Wendell Maxey

Joined: May 14, 2025

Wendell Maxey has worked as a featured sports writer since 2004 with his stories and interviews on professional, college, and high school sports appearing on ESPN.com, NBA.com, SLAM Magazine/SLAMOnline, FoxSports.com, and USA Today, among other national newspapers and publications. Along with covering the NBA (Knicks, Nets, Blazers), Maxey spent four years as an international writer in Europe, scouted and recruited professional basketball players for Nürnberg Falcons/ Nürnberger BC, and also gained experience coaching high school and middle school basketball in Germany, and the United States. A published author, Maxey’s work has been featured in four books with his latest contribution included in the 2025 release of Rise & Reign: The Story of the Champion Boston Celtics. In 2025, Wendell joined High School On SI to provide national coverage as a contributing writer.

Jeremy File, a star point guard (left) for Hanover-Horton High School, led the team to a spot in the Class C state semifinals in 2003. Twenty-three years later he returned to the court ready to run it back one last time.

Indiana

Nearly every spring since 1939 one high school senior in Indiana has been selected by the Indianapolis Star newspaper as Indiana Mr. Basketball. The long list

A veteran of the ring by starting to train at 13 years old, you kind find Billie Starkz among the rising female wrestlers in AEW and ROH.

Kentucky

Before AEW, Ring of Honor, and championship gold, Billie Starkz was a 4.0 student at Atherton High School juggling homework, bruises, and a dream she refused to let go.

Kindy Sproat (left) and Gigi Rivas (center) interview North Platte girls wrestling assistant coach and former state champion, Ambie Custard for Episode 3 of On The Air: A Wrestling Podcast.

Nebraska

All of the time. All of the preparation. All of the hard work. It all comes down to this moment. No, we’re not just talking about the start to the North Platte

Wrestling

With his high school and college wrestling days behind him, Adrian Nelson contemplated becoming a pro wrestler. Thankfully, former WWF/WWE and WCW stars Paul Roma and Mario Mancini were there to give him a push at Paradise Alley Pro Wrestling.

New York

The Lower East Side prep school will hold a court dedication ceremony to tip-off their 2025-26 season that reflects the lasting mark left by the late-great New York City basketball coach.

A national champion in 2004 at Cuyahoga Community College and a mainstay in professional basketball, Coach Mark Anderson has built his career by coaching more than Xs and Os.

Ohio

Gratitude. It’s the one word that instantly comes to mind when Mark Anderson describes his trip around the game of basketball and back again. After 37 years o

The Coyotes held their Breast Cancer Awareness night to culminate a month long drive that's making a difference on and off of the ice.

Florida

Wearing pink to support Breast Cancer awareness month, the Cypress Creek Coyotes are also battling to recognize ice hockey as a sanctioned high school sport.

At 19-years old and one of the top high school wrestlers in the nation, RAF signing Bo Bassett shines a bright light on the future of the sport.

Wrestling

How does one of the best young freestyle wrestlers in the nation today actively plan and routinely game plan for his next big match? The same as before. Just mo