North Carolina Ready for High Stakes Rematch With Duke

Feb 27th 2011 – 11:36 PM

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Harrison Barnes said he did not even stay up Saturday night to watch the Duke-Virginia Tech game. Roy Williams did stay up, though. "I'm sitting at home, so I'm comfortable,'' he...

North Carolina's Win Over Maryland a Prelude of Things to Come?

Feb 27th 2011 – 10:08 PM

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- It wasn't the extreme opposites of the Atlantic Coast Conference facing off Sunday night, but it was the opposites of the NCAA tournament equation. North Carolina polished off...

For Georgetown, Things Are Not All Wright Without Senior Star

Feb 26th 2011 – 4:25 PM

WASHINGTON -- The difference between a Georgetown team with Chris Wright and without him, might be the difference between Georgetown getting a high seed in the NCAA tournament, as well as the Big...

No Wright, but Plenty Wrong as Georgetown Falls to Syracuse

Feb 26th 2011 – 2:47 PM

WASHINGTON -- The answer to the question gnawing at Georgetown was answered fairly emphatically. Yes, the Hoyas are going to miss Chris Wright. As the senior point guard sat on the bench with a wrap...

Fight of the Century: Smokin' Joe Frazier's Smashing Success

Feb 25th 2011 – 1:30 PM

PHILADELPHIA -- Richard Nixon was rooting for Joe Frazier. That fact can be interpreted a number of ways, even by those who weren't born when Frazier took on Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden...

What Hath the King Wrought? A Wave of Panicky NBA Trades

Feb 23rd 2011 – 6:00 PM

One more day. NBA teams have less than 24 hours to take their franchises to Def-Con 1. Only until 3:00 ET Thursday afternoon to make sure they don't get LeBron-ified, to avoid becoming next...

NCAA Gives UConn, Calhoun a Love Tap, Garden Party

Feb 22nd 2011 – 4:49 PM

Carmelo Anthony will be playing in Madison Square Garden next month, something a lot of people who follow the NBA aren't crazy about. The Connecticut men's basketball team, led by head coach Jim...

Doug Williams Going Back to Grambling, Leaving UFL Behind

Feb 21st 2011 – 5:38 PM

At first glance, Doug Williams' return to Grambling State as head football coach seems like a great move for the longtime NFL quarterback and Super Bowl XXII Most Valuable Player. It sounds like...

Maryland's NCAA Hopes Ride on Freshmen

Feb 20th 2011 – 9:51 PM

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- On the day Maryland welcomed back the centerpiece of last year's ACC co-champion and NCAA tournament team, current Memphis Grizzlies rookie Greivis Vasquez, Gary Williams started...

Maryland Honors Greivis Vasquez, Keeps Tourney Hopes Alive

Feb 20th 2011 – 8:30 PM

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Greivis Vasquez, last season's Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year who finished as the program's second all-time leading scorer, returned to Maryland Sunday night to see...

Boy Who Refused to Wrestle Girl Might End Up Wrestling History Instead

Feb 18th 2011 – 11:37 AM

The whole country now knows who Joel Northrup is, which is what can happen when someone is cast as either a hard-headed, backward-thinking coward or a courageous hero of his religious faith. As a...

Mario Thinks NHL's Brawling Is Super Pain -- He's Right

Feb 14th 2011 – 3:18 PM

Nevermind that I think the NHL's continued acceptance of the "culture'' of full-scale, mindless violence stinks. I'm an NBA guy. I'm endlessly appalled at the double-standard applied to the two...

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