Jackson State’s former hardwood standout, Lindsey Hunter was named as the interim head coach for the Phoenix Suns Sunday. But his road to professional success was paved during his collegiate playing days at Jackson State. As a Tiger, Hunter was named an All-SWAC performer as well as being named to the SWAC All-Tournament team in [...]

  Lecrae, whom Lin calls his favorite rapper, found that out firsthand when the two of them met about three weeks ago after one of the rapper’s shows in Houston, where the point guard is now living. “What Jeremy talked to me about was just the reality of everyone kind of pulling at him, and [...]

The Jackson Showboats, a semi-professional men’s  basketball team, officially introduce team and partners to the Jackson metro-area today. The Jackson Showboats is an  expansion team of the highly-competitive American Basketball Association league. Players who make it on the Jackson Showboats team have the opportunity to further their basketball career to the NBA, the NBA’s Development [...]

    On July 1 the NBA locked out its players for the first time since the 1998-99 season after its Collective Bargaining Agreement expired. The announcement came four months after the National Football League lockout, which ended by the beginning of August. According to the Associated Press, basketball team owners want to reduce the [...]