Four-time NBA All-Star Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway was named the head men’s basketball coach at his alma mater University of Memphis, called Memphis State when he attended. Hardaway sat down with BOXTOROW host Donal Ware in one of his first national interviews since being introduced as Memphis’ coach at a March 19 press conference. In addition
HBCU grad BJ Evans flourishes as PR man for Cavs
boxtorow.com Sitting on a deck in the middle of a lake in Orlando in March as he’s done many times in his career, Cleveland Cavaliers Director of Basketball Communications BJ Evans enjoys the good life, as he relaxes, a day ahead of the Cavaliers scheduled meeting with the Magic. It hadn’t always been this way
Remembering Leah LaBelle
Singer Leah LaBelle and her husband former NBA player Rasual Butler were killed in one-car crash in California early Wednesday morning. LaBelle appeared on season 3 of Idol, alongside Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia, back in 2004 and was later signed to Epic Records, in a joint deal between Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Records and Pharrell’s I
BOXTOROW Announces partnership with Memphis Grizzlies/Grind City Media
boxtorow.com DWCommunications, LLC, whose subsidiaries include the nationally syndicated sports talk radio program FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware, also known as BOXTOROW, announces its partnership with Grind City Media, a subsidiary of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. As part of the partnership, BOXTOROW and Grind City Media will collaborate on a
John Wall, as good off the court as he is on it
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com It was June 24, 2010 and the Washington Wizards had just drafted John Wall from Kentucky with the number one overall pick. I was ecstatic. Even though I live in North Carolina, I am originally from Silver Spring, Md. – cross over Eastern Avenue off Georgia Avenue and your in DC
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW: Saturday, July 22, 2017
Golden State Warriors forward David West
With possibility of woman’s head coach in NBA, Stephanie Ready is precursor
boxtorow.com Stephanie Ready knows basketball. She’s also a history maker. She is currently an analyst for the Charlotte Hornets on Fox Sports Southeast, making her the first fulltime female analyst of an NBA team. Obviously, it didn’t start there for Ready. Prior to her broadcast career which has now spanned 13 years, Ready was an
BOXTOROW Goes One on One Podcast: Nate McMillan
The Indiana Pacers currently sit in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. That’s not good enough for first-year Paces head coach Nate McMillan. In his 13th season as an NBA head coach, McMillan has had some success in the league. As a player he was a two-time All-Defensive second team selection during his 12 years
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW: Saturday, January 28, 2017
Morgan State head men’s basketball coach Todd Bozeman.
Former Tennessee State star Robert Covington’s star on the rise along with 76ers
by Donal Ware With 11 seconds remaining in the game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night, 89% free throw shooter Damian Lillard stepped to the line for his second free throw after knocking down the first. He missed. The 76ers were down 92-90 at home at that point. Ersan Ilysova