Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year On Thursday, Feb. 27, 1986, a group of Duke students from the Mirecourt House decided over a game of quarters that they wanted to get a jump on securing seats to see the No. 1 Blue Devils host their archenemy, the […]

ESPN studio anchor Writer, ESPN mid-major college basketball top 10 4-year member of the Ithaca men’s basketball team In like a lion roared March, marking the end of the journey for some and, for others, the procession toward something even bigger. The 2021-22 regular season in mid-major college basketball has been both captivating and competitive, filled with drama and intrigue […]

WASHINGTON — R.J. Cole scored 18 points and No. 21 UConn excelled from behind the arc while sending Georgetown to its school-record 18th straight loss, 86-77 on Sunday. With the loss, the Hoyas clinched their first last-place finish in the Big East since the league began in the 1979-80 season and are now closing in on both a school record […]

South East Melbourne Phoenix completed one of the NBL’s toughest defensive assignments and, in doing so, made a championship statement when they edged the Perth Wildcats at John Cain Arena on Saturday night. In a clash which pitted second against third, captain Kyle Adnam (24 points, 7-14 shooting, four assists) and franchise forward Mitch Creek (22 points, 9-18 shooting) took […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. While the college basketball coaching carousel hasn’t made its full transformation to the model of college football, which has a long history of firing coaches in the middle of the season, two big-time jobs opened much earlier than usual this season in Maryland and Louisville. So the carousel […]

Michigan Wolverines coach Juwan Howard was suspended for the remainder of the regular season on Monday night, a punishment handed down after the coach struck Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft in the handshake line following the Badgers’ 77-63 win on Sunday afternoon. Michigan players Terrance Williams II and Moussa Diabate and Wisconsin guard Jahcobi Neath were all suspended one game each […]

Australian star Patty Mills is all-in on mentoring Ben Simmons and helping his compatriot find his best form again. Mills again spoke glowingly about the 25-year-old who joined him at the Brooklyn Nets last week after a blockbuster trade for James Harden. The Nets were rated as a title chance at the start of the season but had lost 11 […]

Melbourne United remain convinced they were hard done by in a fiery NBL cross-town clash against South East Melbourne Phoenix earlier this season, coming as star guard Matthew Dellavedova declared there is “a lot at stake” when the two teams meet again on Thursday night. The league-leading United (9-4) face the third-placed Phoenix (8-4) in what shapes as a hostile […]

One of the most heated rivalries in college sports will have the hardwood as its platform on Saturday, when the Michigan Wolverines play host to the Ohio State Buckeyes (6 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN app) for a Sonic Blockbuster matchup with stakes that transcend mere interstate bragging rights. The host Wolverines, a top-10 team to start the year, had […]

Sydney Kings coach Chase Buford struggles to give a definitive assessment of his side’s mid-table performance as the NBL season hits its midpoint. “It’s hard to give a grade,” Buford said. “Probably an incomplete. We’ve had so many [roster] shuffles. “The biggest thing is I love the way we play defence, I love how the group competes. We’re tough to […]