Penn State and Syracuse: Separate Stories
The ongoing revelations from Penn State are awful, and are probably still just the tip of the iceberg. The accusations… Read more »
College Basketball
Eight Simple Rules for Losing Your NCAA Pool
(originally published March 14, 2011) It’s that time of year again, time for March Madness, when the most important person… Read more »
The Heartless Heat and Pitino Trial and Other August Stories
published August 2, 2010 It’s August, and the dog days are upon us. The Romans called them dies caniculares, believing… Read more »
A G.I. Bill for College Athletes?
published March 18, 2010 For the sports fan with avid interest and a deficit-prone attention span, is there anything better… Read more »
Winners and Losers from the First Week of the NCAAs
published March 22, 2010 After four days and forty-eight games, what do we know that we didn’t know before? Ivy… Read more »
Cinderella’s Home but it’s Still the Stepsisters’ Ball
published March 29, 2010 Cinderella is going to the Final Four, but so are three of her stepsisters. Four conferences… Read more »
Hating Duke is the Real National Pastime
published April 5, 2010 A good sports hate is worth its weight in bile. Take the Yankees. For four decades… Read more »
Calipari — The Devil Wears Zegna
published July 1, 2010 For such a hard-working coach, John Calipari is sure followed by a lot of vacations. First… Read more »
Expanding March Would Be Madness
published March 8, 2010 Some bad ideas never go away. They linger, they’re raised again and again, and people with… Read more »
