Skip Myslenski

At the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Brazil showed up with a pair of snipers named Oscar Schmidt and Marcel Souza. Schmidt, especially, was infected with the shooter's strain....

They got tossed into a mosh pit. They got pulled into a mud-wrestling match. They got trapped in a steel cage, where even the smallest advance was treacherous. No. 2...

His postgame news conference was nearing its end when Bob Knight, not to be controlled, simply blew off its moderator. He, of course, has done this in the past and...

A college basketball reporter is expected to have all the answers. But when the Big 12 tournament kicks off Thursday, there is a state of befuddlement mixed with much amusement....

As the Big Ten churns . . . He has buried the big shots and has been a forceful leader and has performed at his best when the stakes were...

Wisconsin's Kammron Taylor accepted the pass from Marcus Landry and dribbled right, moving purposefully just outside the three-point circle. Then teammate Alando Tucker picked off Michigan State's Maurice Joseph with...

As the conference churns . . . Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan likes to joke that the only time we write about schedules is when there is nothing else left to...

As the nation churns . . . We have a Barack and we have a Hillary and we have a Mitt and we have some Johns and countless others already...

His team trailed by one and the clock was rushing toward double zeroes. From the top of the circle, Ohio State guard Mike Conley Jr. began to drive toward the...

The last time, back in Madison in early January, Ohio State center Greg Oden was as passive as a masochist. There, through most of the night, he allowed the Badgers'...