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FAST BREAKDOWN Three quick observations for Friday night’s 110-104 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Little Caesars Arena KIDS NIGHT – Somebody will check the records, but the Pistons and Oklahoma City Thunder might have sent out the youngest collective group of starters in NBA history on Friday night. The Pistons – starting Saddiq Bey, who turned 22 last week; Sekou Doumbouya, 20; Isaiah Stewart, 19; Josh Jackson, 24; and Killian Hayes, 19 – averaged 21 years 2 months. Oklahoma City came in even younger by a month. The Pistons played without Wayne Ellington, Mason Plumlee, Jerami...

Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record Growing up in the projects of Houston, Texas, Reggie Franklin was taught to dream big and to love God by his mother, Olevia. She instilled in him a work ethic and a belief that education would be the key to turning his life around. Franklin didn’t bloom into a superstar overnight; he was a substitute off the bench his senior year. His coach had a rule that if you missed practice you didn’t start. As a senior at Yates High School, he was the sixth man for most of the year. The guy starting in front of him missed practice and Franklin got the start, sc...

Steve Smith talks with Russ White. “The university has a special place in my heart,” Smith tells White. “I never thought, Russ, back in my days in college, that I'd be on the other side, I used to call it. When you're an athlete and young, you're always running away from the media, but I definitely enjoy it.” Smith's advice for the students he encounters at events like the Spartan Sports Journalism Classic involves passion and hard work. And he says he learns from the students and fellow alumni too.   Credit Good Reads “Network with all our terrific alumni. You have to put your har...