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After All the Shame, Pitino Should Resign

Jul 28, 2010 - 10:53 PM

For a moment there, you had to laugh out loud. Rick Pitino sat in a crowded courtroom Wednesday and testified that this Karen Cunagin Sypher woman whispered to him, unsnapped his pants in a booth at...

Conference Swaps a Pathetic Money Grab

Jun 11, 2010 - 10:55 PM

It's the college sports equivalent of trading up for a trophy wife or moving to a haughtier zip code, the difference being that American universities are supposed to prioritize academia over...

Cost of USC Scandal: Lose Title, Heisman

Jun 10, 2010 - 9:07 PM

LOS ANGELES -- Wasn't it so amazing, so crazy? There was Will Ferrell, hanging out at practice. And Snoop Dogg, chatting up Reggie Bush on the Coliseum sideline during a game. And was Matt Leinart...

Without Promise, Izzo Should Avoid LBJ

Jun 10, 2010 - 2:40 AM

BOSTON -- So now the strobe lights of the LeBron-a-thon shine on Tom Izzo, the charmingly triumphant basketball coach at Michigan State, who informed his players this week that he's talking to the...

When John Wooden Died, So Did a Piece of Life

Jun 5, 2010 - 12:00 PM

LOS ANGELES -- We've lost so much more than John Wooden, it seems. We also have lost the strongest and keenest way to coach young people, to shape meaningful lives, to help find an equilibrium, to...

Calhoun Should Be Fired Amid the UConn Stench

May 28, 2010 - 8:35 PM

He looked much too comfortable in his white slacks and navy blue golf shirt, the one emblazoned with UCONN and Nike logos, proudly showing that he's a corporate sellout even on the day his program...

To America's Chagrin, Coach K and Duke Win Again

Apr 6, 2010 - 3:00 AM

INDIANAPOLIS -- Never has a confetti shower been so still. Never has a celebration been so muzzled. Never has "One Shining Moment" been so bittersweet, like a song at the blues club down the...

Cool Cat Stevens: Model for Future

Apr 4, 2010 - 7:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS -- There on the elevated hardwood, a few feet from where I sat, Brad Stevens wasn't fazed that his team was struggling to make shots. Rather, he just smiled. He'd occasionally turn...

Butler vs. Duke Is Loved vs. Loathed

Apr 3, 2010 - 11:20 PM

INDIANAPOLIS -- So what we have in the heartland is exactly what we need in America, the antithesis of all the scandals that have coated sports in shame, a Midwestern darling with a live bulldog on...

NCAA Takes Phony Road in Hoops Expansion Farce

Mar 31, 2010 - 10:00 PM

The operative word, of course, is hypocrisy. For years, we've been bombarded by propaganda from university presidents who oppose a football playoff system because it would compromise academia. Yet...

Broken Down Like Obama, I Now Pick West Virginia

Mar 28, 2010 - 11:10 PM

It wasn't long ago when Bob Huggins, now the toast of every country road and mountain mama in West Virginia, was stumbling through a field sobriety test with vomit stuck on the driver's side of his...

Can Butler Script Another 'Hoosiers'?

Mar 27, 2010 - 10:45 PM

SALT LAKE CITY -- With apologies to those who hate cinematic cliches, you'll have to live with a beautiful one for at least the next six days and nights, maybe longer. Much as basketball people...