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Faded Power N.C. State May Once Again Move to Front of 'Pack

The glory years of North Carolina State basketball are little more than history to the fans and students who must look to the rafters of the sterile RBC Center to discover that past greatness. The reminders are up there, in the retired hanging jerseys of players who once made the Wolfpack the premier program in the...

Jimmy V Classic Schedule

The Jimmy V Men's Basketball Classic is the culmination of ESPN's "V Week," an annual event that raises money for cancer research. The week of festivities, and the tournament, are named after Jim Valvano, the legendary NC State coach who passed away in 1993 of cancer after delivering a touching, memorable speech at the...

Jim Valvano's ESPYs Speech: Video, Transcript

More than 17 years ago, Jim Valvano gave one of the most indelible speeches in sports history at the inaugural ESPY Awards in March, 1993. Valvano, who was in the final stages of his fight with bone cancer, was 10 years removed from coaching North Carolina State during their memorable NCAA Championship run, but remained...

Butler's Prayer Almost Sports' Greatest Miracle Finish

It's a week later. Even so, the memory still lives of the hometown Butler basketball team coming that close in Indianapolis to a national championship over insufferable Duke at the buzzer of the Final Two. Which brings us to one of the greatest "What ifs" in sports history. To me, it's no contest. To me, if Gordon...

Here's to You, Les Robinson!

Les Robinson retired from the A.D. post at The Citadel this week. Normally, this wouldn't be exciting news. However, Robinson used to be the head basketball coach, then A.D., at NC State during the controversial 1990s.What Robinson did at NC State was quite noble ... and difficult. He took over for Jim Valvano's scandal...

Jim Valvano News From the Web

05/06/12 Three Things Source: The Simple Dollar When I was about fourteen, I watched a cancer-stricken Jim Valvano give an amazing speech at the 1993 ESPY Awards.
05/02/12 Thirty seasons after the 1983 title run led by Jim... Source: Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville NC The game will begin at approximately 9:30 p.m., after a 7 p.m. meeting between Georgetown and Texas.