Jon Margolis

So the next time one of these purist types tells you colleges shouldn`t recruit athletes, tell him about Chris Jeter. Who is not a star. In fact, he rarely gets...

Passion is a wonderful thing. Even when it knocks one`s equilibrium askew (and doesn`t it always?), causing horrible lapses in judgment, it provides lessons for others. Consider Jim Carmichel, the...

In the old days, they used to kill the messengers who brought bad news. These days, it seems that as often as not, the messengers are the news, good or...

Early in the third period, not far from the home goal, the opposing wing had the puck and was skating unobstructed toward the net. From the corner behind the goal...

But just what is a 10th of a second? And who, or what, decides? We`re getting metaphysical here, folks, which is usually a big mistake. No, make that, which is...

Yes, college athletics is a mess. But then, what isn`t? And as big a mess as it is, college athletics may be no worse than much of the griping about...

Well, things don`t always work out perfectly, but this was a little much. Scott Moller didn`t have a whole lot going for him to begin with in this latest enterprise....

Surrounded by the brown grass, the high-rise office parks and the endless subdivisions of North Dallas, about 600 young men and women blew their horns, played their pipes and strutted...

Now comes that wonderful time of year when the American people engage in debate over one of the great questions confronting a free society: Should there be a national championship...

There aren`t too many eternal verities left. You know, the truths a person could pass on to his or her children secure in the knowledge that even the vicissitudes of...