Players? Coaches must behave
This has been a sobering off-season for college football coaches. One day they picked up the newspaper and saw a picture of Iowa State basketball coach Larry Eustachy partying with...
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Football stirs urge to merge
Who needs two tickets to Miami-Wake Forest in 2005? The mighty Hurricanes made it official Monday. They are blowing out of the Big East to join with the Atlantic Coast...
No 9th-inning heroes—or goats
As Cubs manager Dusty Baker sat in the sun-soaked visiting dugout at U.S. Cellular Field Sunday morning, someone asked how his team would react to a season-worst four-game losing streak....
Morality plays well for losers
Anytime I hear the word "morality" in any discussion of big-time college sports, my personal truth detector goes off. Last week it was wailing like an air-raid siren. Alabama cited...
Illini stumble but get it right
Imagine all the Steak 'n Shakes that Illinois athletic director Ron Guenther must have visited during his statewide search for a basketball coach, which stretched all the way from DeKalb...
2nd season likely to be hectic
Now that Kansas' Roy Williams is undisputedly the best college basketball coach never to win a national title, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim offered perspective. "There is no doubt in my...
Like clockwork, Orangemen
Seniors? Who needs seniors? With the unstoppable freshmen Carmelo Anthony and Gerry McNamara leading the way, the Syracuse Orangemen held off Kansas 81-78 Monday night in a thrilling NCAA championship...
Williams seeks elusive title
It's easy to understand why North Carolina will put on a full-court press to lure Kansas coach Roy Williams back to his alma mater. The book on Williams: Good guy,...
Kansas’ `unfinished business’
Kirk Hinrich could have gone to the NBA last spring. All he had to do was put his name on the draft list and wait for the call. But the...
Bracket goof adds to madness
Q: How many NCAA tournament committee members does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Depends. Do you need the light on Saturday or Sunday? The NCAA's basketball...