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Would you want a pair of the brand new Jimmer Fredette sneakers?

Want to hear something not very surprising? Jimmer Fredette dropped 50 points this past weekend for the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese basketball Association. Granted, the Sharks lost the game to Sichuan, but do we care? Not really. Jimmer still leads the CBA in scoring with nearly 37 points per gam…

Now that we know Glens Falls native Jimmer Fredette has moved on from his NBA aspirations for now, let's take a look at his next stop: The Shanghai Sharks.
Who are the Sharks? The Shanghai Sharks are a team that has been playing in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) since 1996, just o…

Dave Byrd was a star at CBA before he went on to star at Syracuse. He was a two-year starter for the Orange - and after that he went onto a career in the NFL and the CFL. He spent time with the Seattle Seahawks and Buffalo Bills in addition to the British Columbia Lions...

As Albany native Dion Lewis fights to make the Patriots roster in 2015, we do get some sad Capital Region news out of New England...
Vellano, a CBA grad, spent two seasons in New England after being signed as a rookie free agent out of Maryland...

Last week's Section II Super Bowls provided five great matchups and crowned five new champions. Perhaps no greater game was played than the Class AA final between Shen and CBA at UAlbany's Bob Ford Field.
I was at that game and saw the Plainsmen beat the Brothers, 25-20...

It's Super Bowl time in Section II and that means we have a SUPER edition of our High School Football Social Media Fan Battle! This time it's CBA vs. Shen in Class AA!
How it works: Two times a day (8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.), we will tweet out the game of the week on twitter @1045thetea…

UAlbany men's basketball coach Will Brown joined #ArmenAndLevack Tuesday to discuss the upcoming Coaches vs Cancer -- and UAlbany's upcoming basketball season.
The Great Danes are back-to-back America East champs. UAlbany is coming off its first NCAA tournament, a "First Four&q…

With the college season starting last week, and the the NFL season starting last night, it's time to take the final frontier.
And that frontier is conquered tonight as the Section II high school season begins this evening.
Reminder that you can get your team's schedules here...

Starting next academic year, the Big 10 Conference of Section II will cease to exist, as reported by James Allen of the Times Union.
The move coincides with Amsterdam's official movement into the Foothills Conference for next year. This causes the Big 10 to have difficulty in some sports, especi…

Sectional baseball seedings were announced yesterday. There are some really good matchups and really intriguing classes. The area as a whole has been really deep and competitive this season and it should make for a great next week and a half...

Wow. What a start to the first full day of action in the Section II playoffs… If the rest of the playoffs are as good as last night, sign me up.
A top seed went down, a few other games were closer than expected and several came down to the wire...