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Post-Chase odds and ends

Ryan McGee

...every year between 1959 and '66. • The Wizard, John Wooden, coached UCLA to seven consective NCAA basketball championships, beginning in 1967 and ending in '73. After losing to N.C. State in the '74...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

US(C) Open

Molly Knight, ESPN The Magazine

Still coming out from the shadow of an embarassing scandal, the USC basketball team is attempting to rebuild its program. This article ran in the November 30, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

What's wrong with the Celtics?

Chris Sheridan, ESPN.com

Boston defeated New York, but even in victory all of the Celtics' flaws were exposed

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

It's hard not to be impressed by the Orange

Doug Gottlieb

Syracuse dominated in two consecutive nights at the Garden with blowouts of two teams ranked in the top 12, but its Coaches vs. Cancer title game win ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009

Outtakes with O.J. Mayo

Kenny Mayne, ESPN The Magazine

Kenny Mayne chats with Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo about NCAA regulations, shooting free throws underhand and taking in the sport of kings.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Not to rain on Syracuse's parade, but …

Doug Gottlieb

In today's day and age of overreactions, I give you Syracuse University. From a preseason loss to LeMoyne -- which put it on some people's proverbi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Longhorns hosting two five-star prospects

Gerry Hamilton

...Jeffcoat's father, Jim Jeffcoat, coaches at the University of Houston and his twin sister signed a basketball scholarship with Oklahoma last week. He had planned to visit Texas for the Texas Tech game in...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Ranking the top 20 sophomores

David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.

David Thorpe breaks down the 20 best sophomores in the league.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009

6 p.m.: ND/Press/ Pasquarelli/PMI

Gottlieb compares Notre Dame football to Duke basketball. Urban Meyer moving to South Bend is a lateral one. Len Pasquarelli joins us for 3 & Out...

ESPN Insider Audio PodCast | November 19, 2009

Ebanks epitomizes players with volatile stock

Chad Ford

For the last decade we've gone about building our Top 100 by surveying NBA scouts and executives on their take on the top prospects in the world. Gen...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Roberts signs with Red Storm

Christopher Lawlor

The allure of playing in the Big East and at Madison Square Garden was too much for Ronald Roberts (Jersey City, N.J./Saint Peter's) to resist, which ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

San Juan tourney keeps getting better and better

Fran Fraschilla

...Ole Miss, Kansas State). Meanwhile, Indiana continues Year 2 of Tom Crean's project to resurrect Hoosier basketball, and two very good mid-major programs, George Mason and Boston University, round out the field. The...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Second skin

Larry Smith, Special to ESPN The Magazine

ESPN The Magazine's November 30, 2009 issue profiles Clint Gyory. Who? He's the man in the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot costume every Saturday -- and his life is every bit the superhero tale of Peter Parker.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

In Toronto, 'D' stands for dreadful

John Hollinger, ESPN.com

The Raptors' offense is clicking on all cylinders, but their defense is historically bad.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

The Italian job

Chris Broussard, ESPN The Magazine

Brandon Jennings may have looked like a risky draft pick in June, but now he's a contender for Rookie of the Year.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009