Bernie Lincicome

Without Kansas, the best college team, without Tim Duncan, the best college player, without the best college coach, ol' Dean Smith, college basketball nevertheless sparkled to a close Monday night,...

- Jerome Holtzman AL East: 1. Baltimore, 2. N.Y. Yankees, 3. Toronto, 4. Boston, 5. Detroit. AL Central: 1. Cleveland, 2. White Sox, 3. Kansas City, 4. Milwaukee, 5. Minnesota....

The little team from nowhere, or Arizona, hardly a difference, lives to confound another day. "One more, one more," guard Miles Simon chanted, wagging a finger at friends and future...

Some things you suspect, some things you guess at and some things you just know. Losing Dennis Rodman for the rest of the season is nearly as critical as losing...

Whether Tara Lipinski has yet reached puberty is, so far, still her business, although in the breathless world of figure skating, what should be intensely personal soon becomes daily chatter....

It comes as no surprise that March Madness will make grown men cry. There was UCLA coach Steve Lavin blubbering about "a death in the family," meaning the guy he...

The joy was as uncharacteristic as the occasion. There was Clem Haskins, the gloomy, suspicious coach of Minnesota, gleefully whirling souvenir nets above his head, smiling down at his team...

The cheese stands alone, or in the case of Big Ten basketball, Minnesota, nearly the same thing. If these guys get to the Final Four, college basketball will need to...

Tired? Old? Bored? None of the above. Not when it matters. And the last 50 seconds of an NBA game can be the longest month in sports. For no other...

By rough measurement, the door to the Chattanooga locker room is seven paces, about 20 feet, from the door of the Illinois locker room. A short carry for loud voices,...