The Battle of Richmond
RICHMOND, B.C. — Richmond was the point of entry for most Olympic visitors, and it’s from where most will depart. Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is on its own island to its northwestern side. And yes, Richmond is a real island too! Its 129 square kilometers (50 miles) and 188,000 residents are attached to Metro Vancouver by four wiry bridges.

Tube Sock Madness At UC Davis
DAVIS, Calif. — The University of California at Davis is currently in the third year of a four-year reclassification process to Division I, and as such is technically still considered a D-II program. As such, they’re currently not eligible to participate in March Madness, but for the time being they’ll make do with other temporary mental disorders.

Dayton pizza parlor is first game's fan club
DAYTON, Ohio -- The NCAA opening-round game can seem a weird basketball purgatory, an odd paradox of chaos and convergence. Its existence was made necessary in part by the 1999 splintering of the old Western Athletic Conference (into the Mountain West and the modern WAC), and it now takes place every March at a place where major Midwestern roads meet. Teams seeded No.

Game! Of! The! Night! 2/28/2009 - North Dakota State at Oral Roberts
It's the plot of just about every Bruceploitation fight flick ever made: a young, promising, upstart kung-fu fighter rises through the ranks, gaining respect and love on the streets when he gains a small victory over the champion early on in the game. But then comes the final showdown at the end, the Final Level, when it's all on the line and there's nothing to lose but everything.

MMBOD Jan 12 - Paul Millsap - Louisiana Tech
Can't hold out much longer -- gotta give some BOTD love to the power forward on my ESPN.com mid-major all-star team from last month. The two-time rebounding champion had 23 points and 18 rebounds (his eleventh dub-dub of the season) as Louisiana Tech beat Hawaii at home. Millsap scored eight of the team's first 11, and then hit a key trey with five to go.