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Lacrosse has become a global sport, but for the coaching participants in this weekend's Final Four, the heart of the game has a local flavor.

On April 6, Baye Moussa Keita was at the top of the college sports food chain, a member of Syracuse's Final Four team. On April 18, he was sleeping in a cardboard box in the middle of a wind-swept Syracuse quad. Technically, Keita was fulfillin...

ATLANTA -- The song wasn't good enough, not this time. The spliced moments of highlight dunks and emotional victories set to the soppy strains of Luther Vandross seemed almost trite in comparison to what was unfolding in real time Monday night at ...

College basketball's latest national champion is a collection of incredulous moments. One emotional journey is more improbable than the next, all steered by a man whose life journey is perhaps more halved by pain and joy than that of any other coach in the game.

ATLANTA -- Trey Burke versus Peyton Siva. Offensive efficiency versus defensive superlatives. Grinder coach opposite Hall of Famer. Those are the easy and obvious storylines for the national championship game between Michigan and Louisville, but t...

For Louisville and Michigan, there's more than just a title on the line Monday night, Dana O'Neil writes.

Louisville coach Rick Pitino is as fiery and competitive as ever, but the passing of time has humbled him, writes Dana O'Neil.

ATLANTA -- Goldencents, a horse partially owned by Rick Pitino, won the Santa Anita Derby on Saturday, earning a spot in the Kentucky Derby field. The next race, inconsequential to all but the seasoned bettors, was won by a horse named Points Offt...

ATLANTA -- A quick look at Louisville's 72-68 victory over Wichita State on Saturday in the national semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Overview: It shouldn't be easy to get to the national championship game, right? And it wasn't for the o...

Louisville's injured Kevin Ware remained the talk of the team and the talk of the town. His teammates have fed off their fallen teammate as an inspiration but now need to make sure the attention doesn't become a distraction.

Mark Emmert was spirited as he verbally sparred with the media Thursday, but the answers were few. Does the NCAA president grasp his organization's perception problem? Sure doesn't seem like it.

Syracuse's zone defense has the been the MVP of its run to the Final Four. Why is it so successful? It starts with the players' length and speed, which have combined to devastate opponents in the NCAA tournament.

The most fundamental skill for success seems to be the ability to deal with life and all its ups and downs. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is a master of that, and it has served him well.

Surrounded by his family and girlfriend in his hospital room, an upbeat Kevin Ware has a simple message for all the well wishers and people worried about him: He's fine.

This season has been illogical and crazy, which makes this Final Four a fitting one, writes Dana O'Neil.

PHILADELPHIA -- You could almost see the old-time members puffing out their collective chests back in October. You want a piece of this, kid? Think your pretty Final Four rings have any sway here? This ain't no Horizon League, buddy. And so whe...