For college basketball referees, their jobs are like Night and Day; After putting in a full day of work, officials earning their stripes.
Byline: Jennifer Toland A supervisor told Jack Riordan years ago that he had landed the best part-time job in the world. Now in his 33rd season of officiating basketball games, most of those years on the collegiate level, Riordan, and other veteran referees from Central...

Prestigious 2009 McDonald's(R) All American High School Basketball Team Boasts Eight Southland Players.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight Southern California high school basketball players have been chosen for the nationally renowned McDonald's(R) All American High School Basketball Teams. This year's All American High School Basketball Games, played in Miami, Fla., mark the 32nd anniversary of the nation's top-rated high school...

All-Time Basketball Great Magic Johnson to Appear at Last Licks Store in Rye Ridge, New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Basketball legend Magic Johnson will be making a rare public appearance at the Last Licks Ice Cream Store in Rye Ridge, New York next Wednesday, February 18. "The entire Last Licks team considers it a privilege to have a living legend...

Philadelphia Region Boasts Two 2009 McDonald's(R) High School Basketball All Americans.
Maalik Wayns of Roman Catholic High School and Stephanie Holzer of Cardinal O'Hara High School Will Compete Among the Nation's Top High School Players In This Year's Games PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On February 18 the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Selection Committee announced the...

Infiniti Extends Its Reach Into College Basketball With ESPN and CBS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Last October, Infiniti announced its official sponsorship of Big Ten and SEC college basketball for the 2008-09 season. For the first time, the luxury automaker will be the exclusive automotive sponsor of both conferences. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080506/INFINITIBADGELOGO ) In addition...

Thief leaves 2 Lowell basketball players without uniforms.
Byline: Whitney Malkin The Register-Guard As they take the basketball floor tonight, Lowell High School juniors Zoey and Aurora Laybourn-Candlish will have more than a few things in common. Not only are No. 23 and No. 24 teammates and twin sisters - as of Friday,...

UO set to break ground on new basketball arena.
Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard The University of Oregon's much-anticipated and much-debated new basketball arena will get its formal groundbreaking ceremony Saturday. The UO late Thursday publicly confirmed the groundbreaking event for the $227 million facility. But the event will not be open...

HDNet to Broadcast 2009 College Basketball Invitational.
Sixteen NCAA teams to compete LIVE on HDNet DALLAS, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- HDNet and The Gazelle Group are pleased to announce an agreement to broadcast the 2009 College Basketball Invitational. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080324/HDNETLOGO) The College Basketball Invitational will consist of 16 teams not...

Sandy Nelson; David Prouty Girls' Basketball.
Byline: John Conceison COLUMN: COACHES CORNER Sandy Nelson will tell you she's an old-school coach. And, at first, old school can be intimidating. "I was petrified of her - all the seniors were saying how tough she was," said Lindsey Grasis, now a...

Jittery: too much caffeine can mess with your mind.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cameron Little cracks open an energy drink before basketball games to get pumped up. He knows it s risky--once, he nearly fainted on the court from a caffeine rush. "For three quarters, I felt awesome. But then I totally crashed," the 14-year-old Californian recalls. That...