Recruiting is a very serious business. It is simply the lifeblood of college athletics.
Identifying prospects is the preliminary part. Evaluation is critical. Coaches try to develop X-ray vision to look …
Marvin West writes: The end
Tennessee basketball, a fun team to follow, talented and personable, finished a very fine season a few shots short of its stated goal.
There’ll be no championship or even a Final …
Happiness – for now – is Sweet 16
Happiness is surviving disaster, watering down the coach in celebration and moving on to the Sweet 16.
Tennessee was the best team in the country, No. 1 again, for a half …
Let the games begin
Hear ye, hear ye, make way for the greatest show on Earth.
No, not the circus. PETA says it is passé. We’re talking about March Madness. It is upon us.
NCAA basketball is very …
Marvin West: So much to share
Blessings on the youth of our land. Some will no doubt do wonderful things. Hopefully, some will find time to catch up with what they missed.
A young reader, very aware …
As good as it gets
What a joyous occasion!
The good guys were great. Inspirational, too, almost enough to make us believe the impossible might not really be.
Not to be confused with the Golden Rule, the …
Beautiful basketball season need not be over
I do not hear well but, even with all that Rupp Arena noise, I kept hearing Willie Nelson singing “Turn out the lights, the party’s over.”
It isn’t, but what remains …
Vanderbilt is different
Let’s take a walk, a little visit to Vanderbilt. Tennessee will play basketball there on Wednesday. All tickets are sold, even for obstructed views. The game should be exciting.
If you …