DURHAM, N.C. — Jai Lucas needed to make one final call. It was April 2022, and the Kentucky assistant coach was debating whether to leave one blue-blood basketball program for …
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Three minutes before the weekly mental training session, motorized curtains drop and gradually erase the panorama of pines and aspens crawling up the side of Humphreys Peak. …
NEW YORK – Rick Pitino bought a powerboat in the summer of 2017. A 32-footer. Open cabin with wraparound seating. A real beauty. In the mornings, he’d take it into …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Every day, Ed Cooley puts on his headphones, turns on his music and goes for a walk. While an eclectic mix of Whitney Houston, New Edition, Luther …
LEXINGTON, Ky. — On April 4, 2015, John Calipari was the king of college basketball. He’d brought Kentucky to the Final Four for the fourth time in five years, this …
Preseason rankings are fun, but with so much player movement in the transfer portal era, men’s college basketball is harder than ever to predict. Which is pretty fun, actually! Let …
TUCSON, Ariz. — Caleb Love has come to the right place. Or so the universe seemingly insists on this Thursday afternoon. Few college basketball teams choose Motown hits to set …
In a sport with 362 teams, one would have to be a dummy to attempt any contextualization of the hierarchy of the coaches who lead the game. Fortunately, we’re not …
Editor’s note: This story addresses mental health and addiction and may be difficult to read or emotionally upsetting. AVALON, N.J. — Phil Martelli eases back into his chair and sighs. He …
EAST LANSING, Mich. — The truck rumbled along, chewing up the orange-dirt ruts that double as roadways deep in the heart of Mali. Only 360 miles separate the village of …