AAU Basketball
The Uplift
Leave it to Arize Ifejika to make sure sports is well-rounded
The sports influencer celebrates 10 years of creating youth basketball tournaments for communities of color
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My sons, all Division I-caliber athletes, truly stand on their grandfather’s shoulders
Little did I know how much potential he saw in all of us
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Girls play a different game in pursuit of basketball scholarships
Part 4: Four college coaches explain what’s important for girls trying to go ‘D-Free’
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Real talk: A college basketball coach explains how to go D-Free
Part 3: Picking the right AAU team is the crucial ingredient
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An AAU basketball vocabulary lesson
Part 2: From ‘looks’ to ‘offers,’ the definitions every hoop parent needs to know in the quest for a college scholarship
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The high cost of chasing college basketball scholarships
Part 1: Two parents debate the hustle, grind and desperation of trying to send their kids ‘D-Free’
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A tale of two sons: One a potential pro, the other at Middlebury College
With AAU pressure, relentless recruiting and now a fraud scandal, the Ingram family takes the long view
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AAU team plays for a national championship and to ease a coach’s grief
Trying to create a safe haven for young boys in Louisville, Kentucky, coach loses his brother to city’s violence
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Canada is now one of the world’s top sources of elite prep basketball recruits
As the country becomes more diverse, more kids play hoops than hockey