Beirut
Sagesse Sports Club (), known as Hekmeh ( ar, الحكمة) in Arabic, is a multi-sports club in Lebanon. History Hekmeh, or Club Sportif La Sagesse was founded in 1943, under the patronage of the Maronite father Boulos Kike, supported by his excellency Mgr. Jean Maroun, with mainly the football program. A sports club that represents Collège de la Sagesse founded in 1875 in Achrafieh, a prominent quarter in Beirut, Lebanon. ''Al-Hikma'' in classical Arabic, ''El-Hekmeh'' in Lebanese dialect stands for "wisdom", thus also the French alternative name of the club, Sagesse (meaning wisdom in French). Green and white are the colours of the club and the club is popularly known as the Greens. Since its foundation the football club was very popular in Beirut and shined during the golden era of Lebanese football, the club represented Lebanese football worldwide by playing friendlies against notable clubs from around the world. The club is also very well known for its basketball pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champville SC
Champville SC ( ar, نادي الشانفيل الرياضي) is a Lebanese basketball team from Dik El Mehdi, Lebanon, which competes in the Lebanese Basketball League. History In Game 4 of the 2011–2012 Finals, Champville defeated Anibal Zahle 63–57. As a result, Champville won the series 3–1. The finals did not end without problems though, just like the semi-finals, as “A large part of the Annibal audience was absent from the game in Zahle after online appeals were posted on the Lebanese Forces website calling on March 14 supporters to boycott the game and to follow it from the Martyrs Square in Zahle" Squad Depth Chart Honours Lebanese Basketball League *Champions (1): 2011–12 **Runners-up (5): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2020–21 Lebanese Cup *Winners (2): 2004, 2010 Lebanese SuperCup *Winners (1): 2011 West Asian Basketball League The WABA Champions Cup, between 2011 and 2012 known as the West Asian Basketball League (WA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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