Skip Myslenski

That inexact art (or is it a science?) of prophecy is best left to those who hoard crystal balls. But predictions, they are part of sport`s lifeblood, and so let...

Emptying cluttered notebooks from around the country. . . - Back in November, back before anyone visualized Missouri as the nation`s No.1 team, Nathan Buntin was asked if the Tigers...

OK, you lathered-up electorate out there, it`s that time again, time again to exercise your inalienable right to ballot stuffing. Vote once, vote often. Use your head, use your heart....

The mind dances with memories of visions recently viewed. The palpable will of Minnesota forward Richard Coffey as he stalks a rebound. The myriad talents of Missouri guard Anthony Peeler...

His story was the stuff of fiction, and his team`s national championship an unexpected accomplishment. But Steve Fisher and his Michigan Wolverines re- entered the realm of reality last fall,...

Kevin Pritchard, the Kansas guard (and, parenthetically, a Cub and Ryne Sandberg fan), remembers the predictions well. Fourth, sixth, even eighth, for heaven`s sake, that is where the preseason prophets...

Those strange sounds. Those strange sounds are coming from the mouth of Stephen Scheffler, the Purdue center with the body by Rodin. He is standing there in this locker room...

''Hey, Billy! Billy!'' It is Abe Lemons screaming during one game out of the thousands he has coached in his 40-year career, and here college basketball`s resident philosopher/wit is trying...

''Right now, it`s the old ant-on-the-log deal. A log is going down the river with 10,000 ants on it, and each one thinks he`s guarding it. Right now, every coach...

You`ve got your troubles, I`ve got mine. Or: Don`t feel lonely, Illini fans. You`re not the only ones wondering what`s going on around here . . . Dateline Gainesville, Fla.:...