
Brother Martin junior guard Jordan Cornish ended his recruiting process early on Monday night when he committed to Tennessee.
The 6-foot-5 NOLA.com | The Times Picayune All-New Orleans and All-District 9-5A selection chose the Volunteers over Oklahoma, Wake Forest, Houston, Purdue and Texas El-Paso.
“This feels great,” Cornish said. “Hard work pays off. I’ve been putting in the hard work every day to put this work on. But the work doesn’t stop now that I’ve committed. I’ve got business to handle this year with Brother Martin and future business to handle with Tennessee.”
Cornish is in the middle of the Nike EYBL season with Nike Team Louisiana and is averaging 10.7 points per game against some of the top competition in the country.
He opted to make his decision during the middle of the EYBL season in part because he said he felt the most comfortable with Tennessee and the
...MIAMI — Nate Robinson scored 27 points, Jimmy Butler added 21 points and 14 rebounds while playing every second for the third straight game, and the Chicago Bulls stunned the Miami Heat 93-86 on Monday night to take Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Trailing 86-83 with 2 minutes left, the Bulls scored the final 10 points of the game to beat the Heat once again.
Joakim Noah added 13 points, Taj Gibson had 12 and Marco Belinelli added 10 for Chicago, which snapped a 27-game Miami winning streak during the regular season, and handed the Heat their first loss in their last 13 games in this one.
LeBron James scored 24 points for Miami, which got 14 from Dwyane Wade.
Game 2 is Wednesday night in Miami.
The Bulls were without Derrick Rose, as they've been all season. Kirk Hinrich was out again with a calf injury.
...Adam Snyder left the San Francisco 49ers last season for a chance to start with the Arizona Cardinals , picking up a $5 million signing bonus along the way. That didn't go very well , at least for the Cardinals .
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...Adam Snyder left the San Francisco 49ers last season for a chance to start with the Arizona Cardinals , picking up a $5 million signing bonus along the way. That didn't go very well , at least for the Cardinals .
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...The Alex Smith trade might end up netting the San Francisco 49ers a return package close to the one the Cincinnati Bengals received from the Oakland Raiders for Carson Palmer .
In addition to the second-rounder that brought pass rusher Tank Carradine , the 49ers picked up a conditional 2014 third-rounder in the Smith trade. As SI.com's Peter King reported Monday, though, that third-rounder escalates to a second-rounder if the Kansas City Chiefs ' record
...ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – Matt Downs doubled and drove in the go ahead run in the top of the eleventh inning to give the Z's a 9-8 win on Monday afternoon at Isotopes Park.
The Isotopes scored four runs in the ninth inning to tie the game at 8. Chris Hatcher touched up for four runs on four hits.
Jordan Smith pitched two innings of relief to earn the win. Anthony Ortega suffered the loss.
New Orleans pounded out a season high 21 hits and left a season high 18 men on base. The Z's were six for 23 in the game with runners in scoring position.
The Zephyrs get a split in the series and improve to 14-15 on the year.
Game Notes – The Zephyrs improve to 3-0 in extra innings. The Zephyrs added outfield Jake Smolinski from Class AA Jacksonville.
Coming Up: The Zephyrs return home on Tuesday to host the Salt Lake Bees at Zephyr
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