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 sense get tired of slapping them down, so eventually they start to sound less awful....
View ArticleCalipari — 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 there was UMass, where the NCAA vacated the school’s 1996 Final Four appearance. That...
View ArticleHating 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 they’ve been owned by a bully and a tyrant, someone quick to humiliate those who weren’t...
View ArticleCinderella’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 accounted for twenty-two of the thirty-four discretionary invitations to the NCAA...
View ArticleWinners 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 isn’t stodgy any more: For those whose only image of Ivy League basketball is Princeton’s...
View ArticleA 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 than the first two days of the NCAAs? Thirty-two games, a noon-to-midnight...
View ArticleThe 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 the hot weather to be brought on by the morning appearance of Sirius, the Dog...
View ArticleEight 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 in your office or dorm is the one who coordinates the NCAA pool. It’s a...
View ArticlePenn 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 that led to Syracuse’s firing of Jim Boeheim’s longtime friend and assistant...
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