Monumental Sports Network broadcasts 2nd annual ‘Basketball Day in the DMV’  

By Sabreen DawudSpecial to the AFRO Monumental Sports Network will broadcast eight live basketball games for the second annual “Basketball Day in the DMV” event on Jan. 20.& The basketball event will be presented by CarMax through a partnership with the Washington Wizards. Teams of varying status will be displayed during five high school games, two college games and the Washington Wizards vs. San Antonio Spurs game featured on the evening of Jan. 20.& “Basketball Day in the DMV is a relatively new initiative that we concepted at Monumental that I think perfectly captures how we’ve fully integrated all of our assets across Monumental to create really big and powerful platforms that we think can be really great for the community,” said Zach Leonsis, president of Media and New Enterprises at Monumental Sports and Entertainment.& With an emphasis on promoting local basketball talent, featured school teams will be broadcasted free of charge. The boys and girls high school lineup include Maryland teams such as Sandy Spring, Good Counsel, Largo, Bullis and Holy Child. Virginia high school players at South Lakes, Bishop O’Connell, Hayfield and Patriot will debut alongside St. John’s in Washington, D.C.& Both men’s and women’s college basketball will...