The Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets agreed to a blockbuster trade deal hours before the trade deadline last week. Brooklyn sent James Harden and Paul Millsap to Philly for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, and two first-round draft picks.
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Whole Man Ministries (WMM) has renovated several houses around the city for use by homeless veterans. After almost a year, their current project is almost complete for another veteran to call home.
The Phoenix are currently on a 16-game winning streak as of the writing of this article and are poised to not only win their conference, but to also make a deep run in the playoffs this year.
A few years ago, the United Way of Forsyth County unveiled their plan to help revitalize several neighborhoods in the eastern portion of the city with several community partners. Their initiative, “Place Matters,” has a goal to positively impact the community by attacking issues plaguing these selected areas, such as under/unemployment, education, housing and healthy living.
With youth sports becoming more and more about winning, some parents prefer to have their children learn the game they love in an environment that is less stressful. If you like the sound of that, then the Kernersville Shooting Stars Youth Basketball Academy (SSYBA) might be the place for you.
Last year, Target launched their HBCU Design Challenge which was a competition where students from Historically Black Colleges & Universities submitted designs for Target’s celebration of Black History Month. One of the challenge winners was Winston-Salem’s own Trajan Baker, who is an architecture student at Hampton University and a graduate of Atkins High School.
Read Write Spell (RWS) is a community program based out of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church that strives to ensure that every child in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WSFCS) learns to read on grade level. RWS trains tutors in the science of reading to better assist students in need in WS/FCS.
Jadon Blair is a name to be on the lookout for in the next few years when it comes to Forsyth County sports. The 6’2” 154-pound freshman has turned heads as the quarterback for the Mt. Tabor JV football team and as a forward on the JV basketball team.
