The newswires and bloggers are busy this week trying to get a fix on Stephen Curry’s plans for next year. Mr. Curry has until Sunday to decide whether to stay at Davidson or enter the NBA draft.

A blog called DraftExpress.com reported Monday – citing unnamed sources, of course – that Mr. Curry had made up his mind to jump to the NBA and planned to call “a press conference soon.”

But the official word remains that the Davidson junior guard is still wrestling with the decision. Davidson College sports information director Marc Gignac said this morning there’s still no word from Mr. Curry. And Steph’s dad, Dell Curry, has told reporters recent blog reports aren’t true. Read the full story

Bryant Barr is taking registrations for the Buzzkill "Davidson Shoots Nothing But Nets" benefit tournament.

The azaleas are dazzling, the bees are feasting on the holly blooms, the lawnmowers and pond frogs are serenading through the evenings – spring has clearly sprung.  The energy of the season has infected us for this column, so we bring news of busy young people out doing good deeds for our community.

At Davidson College, hoopster Bryant Barr is organizing a youth 3-on-3 basketball tournament that will raise money to help prevent the spread of malaria in Africa.  At Cannon School, high school freshman Tyler Carson of Davidson is coordinating donations for a new Goodwill store set to open next month in Concord.  Meanwhile, the horticulture club at North Mecklenburg High School will hold their spring plant sale this Saturday.  We have the news on all that, plus a note about the return home of our own Brenda Barger. Read the full story

Volunteers are helping to turn Lake Norman, long thought of as a fishing lake, into a home for sailing and rowing. The Charlotte Observer reports in Sunday’s edition that the N.C. Community Sailing & Rowing Center at Blythe Landing Park is the first public center of its kind on the lake.  Some Davidson residents are among the first students and instructors at the center, which aims to make sailing and rowing available to all. See Joe Marusak’s feature story, “Center makes sailing an option for more folks.”

Southern Conference press release

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference announced Thursday that the league’s postseason basketball tournaments will be held in Charlotte in 2010, returning to the city after nearly four decades. Read the full story

Davidson College Sports Information press release

Davidson guard Stephen Curry has been named a State Farm first-team Division I All-America by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and the junior has been selected to the Dick Vitale All-America Team and a first-team All-American by NaismithLives.com, a basketball Web site. Read the full story

Death Cab for Cutie, Thursday at the college.

Public schools are off for spring break, which may lighten traffic on the roads this week. Around town, there’s plenty going on. A public meeting is scheduled Wednesday at Cornelius Town Hall with information about I-77 widening and other road projects proposed as part of the massive Augustalee mixed-use development, at Westmoreland Road and I-77. Also Wednesday, 1st Lt. Kevin Bell, a Davidson grad just back from Afghanistan, speaks at the college about his experiences. On Thursday, rockers Death Cab for Cutie headline at Davidson College’s Spring Concert. Lake Norman Art League hosts an art critique and social tonight. And the Lake Norman Teen Council and Ben & Jerry’s invite teens to play electronic games tonight on the wall outside the ice cream parlor.

In sports, the Davidson men’s soccer team hosts Charlotte Eagles Tuesday night, while the baseball team plays Gardner-Webb Wednesday and a trio of games against The Citadel next weekend. The college tennis teams also are in action this week.

Those events and more in The Guide, http://davidsonnews.net/guide/

Davidson College Sports Information

Davidson guard Stephen Curry has been named to the John R. Wooden Award All-America Team, the committee announced Wednesday. It is the second consecutive season the junior has earned the honor. Read the full story

Stephen Curry (Tim Cowie photo)

Davidson basketball standout Stephen Curry was named to the Associated Press All-America first team Monday, after a season in which he led the U.S. in scoring. Mr. Curry joined Blake Griffin of Oklahoma, Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, DeJuan Blair of Pittsburgh, and James Harden of Arizona State on the first team.

Meanwhile, in other basketball news, it’s being reported that officials with Davidson College, the City of Charlotte City and other groups are behind an effort to bring the 2010 Southern Conference basketball tournament to Charlotte. The tourney is scheduled to be held again next year in Chattanooga, as it was this year, but a deal with Charlotte would delay its return there for a year. Read the full story