TUCSON, Ariz. — Here’s hoping SEC fans stayed up to watch Oregon beat Arizona Saturday night. They got to see a few things their league hasn’t had enough of this season.
Drama, bedlam, theatrics, tension, hilarity and near-riotous fun. And that just begins to describe the Ducks’ 44-41 double overtime win.
It finally ended as [...]
Friday, November 13, 2009
North Carolina pulled one of the impressive come-from-behind recruiting surprises of recent years when Harrison Barnes, Sporting News’ No. 3 prospect among high school seniors, announced Friday he would be signing with the Tar Heels.
In the summertime, most top analysts expected Barnes to choose between Duke and Kansas, but the Heels made a strong push [...]
Friday, November 13, 2009
Place: Columbus, Ohio
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET, Saturday
TV: ABC
Line: Ohio State by 16.5
Three reasons Iowa will win
Marvin McNutt and the receivers will have to step up for Iowa to beat Ohio State.
1. Playing Pryor: Ohio State coach Jim Tressel went the physiological route when raving about the Hawkeyes’ defensive ends. “They’re very [...]
Friday, November 13, 2009
After the first few days of NCAA basketball have given us nothing but a few established powers beating up on low-major victims in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, we get pretty much a full schedule of games this weekend.
When it is completed, we’ll have gotten pretty much a full schedule’s worth of established powers [...]
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Jack Ebling, Sporting News Yearbook
Michigan State looks to be headed to another Final Four appearance.
It was hard to imagine a better script.
A No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament beats the defending champ, then rips the No. 1 seed in the Midwest to get to play 90 minutes from campus — in an area [...]
Friday, November 6, 2009
Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel is high on his team, especially its backcourt. ‘Because of that, we’re going to lean heavily on their experience.’
Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel has the challenge of starting a new season without Blake Griffin, last year’s player of the year, who’s moved on to the NBA. But don’t feel too bad for [...]
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sporting News college basketball columnist Mike DeCourcy answers five questions of the week in his sport.
1. What’s been the most impressive preseason showing so far?
DeCourcy: As far as what I’ve seen with my eyes, it’s been Cincinnati freshman Lance Stephenson. I watched him practice and scrimmage last week, and it’s fairly obvious he is [...]
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Blair Kerkhoff, Sporting News Yearbooks
Leading into the college basketball season openers, Sporting News will preview each of the top 25, counting backward from our preseason power poll. For more great college basketball content, order your copy of our College Basketball 09-10 yearbook, or pick one up at a newsstand today.
Texas was going to [...]
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Ray Fittipaldo, Sporting News Yearbooks
Leading into the college basketball season openers, Sporting News will preview each of the top 25, counting backward from our preseason power poll. For more great college basketball content, order your copy of our College Basketball 09-10 yearbook, or pick one up at a newsstand today.
As a youngster growing [...]
Friday, October 30, 2009
In the NHL, coach firings are as common as parking tickets in New York City. Throughout the NHL season I’ll be taking a bi-weekly look at five coaches who are the most likely to get fired. Be advised your local coach may be axed at any moment. Consider this fair warning.
We’ve made it through [...]
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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