You remember Jeremy Bloom; he’s the exceptional athlete who is not only a world-class skier, but a member of the University of Colorado football team? Well, ex-member. He was recently told by the NCAA that he could no longer accept skiing endorsements and maintain his football eligibility. His endorsements are the only way he can…

You may have read a while back that Bill Simmons was going to host an entire weekend of NBA TV, picking all the games. Well, here is his schedule, complete with descriptions. If the NBA’s not your thing, you can skip this one. I wonder how he remembers some of these games from 1980 so…

Gregg Doyel gives a pretty good rundown of the rise and fall of Rollie Massimino. Of course, everyone remembers the great run his underdog 1985 Villanova team had, eventually winning the national championship against prohibitive favorites Georgetown. Later, it came out (in a memorable Sports Illustrated cover story) that one of the stars of that…

Remember just a day or two ago when I mentioned that the ACC had landed seven top fifty prospects, with six to Duke and UNC? Well, eight top fifty prospects, with seven to Duke and UNC. This is getting almost ridiculous.

NC State coach Chuck Amato named Jay Davis as the starting QB to succeed Philip Rivers. Davis is a redshirt junior, so he’s been around long enough to learn the offense. Even better, he saw how Rivers ran it for the last three years. State has a ton of talent at the skill positions, so…

If Duke over Kentucky (see below) was the best college basketball game I’ve ever seen, NC State over Houston was the second best. I remember the ending vividly. I should have hated NC State for how they broke my Ralph Sampson and Virginia-loving heart twice in the previous two weeks. They were impossible to hate…

As part of ESPN’s 25th anniversary celebration (have you heard anything about this? They’re being so low key about it!), they are running down the best plays in that 25 years. Not surprisingly, Christian Laettner’s shot against Kentucky made the list at #17. We’ve all seen the replay a zillion times, but if you remember,…

Any concerns about the ACC’s shift to a football conference haven’t affected basketball recruiting. At least not yet. So far, the ACC has landed seven of the top fifty players for next year. Six of those seven have picked Duke and North Carolina. Something tells me that no matter what the ACC does, those two…

I’ve read a couple of articles like this one that put forth the idea that the US should build its next basketball team using non-NBA pros. The idea is to go get the Americans that are currently playing in Europe. These guys are doing quite well and are much more familiar with the international game.…

Cumberland County recently voted to outlaw certain hair styles for high school athletes. The styles that are no longer legal include dreadlocks, cornrows and long hair. Cumberland officials say that this has nothing to do with race, but is a concern over the safety of the competitors. Uh huh. Yeah, you can hardly open the…