2015 Local Legends Game features what boxing celebrity? Scholarship winner announced

On Saturday Night (7pm) the Dunbar Wolverines legends and NBA hoopers Daequan Cook and Norris Cole will host the 4th Annual Local Legends Hoop Challenge presented by ELITE Sports and Entertainment.


Last year Daequan "Cooks squad" got the best of Norris' "Cole Squad."
  Former Colonel White, Bowling Green, and Overseas star Steven Wright dropped a 30 spot and hit back to back 4-point plays (yes you read that right) to lead coach Tony Dixon to his second consecutive coaching win over Cole Squad coach Darran Powell.








And with that message coach Dixon promptly said in the interview this week (At the Norris Cole camp no less) sending a statement to Norris Cole, Coach Dee Powell and the team that : "He wants three in a row" & "He feels good about his "Cook Squad" teams chances;"




With a few new star studded faces in the game this year it is sure to make it interesting.


 With the likes of Dunbar and Ohio State legend Mark Baker lacing em up, this is sure to be a great affair.




Some other key notables who will be displaying their talents to the DYT Saturday night;


Adrien Broner - Professional Boxer
Broner, the high profiled young boxer nicknamed "The Problem", has won 3 World Titles to date and will look to stake claim as the best pound for pound fighter in the near future. Haven't seen him on the court, so his appeal to the game is very intriguing. Can Cincy-boy Broner be a "Problem" like he is in the ring?




Carlos Knox - IUPUI and CBL Head Coach


Knox, known around these parts as one of the greatest hoopers from Dayton to not stick in the NBA, will also bring his uncanny jump shot and competitive fire to the game. Knox, who had a very successful year coaching the Pros up in Canada, will look to give fans some oohs and aaahs like he did at Meadowdale and at IUPUI. Knox also does his highly successful Pro-Am every summer in Indianapolis.






Daequan Cook - NBA & Overseas
Cook didn't play last year, & he might end up doing more General Managing than actual playing, but make no mistake-
Cook could be back in the NBA again as a couple teams have shown interest in the former NBA 3-pt Champion.
If Cook plays , it'll be all eyes on him as people want to see if Cook still has what it takes to get back where he belongs-
on a NBA roster.






Dee Capers - Capers didn't play last year as he was on the road with his former teams (Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals).
Capers is now free and clear and will look to showcase his talent.
Capers can shoot from deep and can fly with the best of em so it will be interesting to see how he plays in this event. Could it be a surprise MVP performance? Well see.








One qualified student (High School Senior) will be announced for winning a College scholarship with the Local Legends Scholarship Foundation.
The Local Legend Scholarship Foundation looks to give (1) College Scholarship to someone in the Dayton Area for qualified High School Seniors who have excelled in the classroom and in the community.


  The winner will be announced during the game and is something that both Cole and Cook will like to do each and every year.
There were numerous students who applied for the great opportunity and met all the criteria in order to receive the scholarship.
To fund out more about this Scholarship you can Email them here:LocalLegendsShootout@gmail.com










Here's the Rosters for the Local Legends Game:




Cook Squad (Blue):
Daequan Cook: Player / GM
Tony Dixon: Head Coach






Steve Wright - Col White & Overseas
Yancy Gates -Cincy, NBA & Overseas
Keith Winn Jr. - Dunbar, Tuskegee
Daequan Walker - Dunbar / Ohio Flash
Mark Baker - Dunbar, Ohio St, NBA
Tommy Dunson - Colonel White
Dee Capers - Harlem Globetrotters, Washington Generals (Formerly)










Cole Squad (Black):
Norris Cole - GM / Captain
Darran Powell - Head Coach






Geron Johnson - Dunbar, Memphis, NBA
Chris Wright - Trotwood, UD, NBA, Overseas
Deonta Vaughn - Cincinnati Bearcats
Carlos Knox - Meadowdale, IUPUI, NBA,
Josh Benson - Dunbar, UD, Overseas
Ryan Bass - Dunbar, UD
Greg Howard -Cin Withrow, Cin Christian, Overseas
Duane Morgan- Trotwood




Proceeds of the game benefit the Local Legends Scholarship Foundation.

Weekend Review: NFL Week 1 Recap; Knox Indy vs Ohio Challenge;

SportsEffectLive.com brings you the hottest events going down this past weekend.....With NFL week 1 goin down, the Knox vs Indy Challenge along with the Dayton Revival Festival, there was plenty of great things to do in the Miami Valley and beyond. 

                      Heres our SELIVE HOT 5 SPORTS WEEKEND RECAP

• 1st Annual Knox Pro Am Indy vs Ohio Challenge a HUGE Success

   With local NBA ballers such as Norris Cole, Daequan Cook, and Chris Wright flexing their hoop games, the hoop challenge at Trent Arena was a battle down to the finish. With thousands in attendance, the people was treated to great basketball from not only the Ohio legends, but from the Indy ballers as well. There were live music performances, raffles and giveaways from all of the NBA players in between TV timeouts, with Wolfie Mr. Sportsknowitall providing the commentary. President Carlos Knox felt like that it was a success as well, and looks forward to this being a yearly event in the city.
Look for the SELive TOP 5 plays from the event coming this weekend.


NFL Week 1 goes down 
   NFL week 1 is over, and it brought some of the biggest suprises - and dissapointments - to ever start a season in history. Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the week:

•   Highlights: Cowboys set the tone: Dallas is the one franchise who has supposedly wasted the most money and talent in trying to get to the elusive Super Bowl. However, with a revamped secondary, they shut down the Giants and won 24-17. Can they do it at the end of the season when it counts?

•  Highlights: Mark Sanchez, Jets  - Sanchez, who has been ridiculed to no end since having a sub-par last season, and pre-season; However Sanchez led the Jets to a 48-point outburst, leaving the haters in the rear view, for a week at least.

• Lowlights: Bengals get smashed by Ravens

  This is the season that the Bengals can change their culture, but if they play like they did against the Ravens Monday night,  the only thing that will be changing is their fanbase. Now granted, the Ravens are Super Bowl contenders, but even without Terrell Suggs in the lineup the Ravens snatched the Bengals up and tossed them around like a fresh salad. The Bengals will have to bounce back next week. Or they could be in some real trouble this season.

• Lowlights: Browns Rookie QB Brandon Weeden 

   I guess you could say that Weeden looked lost from the start, as he inexplicably got swallowed up under the Flag on the field during the pre-game ceremonies. Once the game actually started, looks like Weeden never found his way out. His stats? 12 -34, 4 INT's and a fumble. And when he had a chance to take the Browns down for a Game Winning FG? No chance. Management feels he will get better. I hope so. Because you have a better QB (Colt McCoy) sitting behind him wondering why he didn't get the chance.

• Highlights: RG3 lights up scoreboard, beats Saints

  The only thing Robert Griffin III didn't do on Sunday was wear his Sunday's best at the press conference; He decided that his first interview would be done in his Skins uni, which was fine considering the day he had in it; 19-26, 320 yards, 2 TD's and 0 INT's, and most importantly, leading the Skins' to a 40-32 win over the Saints. In watching RG3 you seen a confident, cool customer who looks like a franchise QB. And yes he will have bad days, but on this day? He showed his worth, outlasting future hall of famer Drew Brees. Redskin fans are foaming at the mouth right now....He definitely outshined #1 pick Luck and his other rookie QB counterparts...And was the only one to get a W as well.

• Highlights: Referees do a good job.

   When it was first announced that there would be "scab" refs due to discussions about the new agreement for the refs, most thought it would be settled by Week 1. Not so. And after all the complaining and whining, it seems that Principal - I mean Commissioner -  Goodell is deciding to stick with the new blood. Although everybody and they mama feels like the old refs are better, the new refs (which includes female refs as well) have been steadily getting better. Question is, how long will Goodell go with the newcomers, as the longer it goes, the more antsy the other refs, along with the coaches and players, get?

• Lowlights: Referees do a bad job.

   Although some of the refs did a good job, there were a few instances that were not as good. Like Victor Cruz being held on a obvious play in the Cowboys game, which might have cost them a TD; like the refs giving the Seahawks a extra timeout during crunch time against the Cardinals; And so on; The point is this: The refs are HUMAN, therefore they will make mistakes. It happens. As long as they man (or woman) up, and don't make any amazingly bad mistakes, then the replacement refs will and are doing a good job.

• Highlights:  Fantasy star RB's get their money

 
   If you took one of the 3 best RB's in the game (Arien Foster, Matt Forte, Adrian Peterson) you did well....All three of those performers did their thing and scored TD's and ran for a lot of yards, and caught for plenty of yards. Look to add Maurice Jones-Drew to that list for next week.

• Lowlights: Fantasy Star QB's dissapear

 
  If you took the likes of Mike Vick, Matt Stafford, or Eli Manning in fantasy, then it was a uneasy day for you. Although Stafford and Vick were in Top 5 in yards, they both threw too many INT's for you to capitalize on it. And although Eli was solid, he wasn't spectacular. Vick and Stafford tled their teams to comeback W's, so they will probably come back with vintage games. I'd definitely play em.


Highlights: Serena Williams, Andy Murray hoist US OPEN trophies

Serena Williams is showing why she could be considered the GREATEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER EVER. Williams continued her amazing season with a comeback win over #1 Ranked Victoria Azarenka, giving her another Slam this season.On the other side of the spectrum, Andy Murray held off former US champ Djokovic in five sets, giving him his first ever Major Championship, and second consecutive major victory (if you count the Olympics); when Murray lost Wimbledon to Federer, he told the English faithful "im getting close"...well he wasn't playing, and this could lead to Murray making his own spectacular run.

 
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1st Annual Knox Indy Pro Am Challenge tonight; NBA stars on tap

   With the Summer almost over, now is the time where NBA players are getting ready to get into shape and head back to training camp in a few weeks. However, the people in Dayton and the Miami Valley will get to see the last BIG NBA Showcase today (6pm @ Trent Arena, Fairmont High School).

   
    Carlos Knox, one of the legends of Dayton and Indiana basketball (Meadowdale HS, IUPUI) will be bringing his Knox Indy Pro Am on the road back to his hometown, as the best of Indianapolis will battle the best of the DYT in this Sunday Showdown.
 
     The Indy players will feature starting Pacers PG George Hill, reserve G Lance Stephenson (former Cincy Bearcat) and Starting PG for the Champion Miami Heat Mario Chalmers. The Dayton NBA players will be Miami Heat G Norris Cole, Oklahoma City Thunder G Daequan Cook, and Toronto Raptors F and former UD Flyer Chris "Flight" Wright.

    There will be one surprise player, as legend Dwight Anderson (all 50+ years of him) will be battling on the court with the Dayton squad as well. Just the fact that he can still play (and yeah he can STILL BALL with the best of em) out there is a testament to his skills.

    Knox, who has the best summer league in Indy, has been quoted as being "blessed and excited" to bring this opportunity to Dayton. The buzz has been tremendous, the event should be sold-out and he is looking forward to the atmosphere and show.

This is definitely SOMETHING YOU DONT WANT TO MISS.

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Local Dayton hoopsters litter NBA Summer League

    Since the NBA Finals, SportsEffectLive.com Staff have been looking forward to seeing the offseason free agency, waiting for moves such as Dwight Howard, Deron Williams, and Jeremy Lin; By the time Summer League Time rolls around, normally we're not really interested (as is most NBA fans). But with so many players in the NBA coming from Dayton and the surrounding colleges, its a great time to watch any NBA hoops. Anytime. Which has brought me to keep a update of some of the guys who are making a impact on the NBA Summer League with ties from the DYT.


G- Brian Roberts, New Orleans Hornets     (Former UD Flyer)
     When Roberts left UD he was basically "the guy" to helped lead the Flyers to a Top 15 ranking for the first time in decades; then he went to Germany and in short time he became the best player in Germany, prompting the Hornets to give him a look. He has taken full advantage, leading the Hornets to a win and scoring in double figures in his last two games...His ability to score from deep and run a offense could be the key to him sticking this year. He's averaging 13 ppg during the Summer League
See Roberts lead Hornets in scoring to win here below:
http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/nba/Daily_Highlights/30024805



G- Norris Cole,  Miami Heat     (Dunbar grad)(Cleveland St. alum)


Cole playin D

     Like the old hit "Cheers" everybody knows who Norris Cole is now; amazing what a year makes. One minute, he's hoping to be drafted; Next he's being a key part of a NBA Champion. But not resting on his achievements, Cole has come out in the Summer League looking like one of the best, if not THE best, player in the Summer League. He led his Heat squad give the Lakers their biggest beatdown in SUMMER LEAGUE HISTORY.




SG-SF   Chris Johnson, Philadelphia 76ers  (former UD Flyer)
     Johnson was offered a chance to join the Sixers team and has not dissapointed;  He averaged 7 points and 6 rebounds, with a team leading 11 rebound, 2 block effort in one game; Johnson never fully reached his potential, but hes a stat sheet stuffer who could find a home - possibly near his home - in Philly.

PF-C  Devin Searcy (former UD Flyer)
    The Detroit native and former big man for the Flyers never had the career he quite wanted at UD, but he was definitely one of the better surprises for the Sixers as well. Searcy averaged 7 points and 7 rebounds and had two double figure rebound games and was a presence for the Sixers. Another reason he may stick: His + / -  in the last two games was +22 and +8, which im sure will make any coach, GM, and NBA President look twice.


SF-PF   Chris Wright (Trotwood grad & former UD Flyer)        
    Wright was able to get into the NBA last year (Golden State) thanks to the lockout, which granted him a chance to get to work on a daily basis with NBA'ers, which has been invaluable. Wright started with Warriors, then was sent to the Raptors, and looks to found a landing spot. Wright has averaged almost 10 points and 6 rebounds as a starter on the Raptors team, and has had a few highlight reel slams (video here)to go along with it; But one sign of his true potential was revealed in his last game in which he dropped 15 pts with 6 boards and hit a 3-ball as well, indicating that he has worked on his shooting range. Raptors execs are pleasantly surprised with Wright, and look for him to get some time on the Raptors squad come next season.                    



PG-SG   Kenny Hayes  (Northmont Grad & former Miami Redhawk)
      Hayes is a scorer who played on the NBDL Select Team that went against the NBA squads. Although a little short for a 2-guard (6'1) Hayes can flat out put it in the basket. He's averaging 7 ppg, shooting over 50% from three, which is sure to give him a long look on somebodys squad.




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Ex-Flyer Chris Wright signed by Warriors, should thank NBA Lockout

Four years ago around this time Chris "Flight" Wright was making a splash onto the college scene by helping the Dayton Flyers get to the highest national ranking (13) they had in decades, maybe ever. He averaged 10 points, 6 rebounds and a block as a Faboulous Frosh, and with his high flying dunks, aggressive blocks, and high energy demeanor, he look like a SURE FIRE future 1st-rounder and  guy who could lead the Flyers to a possible deep run into the NCAA tournament. However, in a twist of cruel fate, he hurt his leg after one of the Flyers best starts in team history (14-1) and the team never recovered.

       Wright would continue to do what he did best in his next three years, which is rebound, fly high, bring energy and dominate on defense. Standing at a legit  6'8 with crazy hops and a NBA body, the knock was that he needed to develop a consistent 15-20 ft. jump shot, and work on his ball handling so that he could make himself more valuable to the NBA as a small forward along as a undersized power forward.
     However it didn't look like he developed the consistent perimeter "J" that would take him from a prospect to a 1st rounder. And so as the experts, the so-called experts, ballers, non-ballers who have opinions, and the rest of the world spoke on Wrights' inability to drop 3's consistently, it seemed that Flight Wright would be on a flight forreal - to play overseas.

But then something insane happened. The owners decided to play hardball; therefore, a NBA lockout created.

    Now at first everyone had questions such as: Will there be a NBA this year? Should he just do the smart thing and go overseas off jump? Why wait for a chance to get into a training camp, only to be sent to the D-League or be cut? What is the chances of him even getting to the NBA after a strike? Slim to none?
     Looks extremely good I would say.         
   

"Flight Wright" in motion

      A few days before the draft Wright had admitted that he had not put the time in to make himself a better shooter. Could it had been that former Dayton coach Brian Gregory didn't utilize Wright properly or help him develop his skills? Could it had been that Wright thought he would get to the NBA anyway despite the shortcomings as a shooter? Whatever the case was, he was honest with himself and the media. So he went into the gym. And put shots up. Hundreds and thousands of shots. And continued to work. And with the supreme dissapointment embedded in his head of not getting drafted to the NBA - and then having to watch a friend and localballer (Norris Cole) get drafted - in the 1st round no less - had to be as humbling a moment as Wright has ever had.
  

     Now most players would have accepted his fate of being a good college player who couldn't really shoot. Not Chris. He remained positive, continued to work on his negatives and was rewarded. He was the 3rd player drafted in the NBDL (behind Jamaal Tinsley & Alando Tucker, both NBA vets) by the Warriors organization. And once the NBA owners decided that they were ready to play ball, they had waited so long that it put most GM's and Coaches in a frenzy. Normally, Wright would have been on a summer league team, trying to make the team, which would have been small chance (at best). But because of the strike, the league schedule was pushed back, money was taken from the players, a soft cap was revealed and other little tidbits had been changed, making room at the end of the bench for players who are high energy,a good skill set, excelled in college, and have room for development. Like Chris Wright. Wright was signed this past week to the Golden State Warriors squad and is in training camp trying to secure a spot in the NBA. The Warriors currently have only 11 players signed, so he has EVERY opportunity to prove himself worthy - which I have no doubt he will.                      
    Once I heard this news, I was extremely happy. He's a humble great young guy. He deserved it. Never been in trouble or doing the wrong things. Im cool with the Wright family all the way back to high school. But hopefully Chris Wright has learned a valuable lesson. No matter how much talent you have, you must work on your weaknesses to be able to take that rainbow all the way to the pot of gold. And oh yeah, it doesn't hurt when the owners hold out so you can sneak into training camp. To get to the NBA, no matter how much skill you have, it still takes a little luck somewhere along the way. Its how prepared you are that will decide how big that pot is when you get that chance.
                                   
  Remember,       Preparation + hard work + opportunity = Success.



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