WHOOSH! IT’S LOUISVILLE IN A FULL-THROTTLE BATTLE
DALLAS — Duke. Louisville.Louisville. Duke.For the last 48 hours in this maddened, beer-sucking city, these were the only two words on everyone’s lips. The people in blue hats would yell one, the people in red hats would yell the other.Duke!...
GIVEN THE PERTINENT DATA, THE CHOICE SHOULD BE EASY
DALLAS — Can it be? After only 50,000 games and 30,000 tournaments and 20,000 trips to Hawaii and 10,000 changes in the rankings and 5,000 Sports Illustrated covers and 74,560,287 predictions by some crazy, bald-headed guy on cable television, can it be we are...
MANNING’S LOWEST MOMENT COMES AT SPORT’S SUMMIT
DALLAS — The end is like a bee sting, a quick moment of sheer pain. And when the whistle blew and the referee pointed at him and the crowd exploded, Danny Manning threw his arms back innocently but he knew his moment had come.He stood frozen for a second, then...
ADIOS TO DALE BROWN AND BAND OF RENOWN
DALLAS — Well, I guess there are times when even God, the Soviet Union, and your mother aren’t enough.Bye-bye, LSU.Bye-bye, Dale Brown, master of ceremonies.The coach who invoked more inspirational heroes than a closet full of Bibles, whose team played...
SEEMS THE OLD, COLD NORTH IS FROZEN OUT OF FINAL FOUR
DALLAS — I am from the North. I have Northern ways.I have Northern friends. And a Northern license plate. I have walked in Northern snow.I have stayed in Northern cities, such as Detroit and Boston and New York and Chicago and Seattle. I work for a Northern...
Greatest Team You Never Saw Season’s End Means the End of Webber College’s Seasons
BABSON PARK, Fla. — The gym is empty now. Just two baskets staring at each other across a hardwood floor. Flies circle overhead. The air is sticky. It’s hot. It’s still. It’s dead. It’s over. Dies the season, dies the program. Almost nobody knows what went on here at Webber College and almost nobody ever will now. Most American eyes this weekend are on the NCAA Final Four in downtown Dallas. Millions will watch it. Millions will bet on it. It’s a big story.
But this is a better story.
Well, Words Or No Words Coles Has The Job At Third
LAKELAND, Fla. — Maybe they’re just waiting for the right moment. Some night next week, Darnell Coles will walk into the clubhouse and it will be dark. He’ll grope for the light switch. And when he flicks it on, all the Tigers will pop out with little party hats on and scream “Surprise!” and blow horns and then Coles will know he’s the third baseman, for sure.
A Jayhawk Whirlwind Turned Kemper Into Oz
“Kansas, she said, is the name of the star . . . ” The Munchkins
Did Kansas Win On Borrowed Time?Skiles Can Only Wait For The Rest Of His Life
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was too early for heartbreak. The sun was just creeping through the huge glass windows. The plane wasn’t ready yet, and the airport was filled with the lonely echo that comes in those ungodly hours before the coffee shop opens.
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