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Repeated COVID outbreaks won't stop Michigan from lusting after NCAA Tournament cash

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the University of Michigan can’t play games due to the coronavirus.

Carron J. Phillips

1/26/21 2:08PM

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To play or not to play: The Coach K conundrum

This is a column about Duke basketball and Coach K. Most of you despise the two, while I, on the other hand, cheer…

Carron J. Phillips

1/03/21 12:32PM

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2020 showed us why unpaid teenagers can’t be the foundation of college sports anymore

Sooner or later, it all comes crashing down.

Carron J. Phillips

12/15/20 3:47PM

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Coach K is still a weasel

As college basketball continues to be the live-action version of the cartoon dog sitting at his breakfast nook…

Sam Fels

12/09/20 1:23PM

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Even college basketball’s biggest cheerleader on ESPN thinks this is stupid

It’s rare you get any spikiness from ESPN, or evidence of a spine, and especially when it comes to college…

Sam Fels

12/09/20 9:21AM

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Canucks ice anti-mask anthem singer; Wisconsin falls to Marquette in literal last second

Rich people really can dictate media coverage.

Jesse Spector

12/05/20 9:01AM

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The Champions Classic proved that this college basketball season will be a quiet one

College basketball is going to be weird.

Carron J. Phillips

12/02/20 9:55AM

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Prove Me Wrong: Bill Walton should shut up about mountains, waterfalls & rainbows sometimes

Let me start out by saying I KNOW THIS WILL NOT BE A POPULAR OPINION.

Julie DiCaro

12/01/20 3:01PM

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The Makur Maker experiment at Howard was never going to work and already off to a bad start

When Makur Maker, a five-star recruit and projected NBA Draft pick, announced that he was going to play college…

Carron J. Phillips

11/30/20 2:59PM

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Notre Dame coach Mike Brey furiously swiping right to find new opponent to put at risk

You have to assume that Mike Brey at least made a few phone calls, sent a few texts, something, anything, before he…

Jesse Spector

11/28/20 9:17AM

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College hoops returns during a pandemic so we can have an 81-point blowout nobody needed

A tweet on Wednesday afternoon that got 10,000 retweets and quote tweets, and nearly 40,000 likes in the first six…

Jesse Spector

11/26/20 8:39AM

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ESPN needs to keep this crew for future NBA Drafts

On a night in which Woj stripped ESPN’s telecast of the 2020 NBA Draft of any suspense due to tweeting the picks…

Carron J. Phillips

11/19/20 5:03PM

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With COVID-19 outbreaks linked to ice rinks, how will college hockey even start?

When the coronavirus pandemic hit America earlier this year, one of the first sporting events to be canceled was…

Jesse Spector

10/23/20 2:18PM

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John Thompson Coached Life, Not Basketball

For Black men of a certain age, John Thompson was the pinnacle. And even if they didn’t play for him, he was their…

Carron J. Phillips

8/31/20 12:09PM

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Wake Forest’s New Basketball Coach Is Already The Laughingstock Of The Game

Introductions are really important.

Carron J. Phillips

5/06/20 4:18PM

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Transfer Madness: NCAA Fans Turn Attention To College 'Free Agency'

March Madness pays the NCAA’s bills.

Carron J. Phillips

4/07/20 11:41AM

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FSU's Leonard Hamilton Is A Good Man Whose Possible Last Chance For a National Title Has Been Ripped Away

Tonight could have been life-changing for Leonard Hamilton, as his team had a real shot at being the last one shown…

Carron J. Phillips

4/06/20 3:08PM

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If You Watch Only One Sports Documentary During Quarantine, Make It This One

If I told you that the FBI started an undercover investigation to expose the people who secretly pay college…

Carron J. Phillips

3/25/20 3:43PM

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Rick Pitino Is Back In College Basketball. A Black Coach Would Never Be Able To Pull This Off.

Rick Pitino is human Teflon.

Carron J. Phillips

3/16/20 2:22PM

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Hate In The Time Of Coronavirus: A Guide to Despising Duke — Even When All The Games Have Been Cancelled.

The world is burning. The coronavirus has shut down everything from office buildings to conferences about the…

Reed Tucker and Andy Bagwell

3/12/20 9:00PM

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