basketball

Keith Strudler: Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat

Keith Strudler — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:50:00 +0000

I always figured it would take an act of God to get me to root for LeBron James. Really, it took just two words. Chicago Bulls. Thanks to an awful display of basketball over the past week, I’ve pulled for LeBron’s Miami Heat over the Bulls in the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals. Right now with a 3-1 lead in a best of seven series, it’s most likely the Heat can end this tonight so I can start hating LeBron again.

Knicks Great Earl "The Pearl" Monroe Looks Back, Ahead

Ian Pickus — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:10:42 +0000

Simply one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Earl Monroe rose from the rough streets of South Philadelphia to the Hall of Fame in nearby Springfield.

Several regional teams go for NCAA tourney bids today

Ian Pickus — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:18:00 +0000

With March Madness set to begin this week, several colleges in the region have their sights on the NCAA tournament.

UAlbany hopes for repeat of 2007 championship at Vermont

Ian Pickus — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:40:00 +0000

With the NCAA Tournament just a week away, two regional colleges will face off Saturday morning for the right to advance to the big dance. University at Albany men’s basketball coach Will Brown has been here before.

Giorgis readies Marist for run at eighth straight title

Ian Pickus — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:40:00 +0000

With March comes March Madness, and one local team will be gunning for its eighth consecutive trip to the Big Dance when the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament gets under way later this week in Springfield, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ian Pickus has more.

"Ballin'" at The Spectrum

Sarah LaDuke — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:35:58 +0000

Ballin' at the Graveyard - a documentary made by Albany filmmakers Paul Kentoffio and Basil Anastassiou and Co-Produced by Spectrum 8 owner Keith Pickard, Ballin' at the Graveyard is an intensely personal look into the society and community of pickup basketball as told by a group of hardcore ballers at Albany's Washington Park - aka, the Graveyard. It begins screening at The Spectrum this weekend.

Springfield YMCA Marks Milestone

Paul Tuthill — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:50:00 +0000

The YMCA of greater Springfield Massachusetts is marking its 160^th anniversary. It is the second oldest “Y” in the United States and the 4^th oldest in the world. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Kirk Smith, the president and C-E-O of the Springfield “Y” about programs planned for the summer and an upcoming anniversary gala.