University of CincinnatiAlvin MitchellAlvin Mitchell, the Cardinal Gibbons High School star who rode national accolades to a scholarship at the University of Cincinnati, was dismissed from his team, Ohio papers are reporting. The Bearcats coach, Mick Cronin, has not said what led him to that decision -- just that Mitchell had broken team rules and become a "distraction."The 6-foot-5 Mitchell, a sophomore, had acknowledged attitude problems that led to his being disciplined during a disappointing
For a teen-aged immigrant from Brazil, I'm sure it's mighty tough to acclimate to America, let alone a city with Weston's wide boulevards and tranquil pace. So maybe it's best that transfer rules prevented young Fabrecio de Melo from suiting up this past year for the Sagemont School basketball team. But one can imagine that for the school's hoops fans, it's not easy to be so patient.Mind you, this is no clutz. This is a veritable man-child with size and agility:With Melo's colossal size, limitle
Flickr: azc4playFab Melo, the seven-foot tall Brazilian exchange student who will make his American basketball debut this year at Sagemont High School in Weston, has made hoops fans in upstate New York awfully happy. He just committed to play his college ball at Syracuse.Known simply as "Melo," he's already drawing comparisons to that school's last "Melo" -- Carmelo Anthony, who in his first and only season at Syracuse led the team to a national title. No pressure, kid.Melo picked the Orangem
