The Travante Williams Show took center stage in Game 2 of the Portuguese League Finals. The 29-year-old swingman from Anchorage bagged 21 points, four rebounds and seven assists to lead Sporting to a 93-87 victory over Benifica in Game 2 of the best-of-5 series. With...
While studying journalism at Colorado State University, Taylor Vincek was told by a professor that having a sports-related broadcast career was “nearly impossible.” “I took that as a challenge,” said Vincek, who was born and raised in Anchorage and graduated from...
From small schools to hitting the big time in Portugal, Anchorage’s Travante Williams hoops journey has covered the entire spectrum. The former Mt. Edgecumbe all-star and All-GNAC swingman for the UAF Nanooks epitomizes the idea that it doesn’t matter where you start...
Coming out of high school, Anchorage all-state players Bishop Tosi of Bartlett and Hasaan Herrington of East were recruited by the UAA men’s basketball team and they considered signing with the Seawolves, but COVID changed those plans. Tosi wound up at Bellevue...
It was a play we’ve seen dozens of times in Alaska. Sayvia Sellers grabs a rebound, takes a dribble or two and throws a length-of-the-court dart to a streaking teammate for a transition layup. This was common when she played for ACS, but Saturday she did it twice in...
You knew Louis Wilson wasn’t going to stay a free agent for long. Two months after he resigned as head coach at the University of Texas Tyler, the longtime basketball coach from Anchorage was hired as an assistant coach at Utah Valley University. He had spent the past...
After a historic hoops career that saw Sayvia Sellers of ACS break the state’s all-time girls scoring record, win three state championships and go undefeated against Alaska competition, you might have thought that was it for her as a high school player. But there’s...
Alaska celebrated some of its finest and most inspiring athletes Thursday night at the annual Alaska Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony — among them, a football player who spent a decade playing in the NFL, a cross country skier who won an Olympic gold medal and a...
The postseason hasn’t started yet in the British Basketball League, but ‘Playoff Jeremiah Bailey’ has been activated. The rookie forward from Fairbanks delivered his second-highest player ranking of the season Sunday for the Caledonia Gladiators in a 102-77 win over...
Deshawn Rushmeyer’s hoops dream reached Cloud 9 staus on Saturday. Three weeks after helping the East T-birds win the Class 4A state championship, the 6-foot-1 guard hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer at the annual Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches' Senior...
Fred Chmiel is ready to take the helm again. The longtime NCAA Division I women’s basketball coach from Palmer has left his job as an assistant at the University of South Carolina for the head coaching job at Bowling Green State University. This will be his first head...