Basketball

A high school basketball tournament in Westchester, NY, ended with a crazy buzzer-beater yesterday. The score was Mt. Vernon 60, New Rochelle 58 with 2.9 seconds left. A Mt. Vernon player stole the inbound pass and just tossed the ball up in the air to burn the rest of the clock. Not a bad idea. He just didn't throw it high enough. New Rochelle's Khalid Edney caught it, shot it...and swished it from 55 feet away to win the game!

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Magic Johnson wants to see 'The King' take the throne once occupied by 'His Airness,' and he's putting up $1 million to make it happen. During an NBA broadcast on Friday, Johnson offered a million do

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Welcome to another edition of Deep Dish Sports with the Iceman Brandon Cohn.

We begin the show by discussing Texas A&M transfer QB Jameill Showers and how he will fit into the Miners system. 

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Amy Lawrence of CBSSports Radio and Network was in town to be the analyst for the UTEP Women vs Rice on Thursday night on CBSSports Network and was kind enough to give us sometime before the game.

Lawrence talks about joining CBSSports Radio and Network, being a basketball junkie, her play by play career, UTEP Womens basketball, the state of womens college basketball and much more

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Congratulations to Mitchell Marcus, to Coronado High School and Peter Morales, to Jonathon Montañez and the Franklin Cougars -- you did it. You made SportsCenter.

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The 'March Madness' of the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament begins with the play-in games on Tuesday, March 19. With no truly dominant team in the NCAA this season, a spot in the 68-team tournament field will allow the selected schools an even better chance at the national championship.

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With number one Indiana getting knocked off earlier this week, the top spot in the next men’s basketball poll is ripe for the taking.

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John Bohannon played the game of his life for the Miners on Wednesday night scoring 24 points and 17 rebounds, as he led his team to an important 63-53 win over Houston.

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UTEP big man John Bohannon had a career high in both points (24) and rebounds (17) -- including this rim-rattling dunk -- as the Miners beat the Houston Cougars, 63-53.

Miners head coach Tim Floyd had interesting -- and funny -- things to say about junior center John Bohannon's best game as a Miner, then had some fun at Associate AD Jeff Darby's expense after the Miners media relations director miscalculated the number off games UTEP would have to win to earn a bye in the first round of the Conference USA tournament

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Every year everyone wants to know if LeBron James is going to participate in the Slam Dunk Contest at All Star Weekend and every year everyone is disappointed when they find out his is not.

Have you ever wondered why people are so disappointed?

Look no further than the video below and you will get a glimpse into what we have all been deprived of and why everyone is always disappointed

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