[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment DES MOINES — Calvin Phillips lived a coach’s life, stalking high school gyms and football fields in Texas for more than 40 years. His son followed him into the profession, climbing the ladder toward the highest echelons of college basketball, never quite reaching the top. Phillips always saw more … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A beginner’s guide to MacKenzie Gore interviews: He often refers to “we” — as in “I thought we were good early” — to group his play with his catcher and/or team. He regularly deprecates himself with a dry wit. And to that end, the … Read more
[ad_1] Princeton and Florida Atlantic are in? Kentucky and Kansas are out? What an amazingly weird Sweet 16 awaits us beginning Thursday. Given that it’s the middle of March, we thought it would be a good time to do a little “March Madness” Q&A session. I was in Birmingham last week for first- and second-round … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment The John Thompson era at Georgetown is over. It ended Monday, after 51 years, when the school named Ed Cooley to replace Patrick Ewing as its men’s basketball coach. In a twist, Cooley comes to Georgetown from Providence — Thompson’s alma mater. Thompson coached Georgetown for more than 26 … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Whenever Maryland sophomore guard Shyanne Sellers checked into the game Sunday, she would not simply walk down the Xfinity Center sideline and inform the official scorer of her intentions. No, she would dash. And she didn’t just touch the spot in front of where the man in a black-and-white … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment The NBA suspended Ja Morant eight games without pay for conduct detrimental to the league Wednesday, marking the completion of its investigation into a video live stream in which the Memphis Grizzlies star displayed a handgun and paving the way for his return to the court. The retroactive suspension, … Read more
[ad_1] March Madness continues Sunday with the round of 32 in both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments. There are 16 games on the schedule. Xavier opened the action by defeating Pittsburgh to advance to the men’s Sweet 16, while No. 7 seed Michigan State and No. 6 Creighton pulled upsets later in the day. … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — What happened Saturday night at Legacy Arena has to be considered a beginning, and because of that there’s a wide berth in how it’s evaluated. At the moment, Alabama has a better men’s basketball team — a better men’s basketball program — than Maryland. It doesn’t … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Maryland men’s basketball team had a chance at a breakthrough, a win that could have turned Saturday into one of the program’s greatest moments in two decades. But that opportunity was swatted away by the lanky limbs of top-seeded Alabama’s defenders. Hope disappeared, little by … Read more
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