Hendon Hooker of Tennessee runs with the ball against the Purdue Boilermakers during the first half of the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.Image: Getty Images Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel says that spring practice looks “unrecognizable” from where the Vols were a year ago in Knoxville. Reeling from the termination of Jeremy Pruitt and a large … Read more
Image: Getty (Getty Images) Jalen Duren and Chet Homgren’s matchup in the Round of 32 provided a preview of two future lottery picks in the upcoming NBA Draft. Holmgren and Duren didn’t exactly light it up, but they gave scouts a glimpse of two future franchise cornerstones. Meanwhile, Memphis forward Emoni Bates was head and … Read more
Will Wade is finally out at LSU.Photo: Getty Images It took way too long to oust Will Wade from his place atop LSU men’s basketball, but the deserved guillotine finally made its swift chop on Saturday afternoon, a major moment in the 4-year-plus NCAA investigation into wrongdoing surrounding his time in Baton Rouge. Wade was … Read more
LSU’s Will Wade is under investigation by the NCAA.Image: Getty Images For 50 years, NCAA Narcs were the equivalent of law enforcement locking up standing citizens for possession. Rather than actively fighting for the rights that they were forced to finally accept last year, their Infractions Committee doggedly pursued victimless crimes like Rick Majeris paying … Read more
LSU’s Will Wade is under investigation by the NCAA.Image: Getty Images For 50 years, NCAA Narcs were the equivalent of law enforcement locking up standing citizens for possession. Rather than actively fighting for the rights that they were forced to finally accept last year, their Infractions Committee doggedly pursued victimless crimes like Rick Majeris paying … Read more
Kim Muley has LSU in contention in her first year.Image: Getty Images With only two games left in the regular season, the LSU women’s basketball team sits at No. 1 8 in the national rankings. Sitting second in their conference, behind consensus No. 1 South Carolina, we can finally, confidently say that the Kim Mulkey-led … Read more
Stats don’t lie: Gary Payton actually defended Michael Jordan quite well.Image: Getty Images Michael Jordan laughed and said he “had no problem with The Glove,” in The Last Dance. Now it seems Gary Payton isn’t going to let Jordan have the last word. The Seattle SuperSonics guard and Hall of Famer was one of the … Read more
Coach PrimePhoto: Getty Images No one has mastered the art of talking without saying anything like coaches. It’s called “coach speak.” Deion Sanders, however, is his own man. Instead of saying as little as possible, he always seems to find a way to say too much — even when it contradicts things he’s said in … Read more
LeBron James just had to insert himself into the Rams’ Super Bowl win.Image: Getty Images LeBron James has no shame. In the glow of the Los Angeles Rams’ first Super Bowl win since 2000, James couldn’t just congratulate them and keep it moving. He was at the game. He was jumping around in the suite … Read more