Chapter 29
At 34th and Walnut Streets, on the edge of the University of Pennsylvania campus and in the long shadow of the hallowed Palestra, a man too old for college stood in front of a Starbucks coffee restaurant in grey sweatpants and a hooded 76ers logo sweatshirt. It was mid-summer, and it the mid-afternoon, and this was Philadelphia.

Life and Death in the O-Zone
ATHENS, Ohio — As the final tenths of seconds ticked off Thursday night’s MAC game between Ohio and Northern Illinois, a young man wearing giant earrings and a white “O-Zone” t-shirt rose from his halfcourt seat at the Convocation Center and turned to face the student section.

Defying all odds (and taste)
KENNESAW, Ga. -- If this Division I basketball thing doesn't pan out, Tony Ingle has options. For instance, he can always sell his revolutionary diet drink.

Stardate 116-20110303 - Sportz Party
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Championship Fortnight is two days old, but for us it truly begins now. Tonight is the America East's No. 8 vs. No. 9 game between UMBC and Binghamton, and we will be there. It would be just another bottom-seed wipeout in an mostly-empty neutral arena, except that these are two of the conference's three most recent NCAA Tournament representatives. Sic.

MMBOD Dec 02 - Virgil Matthews - Montana
Okay, so that UC-Irvine upset over Stanford has been recast in a completely different light after UCI's loss to Stanislaus State last week. That wins and losses are open to constant redefinition is why our game is great. But still, beating Stanford is still mighty impressive - it's Stanford. All that legacy - Jim Pollard, George Yardley, arena namesake Marla Maples.