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The Capital of Basketball is out in time for holiday giving — order now!
Bycapitalofbasketball May 26, 2019May 2, 2025

Order The Capital of Basketball here, or at Amazon here. Dec 7, Saturday, 12 noon, Barnes and Noble, Rockville, MD. Special guest: Hall of Fame Coach Gary Williams! Dec 10, Tuesday, 6 pm, Dematha Stags vs Archbishop Carroll at Dematha High School Dec 14, Saturday, 2 pm-5pm Takoma Park Book Fair Dec 15, Sunday, time…

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One local product staying put, one moving on, another makes history
Bycapitalofbasketball April 23, 2018May 2, 2025

During the past week, one local basketball product will be staying put, another will be moving on and yet another made a bit of history. At Notre Dame University, Mike Brey (Bethesda/DeMatha), the winningest coach the program’s history, has signed a contract extension through the 2024-25 season. The new deal was in recognition of his…

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Forty years ago this week, DeMatha came up with the perfect ending
Bycapitalofbasketball March 22, 2018May 2, 2025

Forty years ago this week, DeMatha’s basketball team made history. By that time, Hall of Fame coach Morgan Wootten had been at the school 20 years and had turned it into the premier high school basketball program in the Washington area, if not the country. But the Stags had never finished a season unbeaten. That…

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Happy 62nd birthday to DeMatha great Adrian Dantley
Bycapitalofbasketball March 8, 2018May 2, 2025

It was a cold winter morning in December of 1969. Schools were on break, with teachers and coaches like DeMatha’s Morgan Wootten happy for a respite from their responsibilities. This particular morning, Wootten heard a knock on the door of his Hyattsville home. He went to answer it and discovered ninth-grader Adrian Dantley standing on…

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Local product Palmer finds winter in Nebraska to his liking
Bycapitalofbasketball February 25, 2018May 2, 2025

It’s rare that someone would prefer winter in Lincoln, Nebraska to winter in Miami.
But it worked out for James Palmer, Jr. Palmer, who played at Henry Wise and St. John’s, is one of the main reasons Nebraska is battling for an NCAA Tournament bid as March approaches.

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Brey now winningest coach in Notre Dame history
Bycapitalofbasketball January 5, 2018May 2, 2025

For years, a string of Notre Dame football coaches has tried to duplicate the sustained success of the program’s glory days. Notre Dame’s basketball program, meanwhile, doesn’t have that problem. Mike Brey has seen to that. The Bethesda native and former DeMatha point guard, now in his 18th season as head coach of the…

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Memories of ex-DeMatha star Sid Catlett
Bycapitalofbasketball November 19, 2017May 2, 2025

Catlett was a key figure in DeMatha’s biggest win ever, its upset of Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Power Memorial in 1965. That DeMatha victory ended the New York City school’s 71-game winning streak in front of 12,500 at the University of Maryland’s Cole Field House.

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Williams and Ferry inducted into Washington Metro Hall of Fame
Bycapitalofbasketball October 15, 2017May 2, 2025

Prince George’s County was well-represented at the Wooden Leadership in Coaching awards dinner Thursday night at the Watergate Hotel in downtown Washington. Walt Williams (Temple Hills, MD) and Danny Ferry (Bowie, MD) were inducted into the Washington Metropolitan Basketball Hall of Fame. Both were high school standouts, with Williams playing on Crossland HS team that…

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Fultz latest in long line of local products to go high in NBA Draft
Bycapitalofbasketball July 20, 2017May 2, 2025

With his selection as the first overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2017 NBA Draft, DeMatha’s Markelle Fultz became the fifth D.C.-area player ever to be taken No. 1 overall.

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50 years ago Carr drives Mackin over DeMatha
Bycapitalofbasketball March 5, 2017May 2, 2025

But 50 years ago this week, Mackin was finally able to knock DeMatha from the top of the league standings and the top of the local high school basketball rankings.
In the first week of March in 1967, Mackin had at least two of the three factors in their favor. Star guard Autin Carr scored 21 points (including the 2,000th of his pep career) as Mackin downed DeMatha, 54-48, on the night of March 3, 1967.

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