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NCAA Names Isch Interim President

In the wake of Myles Brand's death last Wednesday, the NCAA was left without a president and no clear rules in place for succession. Considering Brand's prognosis wasn't very good for quite a while -- he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January and not given great odds of survival -- it's a bit surprising the...

NBA-NCAA Pact Is Madness

So Blake Griffin is ready to make the jump now. The whole thing is nicely wrapped up with a bow for David Stern and Myles Brand, who should be high-fiving, lighting up victory cigars.The Naismith Award winner, the nation's best college basketball player, is more mature for having stayed at Oklahoma for his sophomore year....

NBA-NCAA Pact Is Madness

So Blake Griffin is ready to make the jump now. The whole thing is nicely wrapped up with a bow for David Stern and Myles Brand, who should be high-fiving, lighting up victory cigars.The Naismith Award winner, the nation's best college basketball player, is more mature for having stayed at Oklahoma for his sophomore year....

NCAA President Myles Brand Has Pancreatic Cancer, Prognosis 'Not Good'

Myles Brand is notorious for valuing academics above athletics while serving as NCAA president. He is also famous for dismissing Bob Knight from Indiana University following a 2000 incident. And now he is, sadly, making headlines with an announcement Saturday that he has pancreatic cancer and that things, from a long-term...

Should We Blame Myles Brand for O.J. Mayo?

Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports has a thought-provoking column about the O.J. Mayo mess, and he believes that when the NCAA is tarnished by allegations of runners for agents handing out cash to star athletes, one person deserves a heaping helping of blame: Myles Brand.If you didn't see this one coming, don't feel bad, you're no...