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Tyreke Evans Picks Memphis 2008-04-16 17:51:00 Tyreke Evans
, the #1 Prospect on the Sports Illustrated / Takkle Top 25 Basketball Rankings, has chosen to join the Memphis
Tigers and Coach John Calipari next year.Read the full story here.Evans decision was made today after a recruiting process that included strong offers from Villanova and Texas. Most people believe this decision was made as a result of Memphis star freshman Derrick Rose's announcement to enter the 2008 NBA Draft just a few days ago.
Tyreke Evans to announce his college choice today 2008-04-16 14:11:00 Tyreke Evans
, the top-rated athlete on the Takkle Top 25 High School Basketball rankings is going to announce whether he'll strengthen the squad at Memphis, Villanova or Texas today. Our partner Sports Illustrated has more information.48% of the Takkle community currently thinks that Tyreke is slightly overrated with 52% seeing him justly in the pole position.We'll keep you posted right here once his decision is public.Video Posted from Tyreke's Gallery on Takkle.com
Taylor Phinney: Previous Takkle Video Face in the Crowd continues to improve in his race for the Olympics 2008-04-01 15:40:00 Taylor Phinney, a senior year at Boulder High School in Boulder, Colorado is continuing his amazing run to become the next Lance Armstrong. Phinney, a past Takkle video face in the crowd recently broke his personal best time by 2 seconds with a time of 4 minutes, 22.358 seconds placed him eighth in his first-ever UCI Track World Championships in Manchester, England while his time of 3:17.523 at the 3-kilometer mark set the world record previously held by Australian Michael Ford at a time of 3:17.775. With that finish Taylor is projected to retain his 3rd overall ranking in the world where he hopes to gain a berth into the Olympics
this summer in Beijing.Taylor's father, Davis Phinney, a star sprinter nicknamed "Thor" for the 7-11 cycling team during the 80's and 90's.Taylor certainly gets Read more:Taylor
Al-Farouq Aminu is in legal trouble 2008-03-31 16:30:00 Al-Farouq Aminu, one of the top players in the class of 2008 and the gem of Wake Forest’s incoming recruiting class, was arrested this weekend in Georgia for assault and trespassing. The assault charge for Aminu, along with two teammates at Norcross High, stems from an incident in which the three allegedly shot an Atlanta woman with a BB gun from inside a vehicle, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio released a statement saying: “We are in the process of gathering all of the information on this incident and it would not be fair to make any statement or judgment until we collect all of the facts.” Aminu, named Georgia's Mr. Basketball by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has been ranked as high as the 19th best player in the nation b Read more:legal
TAKKLE welcomes WePlay! 2008-03-26 17:10:00 Today's story in the New York Times and the subsequent pickup on Cnet discussing the new venture WePlay, a social networking site for youth sports, certainly validates the huge potential of the sports social media space. Having been in this space for almost two years, we at Takkle are certainly excited about being mentioned in the article and want to thank Tim Arango and Stefanie Olsen! We're continuing to grow our network of high school athletes every day and are actively working at making the site even more attractive to our athletes. We're looking forward to welcoming WePlay's athletes to our platform once they enter high school! Whereas WePlay puts a strong focus on celebrity athletes, Takkle is all about our community of athletes, recruiters, fans and former players. We constantly add
The Takkle Top 100 have been launched! 2008-03-25 16:40:00 Takkle has officialy launched the Takkle Top 100 in baseball, boys lacrosse, and girls lacrosse. These lists compile the top junior and senior athletes in high school and are following in the footsteps of the popular Takkle Top 100 football rankings as well as the Takkle Top 25 basketball rankings.The TAKKLE Top 100 baseball rankings, powered by Baseball Factory are based on the opinions of Baseball Factory scouting and baseball operations personnel, in addition to information and opinions gathered through discussions with scouts and otherwise informed baseball people throughout the industry. The order of the rankings was determined through consideration of a combination of the players' present ability and future potential, along with their value as both college and professional prospects.
Its Official! Terrelle Pryor is an Ohio State Buckeye! 2008-03-19 11:57:00 Today, Terrelle Pryor made official a decision that had been expected for the last two months. The star quarterback for Jeannette (Pa.) High School announced at a press conference today that he will be attending OhioState
. Pryor had originally planned to announce his college choice on national signing day, but instead announced that he would be delaying his decision. He had said he was ready to choose Ohio State
, but his father had convinced him to give Penn State a closer look. At the time, the 6-6 quarterback said he was still considering Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Oregon. He said he would make an official visit to Penn State and might make a trip to Oregon, but neither materialized. Last weekend, Pryor said he had narrowed the list to two schools, but wouldn't identi Read more:Buckeye
, Official
Top ranked St. Anthony's finishes season undeafeated with Tournament of Champions win 2008-03-18 12:23:00 Congratulations to St. Anthony
’s of Jersey City for completing its season undefeated with a 69-36 win over Science Park High to with the Jersey State Tournament
of Champions
. McDonald’s All-American guard Mike Rosario led the Friars with 21 points, and guard Tyshawn Taylor went 7-for-7 from the floor with 17 points. Rosario and Taylor will next face off in the Big East as Rosario heads to Rutgers and Taylor will play at Marquette. "We made some adjustments at halftime," said St. Anthony’s coach Bob Hurley, who is on the ballot for the Naismith Hall of Fame this year. "We had a few players out of synch and towards the end of the half we had an ineffective lineup on the floor. In the second half, we added more defensive pressure, threw a few zones at them to force them to shoot
Tyshawn Taylor Headed to Kansas 2008-04-30 13:54:00 St. Anthony’s (Jersey City) guard Tyshawn Taylor
has switched paths and has now committed to Kansas
, according to report in the Lawrence Journal-World. Taylor had originally signed with Marquette, but had asked to be let out of his commitment when Coach Tom Crean bolted for Indiana. Taylor, who had been an integral part of St. Anthony’s undefeated squad this past season that won high school basketball’s mythical national championship, will join a Kansas squad fresh off winning college basketball’s title but in need of serious retooling after several defections to the NBA. "I just felt like Kansas was the right place for me,” Taylor told the Journal-World. “Coach (Bill) Self and all the coaches and the players made me feel comfortable. People there are still celebrating th
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