Minutes after his sophomore season ended Sunday in the Midwest Region final against Kansas, Davidson superstar Stephen Curry told CBSSports.com that he will return for his junior season, “no matter what anyone says I should do.”Curry, who undoubtedly played his way into the first round of the 2008 NBA Draft with his breakout performance in the [...]
North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State’s Michael Beasley were unanimous selections to the Associated Press’ All-America team Monday. For the first time, no senior was chosen. Beasley and Kevin Love of UCLA made it two straight years there were two freshmen chosen. Sophomore D.J. Augustin of Texas and Memphis junior Chris Douglas-Roberts rounded out [...]
The most memorable thing about the first event in American open-wheel racing’s new era might have been what didn’t happen. Saturday night’s Gainsco Indy 300, the opening race of the newly unified IRL IndyCar Series, went off with little fuss and solid runs by most of the eight entrants from the recently absorbed Champ Car [...]
Washington State’s Tony Bennett talked to Indiana about its vacant head coaching job but decided not to pursue it. “I had an exploratory conversation with Indiana, and I am not going to pursue the Indiana job,” Bennett told the Spokesman-Review for a story posted on the newspaper’s website Sunday. Bennett told the Spokesman-Review that Indiana [...]
Denny Hamlin hopes he’s finally put his frustration behind him, not only at Martinsville Speedway, but throughout the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. “It’s just been so close so many times and to finally break through here, it definitely means a lot,” Hamlin said Sunday after he foiled Jeff Burton’s late-race pit strategy and won the [...]
And then there were ones. Four No. 1s, that is. Kansas wore down Stephen Curry and plucky upstart Davidson with its size and strength, holding on for a 59-57 victory Sunday that put all four No. 1 seeds into the Final Four for the first time. After Kansas’ Sherron Collins missed with 21 seconds left, [...]
The freshman from Chicago who wears No. 23 and soars all over the court just finished getting Memphis into the Final Four when fans began chanting “One more year!” Then Derrick Rose picked up his South Regional MVP award, clipped a piece of the net and called his mom to share the moment. He kept [...]
New American open-wheel era or not, it was pretty much business as usual Saturday night in the IRL IndyCar Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.A Target Chip Ganassi Racing entry, this one driven by former series champion Scott Dixon, won the season-opener for the third straight year. He took the lead late in the 200-lap race [...]
Tyler Hansbrough always found a way for North Carolina, whether it was carrying the Tar Heels when they lost their point guard or making a shot despite every defender knowing the ball would end up in his hands. Now, with his relentless drive, Hansbrough has the Tar Heels back in the Final Four. Hansbrough had [...]
After reaching the Final Four for the third straight time, UCLA coach Ben Howland called these Bruins “by far the best” of the three.The other two didn’t have freshman Kevin Love, who had 19 points and 10 rebounds as the top-seeded Bruins blitzed Xavier 76-57 Saturday to earn their record 18th overall trip to the Final Four. [...]
