Dayton’s Obi Toppin wins Wooden Award as top hoops player
Obi Toppin of Dayton won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s outstanding college basketball player. Toppin, along with Saddiq Bey of Villanova, Luka Garza of Iowa, Myles Powell … Click to Continue »
Mississippi State AD ‘disappointed’ in football coach Mike Leach’s noose tweet
Mississippi State coach Mike Leach is expected to participate in “listening sessions” with student and community groups and tour the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum after he tweeted an image of … Click to Continue »
Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore graduate transfer on UK’s radar
When it comes to the hot new name in Kentucky basketball recruiting, UK fans should brace themselves for a love-hate relationship. Matt Haarms has been that kind of polarizing figure … Click to Continue »
Tyrese Maxey and Ashton Hagans go running down their NBA dreams. Will they stick?
Tyrese Maxey was fun wasn’t he? The kid was always smiling. And laughing. As we would wait in the lower lobby of the Craft Center to do interviews at a … Click to Continue »
Copying the Falcons? No creamsicle? Buccaneers’ new uniforms get a mixed reaction
Quarterback Tom Brady and his teammates are getting a new look for the 2020 season. The Buccaneers, who signed Brady last month, on Tuesday unveiled their new uniforms for the … Click to Continue »
Best available Kentucky Wildcat for the Heat? ‘We love what Cal does.’
Apparently, the Miami Heat’s scouting for this year’s NBA Draft will come down to freshman guard Tyrese Maxey, sophomore guard Immanuel Quickley or junior center Nick Richards, with an outside … Click to Continue »
Even in shortened season, Indiana basketball could not escape its cycle of mediocrity
Fast-break points from the medical quarantine: 21. Indiana men’s basketball. In Archie Miller’s third season as IU head coach, the Hoosiers went 20-12. 20. Glass half full. The 20 victories … Click to Continue »
‘Just trying to stay positive.’ Football coaches, players innovate during lockdown.
As Non-Traditional Instruction kicks off this week at schools across Kentucky due to the measures aimed at containing the coronavirus, high school coaches have had to innovate as well during … Click to Continue »
Ex-NFL kicker, Saints hero Tom Dempsey dies at 73
Former NFL kicker Tom Dempsey, who played in the NFL despite being born without toes on his kicking foot and made a record 63-yard field goal, died late Saturday while … Click to Continue »
Pro day cancellations forcing changes to draft process
Bill Polian simplified the NFL’s draft process years ago. He studied film, relied on medical experts, checked the numbers and interviewed players. With the flurry of canceled pro days, the … Click to Continue »
Top title games: UConn’s ’99 win vs. Duke a program changer
Khalid El-Amin remembers Connecticut’s resolve to win a program-changing national championship. The last hurdle to transforming the Huskies into a national power? Edging a dominant Duke team in a classic … Click to Continue »
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