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New York Post
17-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
What Tyler Kolek's been looking for, and hopefully found, with this Knicks' summer league stint
LAS VEGAS — Tyler Kolek, at his playmaking peak, is an antagonizer. Confident. Arrogant, maybe. Picture the villain in a 1980s teen movie. 'When I'm playing at my best,' Kolek said, 'I got that swagger, I got that s— to me.' Advertisement You might've witnessed this version of Kolek in college, specifically at Marquette, where he adopted the roles of tormentor and villain. Regularly taunted by opposing fans — that type of frat-boy nastiness — Kolek responded by leading the nation in assists his junior and season seasons and earning an All-American nod.
Indianapolis Star
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Girls basketball recruiting: HSE's nationally ranked PG likes 4 schools but keeping door open
WESTFIELD – KK Holman has a top four colleges. Well, sort of. The nationally ranked point guard is still open to offers and interest from other colleges, but she took official visits to Marquette and Wisconsin last month and has visits to Arizona State and Florida scheduled for the end of the month. It's a short list, but with the caveat things are subject to change. Narrowing the scope, even while leaving the door open for further recruitment, has made things less stressful for the 2026 Hamilton Southeastern girls basketball standout, who was in Westfield over the weekend for the final AAU tournament of her career with IGB. The four schools atop Holman's list were chosen based on the relationships they've built with her over the past 2-3 years. "The way they've talked to me and (recruited) me, that's been really important and really stood," she said. More: Lapel's Laniah Wills commits to Butler. 'That's a pressure off my shoulders. I feel very good about it.' As for her visits to Marquette and Wisconsin, players from both teams were "really welcoming" to Holman, who had the opportunity to spend "a lot of time" with them and was able to hear their insight on the coaches, what they thought of the program and how they felt. Holman will be a major addition for whichever college she chooses. The 5-10 point guard is rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN and ranks just outside the top 50 (No. 51) in their national 2026 rankings, second-highest among Indiana prospects (Lawrence Central's Lola Lampley is ranked 20th). Holman looked smooth in her game Saturday afternoon, aggressively attacking the glass and showing off her tenacity both defensively and as a passer. Asked where her focus has been this summer, the Junior Indiana All-Star cited the mental side of the game. She's been working closely with 2010 Indiana Miss Basketball Courtney Moses Delk on mindset training for the past year, and has taken to journaling and visualizing before games. Statistically, Holman was a star for the semistate runner-up Royals last season, averaging 12.2 points on 49% shooting, 5.8 assists, 5.3 rebounds, just 1.8 turnovers and 2 steals. She's positioned to clear 1,000 career points and will be at the forefront of a young HSE outfit alongside classmate Kayla Stidham, who recently committed to Ball State. The Royals graduated six seniors, including IndyStar Miss Basketball Maya Makalusky, Kayla Brinley and Addison Van Hoesen. "We have a lot of rebuilding to do with a lot of underclassmen coming up to fill those spots," Holman said. "We just need to get more comfortable with them and each other. This year's still going to be good, we just need to get more comfortable and rely on each other more." As for the season ahead, specifically the national rankings and her place among the state's top 2026 Miss Basketball contenders, Holman doesn't see it as pressure. "Lola at Lawrence Central and Myah (Epps) at Homestead are both great players," she said, citing two of the other preseason frontrunners. "I would be happy with any of us getting it."
Newsweek
15-07-2025
- General
- Newsweek
American Moves to Europe, Mystified by Apartment Door System: 'No Sense'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A video about an American's bafflement over the European door locking system, which he describes as both "inconvenient" and "dangerous," has gone viral on TikTok. Shared by Patrick Marquette (@ the clip has amassed more than 619,000 views since it was posted on May 14. Marquette moved to Brussels in January to live with his Belgian girlfriend after 4.5 years of long-distance dating. Text overlaid on the video reads: "European doors make no sense." He says in the clip: "The doors here are not only dangerous but also make zero sense." Unlike in the United States, where homes typically have a twist lock or a double bolt that can be operated without a key from the inside, Marquette adds that many Belgian doors require a key to both lock and unlock—whether from inside or outside. Marquette told Newsweek: "99.9 percent of the doors here and throughout Europe have this lock feature. I always felt it was strange, inconvenient and unsafe." International travel and cross-cultural exchanges continue to rise. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) says that around 300 million people traveled abroad in the first quarter of 2025—14 million more than the same period last year—underscoring the growing intersection of cultures and design expectations in an increasingly mobile world. Showcasing the door of his apartment, the American points out in the video that "there's no twist lock," noting that "in the U.S., normally you just have a double bolt, so you don't need a key at all." But that is not the case in Brussels. Marquette notes: "Here's why it's dangerous—let's say that I leave and I shut the door and I lock it [using the key]. My girlfriend or someone else is still in the apartment. They are now locked in … because if it's locked on the outside, then they're literally stuck if there's a fire, if there's an emergency." Marquette said: "If I lock it and her keys, for example, were left in her car, then she's essentially locked in. If something were to happen, a fire, emergency etc., it's really dangerous." "It just doesn't make any sense to me … there's no logic, and I don't know how that's not a safety hazard," Marquette says in the video. "If you live with more than one person, everyone needs to have their keys on them pretty much all the time in case anything goes awry." This isn't the only design choice that has surprised the American expat. Marquette also pointed to Belgium's preference for partial glass panels in showers instead of full enclosures or curtains. "Sometimes, there's no glass door at all," he said. "I think the look of it is nice, but the conventionality isn't always there … I do miss shower curtains a bit, I won't lie." A screenshot from a viral TikTok video showing Marquette baffled by the door lock system in Belgium. A screenshot from a viral TikTok video showing Marquette baffled by the door lock system in Belgium. @ on TikTok Do you have a travel-related video or story to share? Let us know via life@ and your story could be featured on Newsweek.
Indianapolis Star
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
'He's just kind of an offensive savant.' How Kam Jones' senior year set him up to provide Pacers PG depth
INDIANAPOLIS – Kam Jones wasn't recruited to play point guard, and if Marquette was fully healthy last season, he probably never would have. The 6-4, 200-pound left-hander made his bones as a high scoring 2-guard at every level. At the Evangelical Christian School in Memphis he averaged 20.4 points points per game as a junior and 20.0 as a senior to earn Mr. Basketball honors in Tennessee's Division II Class A. For his first three years at Marquette, he played off the ball while Tyler Kolek ran point as Kolek led the Big East in assists in each of his last two seasons and earned All-America honors as a senior. But when Kolek left for the NBA and was drafted by the Knicks, the Golden Eagles had a hole. It was supposed to be filled by backup Sean Jones, but he tore his ACL in January of 2024 and ended up taking a redshirt this past season. So Kam Jones moved over and the experience ended up making a better player and one perfectly suited for what the Pacers would need in the 2025 draft. The Pacers traded their first-round pick to reacquire their pick for 2026, not thinking they'd have much room to find playing time for a rookie after their first run to the NBA Finals in 25 years with most of their key pieces set to return. However, All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton's Achilles tendon tear in Game 7 of the Finals left them in need of temporary depth at the point. The Pacers traded back up into the draft to get the No. 38 overall pick in the second round and took Jones, who can add point depth this year, but just as easily move back to the 2 in the future. 'Really hard not to like Taelon Peter.' Draft's biggest surprise has purpose bigger than basketball Insider: How Kam Jones can answer Pacers' biggest backcourt question "Obviously with (Kolek) in there, I played the 2 a lot and played off the ball a little bit more," Jones said Sunday after practice for the Pacers' NBA Summer League team. "Having to have the ball in my hands really gave me a bunch of reps at being a point guard. It really helped my game from being a little flexible, can do either or. Whatever the team needs, that's what I'm willing to do." Jones' ability to adapt on fly to the position was one of the things that most impressed Marquette coach Shaka Smart during his time there. Jones focused immediately on his weak points and the parts of the job he hadn't executed before and learned what he had to do to involve others in the offense. His senior year was the best of his four years at Marquette as he averaged career-highs in points (19.2), assists (5.9) and rebounds (4.5). "He did a really good job of being intentional about the areas of the game you have to focus on when you play that position," Smart told IndyStar. "Intentionality with passing, with reading pick-and-rolls, different two-man actions with teammates understanding now that I'm the point guard, it's not just about coming off to score, it's about creating for other guys as well." Jones always had a natural desire to see other people succeed, so getting him to invest in his teammates' success wasn't that difficult. But he did have to learn about how to use the tools at a point guard and senior leader's disposal to make that happen. He needed better vision, better understanding of passing angles and also improved communication. He improved on all of the above. "It was more about understanding how to impact others," Smart said. "He's always had a willingness to make the people around him better, now at the point guard position and as the best player and a senior leader, he was more vocal than he's ever been. There was more accountability from him than there had ever been. He had always been a player who was about winning, but the player accountability before his senior year didn't typically come from him. In his senior year he made a really good jump with that. But honestly, his receptivity to what I was asking him to do made it simple for him doing to things we were wanting him to do." Adding the necessary tools to be a point guard only strengthened Jones' already impressive skill set. By the end of his freshman year, Smart had already determined Jones was the most gifted scorer on the roster even though he averaged a modest 7.4 points per game in 18.5 minutes per game, mostly off the bench. He started every game as a sophomore and averaged 15.1 points per game. Then as a junior he averaged 17.2 per game, shooting 50.1% from the floor and 40.6% from 3-point range. As a senior, his efficiency went down as his volume went up, but he was still the second leading scorer in the Big East behind Villanova's Eric Dixon. He helped Marquette win 24 games and earn a NCAA tournament bid before they lost to New Mexico in the first round. "He just has a lot of tricks up his sleeve," Smart said. "He's a very crafty ball-handler and finisher. He has a really good feel for impacting the defense with fakes and with nuances. He's got an incredible spin move, which I'm excited to see will that be as effective at the pro level. You're talking about better defenders and more length, but it was pretty much unstoppable at the college level. He's just kind of an offensive savant. And I'm Joe College Coach, but offense comes easy to him. He gets the spacing, he gets the timing, he gets the four guys on the court. He's a very, very good cutter. The scoring part comes pretty naturally to him." Defense hasn't been as natural in part because Marquette has asked so much from him on the offensive end. Smart's teams are primarily known for defensive pressure and Jones had to brings some of that. However, Smart noted Jones hasn't had to put the same level of focus on defense. To get on the floor in the NBA, he won't have a choice. "We obviously emphasized playing hard and getting after it, but we asked Kam to do so much on offense," Smart said. "I don't know if it was realistic to ask him to be our most desperate defender. I've coached guys before who were prolific scorers or offensive players in college. They get up there and if you want to stick around, you better guard at a high level because there's Tyrese Haliburton and there's Pascal Siakam, and there's other super-talented offensive players on that team and there are guys that understand that they have to play a role that starts on the defensive end and that will certainly be Kam to start his career." For now as the Pacers summer squad approaches its first game Thursday in Las Vegas, his offensive skill and versatility still promises to get him his first looks. Though he's dealing with a hamstring injury, the Pacers already like the options he gives them. "It's being dynamic," said Pacers assistant Isaac Yacob, who is serving as the Summer League team's head coach. "That just adds a layer to his game and to the team. Where he can say, 'Hey, I can play off ball and catch and be aggressive or I can lead a team and get people in the situation where they need to be in."
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Yahoo
Alabama attorney general pushes for trial of an ex-officer accused of fatally shooting an armed man
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama police officer charged with murder for shooting an armed Black man in the man's front yard during a dispute with a tow-truck driver shouldn't be granted immunity before going to trial, the state's attorney general says. In a court brief filed late Tuesday, Attorney General Steve Marshall said a lower court was correct in ruling that former Decatur police officer Mac Marquette, 25, failed to show "a clear legal right to prosecutorial immunity' when he fatally shot Stephen Perkins on Sept. 29, 2023. Shortly before 2 a.m., Marquette and two other officers accompanied the tow truck driver to repossess Perkins' pickup truck at his home in Decatur. When Perkins emerged from his house pointing a gun at the truck driver, Marquette fired 18 bullets less than two seconds after the officers emerged from a concealed position and identified themselves as law enforcement, according to body camera footage. The appeals court decision, and the fate of the trial, hinges on Alabama's ' stand your ground ' law, which grants immunity from prosecution to anyone who uses deadly force as long as they reasonably believe they're in danger and are somewhere they're rightfully allowed to be. Alabama allows judges to determine if someone acted in self-defense before a case goes to trial. After a Morgan County judge denied Marquette immunity in April, the ex-officer's lawyers asked the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to overturn the decision. The appeals court said the circuit judge's decision was a 'gross abuse of discretion' because the judge didn't give enough weight to Marquette's assertion that he feared for his life after Perkins pointed his gun at the officer before he was shot. If the appeals court rules against Marquette, he will go to trial in September. The shooting drew regular protests in the north Alabama city, and the three officers were fired after personnel hearings. Marquette is white. While the attorney general's brief didn't contest that Marquette feared for his life, he argued that witnesses in a pre-trial hearing failed to establish that Marquette was at Perkins' house on legitimate police duty, and therefore 'there remain open questions regarding whether he had a legal right" to be there. The brief, written by the Assistant Attorney General Kristi Wilkerson, pointed to conflicting testimony from the two officers who were with Marquette when he shot Perkins. One officer testified that the three officers were at Perkins' house to investigate a misdemeanor menacing charge since Perkins had previously pulled a gun on the tow truck driver in an attempt to repossess Perkins' truck earlier that night. The other officer testified that he was unaware of a menacing investigation, saying that he believed they were there to assist in 'keeping the peace.' Alabama law requires a court order for law enforcement to be involved in a vehicle repossession — which the officers didn't have. Testimony from a state agent who investigated the shooting, Jamie King, also conflicted with both officers' accounts of the moments leading up to the shooting. King said that while Marquette may have feared for his life, the three officers were not positioned in an effective way to keep the peace or to investigate menacing since they were intentionally out of Perkins' view until seconds before the shooting. Marquette's attorneys have argued that there is more than one way to conduct police operations. In light of the ambiguity, Marshall's office said deference should be given to the trial court's position, and that a jury "alone is in the best position to determine the trustworthiness of testimony presented to it.' All parties in the case are prohibited from speaking to the media. ___ Riddle is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
