The Connecticut state legislature is the latest to weigh in on UConn coach Jim Calhoun's press-conference smack-down of a freelance journalist, recommending that the hall-of-famer receive a formal reprimand. The confrontation ... Read More

The Big East regular season is proving to be a real meat-grinder, with highly-ranked teams like Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Notre Dame losing conference games to also-rans like Providence, Georgetown and ... Read More

For the first time in over 30 years, there are tickets to the ACC Tournament available for sale to the general public. A sign of the economic times? Perhaps. But the ... Read More

Sounds like Jim Calhoun's verbal beat-down of a freelance journalist has drawn the attention of his boss. And not in a good way. As Dick Weiss of the New York Daily ... Read More

Our old friend Miladin Kovacevic is back in the news this week, amidst reports that the Serbian government has authorized a $1 million payoff to the family of his victim. First, ... Read More

Looks like Pitt's latest run at the top of the polls will be just as short as the last one. The Providence Friars used a balanced offense and stifling defense to ... Read More

Meet the new boss; same as the old boss. The Kansas Jayhawks have re-claimed their perch atop the Big 12 with a 87-78 win over Oklahoma on Monday night. With Blake ... Read More

In case you've ever wondered why many college basketball fans think Duke's Mike Krzyzewski uses some sort of voodoo zombie hex to control referees... I give you exhibit A, in which ... Read More

ESPN.com is reporting that Blake Griffin will not play tonight against Kansas. Griffin -- who was forced to leave Saturday's game with a concussion -- met with doctors Monday afternoon. It ... Read More

Just about every state in the union is facing a major budget deficit, and governors nationwide are looking for ways to close the gaps.

Odd ending to today's Seton Hall/St. John's game... Five seconds left in the game; Seton Hall's ball, with the Pirates down by three. Seton Hall wants a three-pointer to force overtime. St. ... Read More

Oklahoma forward Blake Griffin -- the big favorite for both player-of-the-year honors and the number one pick in the upcoming NBA draft -- suffered a concussion on Saturday when he ... Read More

Roy Williams' title hopes got a boost this week with freshman center Tyler Zeller back in uniform. Zeller was thought to be lost for the year after breaking his wrist in ... Read More

Let's not hand the Big East title to Connecticut just yet. Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet tries to out-work Pitt's DeJuan Blair for a board -- and goes flying.Getty Images / Elsa The Pitt ... Read More

College basketball produced some curious numbers over the weekend. Here's a recap: Video Game Numbers Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet made sure the Huskies wouldn't miss injured guard Jerome Dyson on Saturday, posting ... Read More

Will a knee injury submarine Connecticut for the second straight year? The Huskies' 2007-08 season ended with a first-round loss in the NCAA Tournament, due in part to A.J. Price's ACL ... Read More

From the "columns I wish I'd thought to write" department... SLAM Online's Joey Whelan took a novel approach to the old "which conference is tops" argument by creating eight-man all-star teams ... Read More

Duke has had a nice run, but Carolina is the class of the ACC this year. The Tar Heels re-claimed their "team to beat" status with a commanding 101-87 win ... Read More

In honor of today's UNC/Duke game, we bring you a shot of Tar Heel mascot Rameses, surfing the student section during Carolina's win over Virginia on Saturday.Getty Images / Kevin ... Read More

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about this season in college basketball... At the end, post ... Read More

Wondering where the billions of dollars in the government's "Troubled Asset Recovery Program" (aka TARP) program have gone? Iowa State's "Cy" won a $10,000 "mascot scholarship" from Capital One. Getty Images / ... Read More

Congratulations to Tennessee Lady Vols' coach Pat Summitt, who -- with last night's win over Georgia -- became the first Division I coach, men's or women's -- to win 1000 ... Read More

With all the hoopla surrounding college football's signing day, it seems a good time to take a look at the letter of intent (LOI) and what signing really means for ... Read More

Before he was an NBA All-Star for the Portland Trailblazers, Brandon Roy led the Washington Huskies to the 2005 Pac 10 tournament title. Here's Roy (second from left) along with ... Read More

Back in mid-December, Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy was arrested in Cincinnati after an altercation with a cabbie. As is now inevitable in the age of YouTube, police video of the ... Read More

On January 5th, Pittsburgh took over as the number one team in the country. They then-undefeated Panthers won their first two games as number one, dispatching two of the weaker ... Read More