In the beginning was the word. And the word was Malachi. Not Malachi the prophet but Richardson, a 6-foot-5 framed-out junior shooting guard at Trenton Catholic Academy.
Isaiah Briscoe checked out St. John’s for Midnight Madness Friday night and had himself a good time. Arizona, Syracuse, Florida, Rutgers and Seton Hall are among those also involved, but you can’t count out Lavin and the Johnnies.
Josh Kirkland left the rolling hills and cornfields of Paxico, KS for the busy streets and frigid weather of Syracuse. Over that time, the junior 6-foot-3, 205-pound linebacker, who transferred from Butler Community College, learned about overcoming adversity.
When he was reviewing tape of Butler Community College, linebacker Josh Kirkland was near the bottom of his list. But the more he watched the video, the more he liked what he saw.