Ronnie Flores

1 week ago | calhisports.com | Ronnie Flores

There was plenty of competition, but it’s not a surprising choice for Mr. Basketball, as Brayden Burries’ accomplishments for CIF Open Division state champ Eastvale Roosevelt were incredible and deserve individual recognition. Today, one of the nation’s best guards headed to Arizona is awarded California’s most prestigious, long-running individual honor. For this season’s State Players of the Year in boys basketball among juniors, sophs, frosh and for each CIF division, CLICK HERE.

2 weeks ago | ballislife.com | Ronnie Flores

Chipotle Nationals closed out the 2024-25 season and it's now time to publish our final FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. Columbus of Florida met its season-long goal of winning the prestigious tournament to cap off a season in which it finished ranked No. 1 in the country. The results of the 10-team event causes some movement within the Top 20.

3 weeks ago | ballislife.com | Ronnie Flores

Legends and Soles, The Memoir of An American Original, is the long-awaited book on the life and times of Sonny Vaccaro, a sports marketing maverick and basketball insider who is best known for spearheading a push to sign budding NBA star Michael Jordan to a unprecedented Nike endorsement deal in 1984. The Jordan deal revolutionized sports marketing and helped make His Airness a larger than life figure who transcended popular culture, first in America and then around the world.

3 weeks ago | ballislife.com | Ronnie Flores

Kansas-bound Darryn Peterson and Duke-bound Cameron Boozer are named co-MVPs at the 2025 McDonald's All-American Game in Brooklyn, N.Y.The best in high school basketball participated in the 48th annual McDonald’s All-American Game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening. It was the first time the rotating site event has taken place in New York City since 2002 when the game was played at historic Madison Square Garden.

3 weeks ago | ballislife.com | Ronnie Flores

This past weekend I attended the Battle of The Brands Tournament hosted by Clyde Jackson at the Den Sports Facility. This was an opportunity to see a majority of the talent in Houston (Texas) in one building, as it was a quality evaluation weekend. One of the main 2026 (rising senior) prospects in attendance was 4-Star 6-foot-5 guard Jacob Lanier of Gulf Coast Blue Chips via FAB 50 No. 37 DME Academy (Daytona Beach, Fla.).