First US high school with an all-basketball curriculum names court after Knicks' Julius Randle

Former New York Knicks basketball players Walt Frazier, second from left without a hard hat, Earl Monroe, center left, Knicks forward Julius Randle, Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau and former Knicks player John Starks attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School, where the basketball court will be named for Randle, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in New York.

Former New York Knicks basketball players Walt Frazier, second from left without a hard hat, Earl Monroe, center left, Knicks forward Julius Randle, Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau and former Knicks player John Starks attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School, where the basketball court will be named for Randle, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo Brian Mahoney)


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NEW YORK — The court at the nation's first high school with a curriculum designed around a career in basketball will be named for New York Knicks All-Star Julius Randle. The announcement was made Wednesday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new, 69,000-square-foot building in the Bronx that will house the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School. Randle has raised money for the school, where students get instruction in areas such as sports media, law and medicine. Randle has been recovering from surgery to repair a shoulder injury he sustained Jan. 27.

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