In my search for opening day I stumbled on something, that at first I would ignore, but soon demand more. By mistake I landed on the NCAA Women's Final Four game featuring #3 Louisville and #1 Oklahoma. I joined in as Louisville was on a 7-0 run, resulting in their first lead of the second half.
As the game went back and forth it was easy to see that this was not only competitive but highly-emotional basketball. It was what all sports should be. It even came down to a final second shot as Louisville won the game 60-59....
April
The Final Four has two teams facing-off in one of my favorite match-ups. Michigan State and UConn are fighting for a chance to play in the National Championship, but their different styles of play could create chaos on the court.
Michigan State will play with pride and passion, while UConn will bring the raw talent that Jim Calhoun has brought to the University of Connecticut....
April
It's been an unavoidable story all week - John Calipari leaves Memphis for Kentucky. An 8-year, $31.65 million dollar deal was enough to lure the top college coach to Lexington. Replacing the recently-canned Billy Gillispie, Calipari gets a chance to helm a legendary program, something he calls "a dream."
But what does UK get? More wins? Probably. A better recruiter? Certainly. But a more 'marketable' coach?...
April
Ever since Seger's piano chords first summoned a briefs-wearing Tom Cruise into his living room, the unforgettable scene from Risky Business has been parodied to death. So much so, that when video-game phenomenon 'Guitar Hero' recreated the scene for a series of commercials, it was already bordering on cliché.
A foursome of college basketball legends in bleach-white tube socks have just slid it over the edge....
March
When the final seconds roll off the clock at this year's Final Four, the winning coach need not fear the Gatorade shower; He should be on the lookout for a cooler of Vitaminwater.
After a dodging a potential PR-nightmare a few weeks back, Vitaminwater has flipped the script and become a multimillion-dollar sponsor at this year's NCAA Tournament....
March
Some Americans were sitting on their sofas last night awaiting President Obama's arrival on Jay Leno and others were chewing their fingernails down to nothing, waiting for upsets that could ruin every NCAA bracket in the nation.
Yesterday's 16 games started the NCAA tournament with a bang. As I had previously written, I felt the talent this year was way to good to think that any team had it easy through their bracket. Last night proved it. ...
March
This year's NCAA Tournament should be one of the craziest tournaments we have seen in a while. The Big East and ACC are made up of some of the strongest teams this year... but don't be fooled into picking the "strongest" teams too quickly.
Brian Bonn touts some things to look out for as you pencil in your brackets....March
It's a basic principle of journalism: Localization - the process of taking a national news story and relating to the audience in your geographic area. And when the story is as big as a nationwide economic crisis, it's sure to be localized... but how about "sports-ized?"
ESPN and ABC look at the economy's impact on the sporting world after Jim Calhoun gets angry with a reporter who questions his $1.6 million salary....
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