PROSPECTS A HANDFUL FOR COACHES
Coaches have been busy this holiday season, which is also one of the periods when the NCAA lets them view high school prospects. They have been dropping by tournaments, watching...
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NO. 1 UMASS PROVES STATS MEAN LITTLE
Truth in cliche: "Statistics are for losers" is a familiar old saw, and a peek at those of the Atlantic 10 certainly proves this a bit of sound thinking. Top-ranked...
MEDIC! TOO MUCH TALENT HERE
Right from the start of this season, Kentucky coach Rick Pitino has fussed with all the talent he has on hand, has fiddled with finding enough time for talent that...
PROFANITY CAN BE A CURSE FOR TENNESSEE’S O’NEILL
New York, where Kevin O'Neill was born and began his coaching career, is a long way from Tennessee, where he now coaches the Vols and recruits the Bible Belt. It...
WHATEVER BECAME OF? JUD HEATHCOTE
There's a joke. There's some bragging about the golf bet won that morning. There's all kind of talk that prompts laughter, which proves Jud Heathcote hasn't changed at all. His...
FOR YEARS DICK BENNETT, WHO GREW UP IN WISCONSIN, DREAMED OF BEING WISCONSIN’S BASKETBALL COACH AND MICHIGAN NATIVE TOM IZZO DREAMED OF HAVING THE HEAD JOB AT MICHIGAN STATE. AS THE 1995-96 SEASON BEGINS, THOSE DREAMS ARE A REALITY.
It is never easy surrendering a dream, but now Dick Bennett faced that sobering moment. He was renowned nationally, idolized in his state, highly lauded for the work he had...
RAMS’ QB CRIES FOUL ON SMITH’S HEAD HIT
Bears linebacker Vinson Smith knocked Rams quarterback Chris Miller from the game early in the fourth quarter with a blow to the head that gave Miller a concussion. Miller had...
TIGHT ENDS FINALLY GET BACK IN FLOW
Bears quarterback Erik Kramer finally utilized tight ends Ryan Wetnight, Keith Jennings and Chris Gedney, who have been strangely silent this year. The trio caught only a total of four...
MAGIC NOT COOLED BY SWITCHES
New defensive wrinkles were unveiled by the Bulls as Game 6 opened. Michael Jordan, who had been guarding Nick Anderson, was now on Magic point guard Anfernee Hardaway. B.J. Armstrong,...
`MADNESS’ STILL REIGNS, NCAA SAYS
First it was the resumption of Michael Jordan's basketball career. Now it is the resumption of baseball. This season's NCAA tournament has had a tough time competitively, and not just...