Basketball

Georgia State pulled off one of the bigger upsets during the first day of the NCAA Tournament. And no one was more surprised than the Panthers coach.

Desiree Andrews is an eighth-grader from Kenosha, Wis., with Down syndrome. She hasn't let that stop her from joining Lincoln Middle School's cheerleading squad.

Check out the short Vine video and then determine for yourself if NBA great Bill Walton was drunk while calling this basketball game.

Tyra Williams, who captains Union High School's girls' basketball team, is this week's Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.

Playing NBA Jam on Sega Genesis is still one of the funnest things that I do with friends. For pretty much my entire life, I played only 2 player games with my friend Jon. Until we discovered the 4 player adapter later in life that allowed 4 players to play on screen. If you think Halo or Call of Duty is crazy fun, you haven't played NBA Jam 4 Player on Sega Genesis.

A Central Michigan University Basketball player had a close call over the weekend. Northern Illinois center Pete Rakocevic dunked the ball during Saturday night's game, and as CMU forward John Simons went to inbound the ball, everyone quickly realized that the hoop was collapsing. Simons was quick enough to get out of the way, but that was a pretty close call!

Oklahoma City Thunder all-star Russell Westbrook got a dent on the side of his face after a knee to his head in an NBA game last week.

All sports fights should end this way. Hell, all fights in general should end this way.

Brent Kimbrel, who captains the unbeaten East Kentwood High School boys' basketball team, is this week's Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.

The thing that separates good athletes from great athletes is the whatever it takes-never give up attitude. Well, that applies to coaches as well.

Will Ferrell hit a cheerleader in the face with a basketball at POINT BLANK range during Wednesday night's NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans. But not to worry because it was for his new movie "Daddy's Home."

The NBA All-Star Game skills competition is one of the most entertaining nights of the NBA season, especially the dunk contest. The NBA's lower-level equivalent in China, Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), also has an all-star skills competition with a dunk contest as well. We've seen what someone like Blake Griffin can do, but this idiot is no Griffin and there's a reason why he's not in the