INDIANAPOLIS – Dusty May’s first trip to a Final Four in Indianapolis was a little less glamorous than his current one. He and three other Indiana men’s basketball student officials spent several days stationed in the lobby of the downtown Indianapolis Marriott that was hosting the National Basketball Coaches Association’s annual convention. His goal was…
Want more cover content? Add us as a preferred source in your Google account here. Long before March Madness reigned, the National Invitation Tournament was the largest basketball competition in the United States. Advertisement Established in 1938 by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, the NIT routinely drew the country’s best basketball teams to Madison Square…
All that talent in Arizona and Michigan. All that momentum and good vibes at UConn. And someone has to play the role of the “little” stranger. In next weekend’s Final Four, that role belongs, improbably, to Illinois. In a sign of the times, the Illinii, a Big Ten team with more conference wins over the…
Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the lead-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. It was a very pale first round, as expected, particularly with the four No. 1 seeds showing complete dominance. But from here, things…
Writing that the “gist” of ESPN’s reporting last year about former Stanford football coach Troy Taylor’s workplace investigations was “substantially true,” a federal judge this week dismissed Taylor’s defamation lawsuit against ESPN. Federal Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi’s ruling is a reminder that media companies in the modern era have broad latitude to report and comment…
The New England Patriots took to the Stanford practice fields Wednesday afternoon to begin the final phase of their preparation for Super Bowl LX against the Seattle Seahawks. Unlike what has happened so far in the regular season and playoffs, accredited media does not have the opportunity to have a 10- to 15-minute period at…
Tennessee (7-2) will play Louisville (10-3) next Saturday in the Shark Beauty Women’s Champions Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The game between the Lady Vols and Cardinals is scheduled for 11 a.m. EST and will be televised on Fox. Louisville leads the all-time women’s basketball series against Tennessee, 3-2, since December…
The regular season didn’t end the way Michigan football intended it to, but there is reason for optimism in Ann Arbor ahead of college football’s early signing period. The Wolverines enter Wednesday with 27 players committed to the 2026 recruiting class, including two five-star commitments and 13 four-star commitments. Those commitments include No. 6 overall…
We’ll start to get some clarity on the playoffs in Week 12. The weekend features four games that will go a long way toward defining the 12-team playoff field. Teams like No. 10 Texas and No. 11 Oklahoma could see their playoff hopes dashed, while the AFC should start to have some separation. Advertisement Here…
The first week of the college basketball season is now in the books. Here’s everything you missed in opening week and the latest Associated Press poll. Arizona and Duke emerge to start the season Koa Peat made a big move on opening night. Advertisement The freshman from Arizona had an extremely impressive debut for the…
