Scott Van Pelt

Brian Tribble details the night that Len Bias passed away and sets the record straight about Bias' life and the chain of events that unfolded that tra...

Team preview: Tennessee-Martin

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Team preview: Bradley

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

New NCAA rules: The Good, the Bad, the Goofy

Several new NCAA rules have been passed or proposed recently. Here are my thoughts on a few of them: Phone Call Sensibleness: The NCAA is on the way ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Team preview: Duke

Blue Ribbon Illustrated previews the 2003-04 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2003

Sypher married into basketball family

In Rick Pitino's words, his equipment manager's wife was welcomed into Louisville's close-knit basketball family. Beneath the surface, however, was an explosive secret.

Lawyer: Pitino meant to cover insurance

Rick Pitino's attorney said Wednesday the coach gave $3,000 to a woman accused of trying to extort him so that she could buy health insurance.

...DECEMBER 12: Head coach Kevin O'Neill of the Toronto Raptors watches the game against the Boston Celtics at the Fleet Center on December 12, 2003 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics won 114-111...

Plenty of tantalizing combinations for Kentucky

...he can't help himself. The possibilities are too tantalizing. Calipari said he spent time with Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers here at the AAU Super Showcase discussing how Rivers used "two big guys...

A bittersweet promotion for James

After the most successful season in school history, UT-Martin forced coach Bret Campbell to resign. In his place came a conflicted Jason James, Campbell's loyal assistant and friend.

Despite NCAA, camp experience a good one

I have been fortunate to be a skills instructor for the Nike Skills Academies every summer since their inception. While I would like to say that I si...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 14, 2009

Daye leaving Gonzaga for NBA

Austin Daye was looking for a first-round guarantee. He still doesn't have one, but the Gonzaga sophomore forward is willing to take the risk by staying in the draft.

Several use every last hour to decide

Jeff Teague. Jodie Meeks. Luke Harangody. All standouts. All still officially undecided about whether to return to college. They're just three of several underclassmen still on the fence as Monday's deadline draws near.

Stay or go? Mitchell agonizing over decision

...NBA role players. They competed against each other in an epic first-round series as Davis' Boston Celtics edged Thomas' Chicago Bulls in seven games. Mitchell has confided in both of them recently. He...

...Rookie of the Year trophy before a first-round NBA Eastern Conference basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Chicago on Thursday, April 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh