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Context is King: Enjoy them while they last

Context is King: Enjoy them while they last

By Eric Prister on April 3, 2012

If players could still go straight to the NBA from high school, we wouldn’t have the opportunity to watch them play in college at all. That would be a shame.

Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, bemoaning, college, Kansas, Kentucky, lebron james, ncaa | Leave a response

Women’s basketball’s chalk problem

Women’s basketball’s chalk problem

By Laura Myers on March 28, 2012

Today’s elite women’s teams win with numbing regularity. Will the gap between the best and the rest ever shrink?

Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, bracket, brittney griner, march madness, ncaa, ncaa tournament, notre dame, skylar diggins, sports, stanford, uconn, women's basketball | Leave a response

March Madness Not Just for Men

March Madness Not Just for Men

By Pat Coveney on March 27, 2012

Storylines abound in the Women’s NCAAs.

Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, diggins, griner, ncaa, women | Leave a response

Win or Stay Home

Win or Stay Home

By Colin Rich on March 26, 2012

Media and fans alike drove a wedge between Howard’s career and his legacy.

Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, Howard, NBA, sports | Leave a response

Everyone should be rooting for Ohio

Everyone should be rooting for Ohio

By Laura Myers on March 20, 2012

Since everyone’s brackets are dead already, cheer for teams from Ohio.

Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball, cincinnati, march madness, Ohio, Ohio State, xavier | Leave a response

March Madness. I’m Doing It Wrong.

March Madness. I’m Doing It Wrong.

By Nick Anderson on March 16, 2012

What’s the best possible way to enjoy March Madness? It certainly isn’t how I did it.

Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball, bracket, march madness, shaka smart, vcu | Leave a response

Get Mad

Get Mad

By Matthew DeFranks on March 15, 2012

Why am I not excited about March Madness?

Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball, march madness, spring break | Leave a response

Where my bracket always loses

Where my bracket always loses

By Laura Myers on March 14, 2012

Choosing who will win your bracket? That’s the easy part. But what about a creative name for your bracket?

Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball, bracket, fab melo, march madness, ncaa | Leave a response

147 million trillion chances of desired imperfection

147 million trillion chances of desired imperfection

By Douglas Farmer on March 13, 2012

March Madness dooms us to failure. But for one team, the impossible will become possible.

Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball, march madness, ncaa tournament | Leave a response

Look at what we can do

Look at what we can do

By Eric Prister on March 2, 2012

Why do we love sports? Because it’s amazing the things we can do.

Posted in Sports | Tagged baseball, basketball, boxing, football, golf, greatness, hockey, sports night | Leave a response

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