Skip Myslenski

Where: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. When: 9 p.m. Friday. Records: North Carolina 29-4, 14-2 in Atlantic Coast; Villanova 24-7, 11-5 in Big East. %% UNC's probable starters P PLAYER PPG...

It had no need to make any kind of statement. Its possibilities had already been confirmed by the No. 1 seed it had received. But Sunday afternoon North Carolina's Tar...

Chris Paul, Wake Forest The 6-foot sophomore point guard (left) can score, hand out assists, lead a team and is coming off a sensational freshman season in the ACC, which...

A dozen dates of interest in the first semester, which whets the appetite for conference play and the final grading period: Nov. 27: Illinois vs. Gonzaga, Indianapolis: The first real...

In their last 11 Olympics stretching back to 1960, the U.S. swim team has failed to medal only twice in the men's 100-meter freestyle. But Wednesday night, when that final...

The site of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials is a parking lot. More specifically, the parking lot of the Long Beach Arena. Last April, during the running of the Long...

Their names are gilded in gold, as in medals. Swimmer Matt Biondi won eight of them, speedskater Bonnie Blair five, swimmer Janet Evans four and track's Jackie Joyner-Kersee a pair....

Seven-time gold-medal winner Mark Spitz first raised the possibility of terrorism at the Olympics when he told the BBC recently he thought security concerns might cause the United States to...

1. Rick Morrissey, Oklahoma State Very few people knew who Tony Allen was when he came out of Crane. But now he's the best player on a great Oklahoma State...

Kentucky against Washington, the only team that has defeated Stanford. Kansas against Providence, a team fully capable of getting on a roll. Gonzaga against Michigan State, underachievers who are still...