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This was supposed to be the year for the Kansas City Royals, the climax of all those of futile seasons, subsequent high draft pick selections, and constant rebuilding. In a perfect world the images of James Shields, Wade Davis, Ervin Santana and Jere...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It's one thing to play good defense. That's when opposing players have low field goal percentages. Syracuse does that, without a doubt. It ranked third in the nation in field goal percentage defense this season. But wha...

SAN JOSE -- On Thursday, three teams playing second-round games in the NCAA tournament in HP Pavilion turned in poised, dominant efforts. They acted, so to speak, like they'd been there before. One of them, Syracuse, has. A lot. The other two, Saint ...

John Gasaway takes a close look at the factors that will decide who wins between VCU and Michigan. Although most point to VCU's defense as a huge key, it could be Michigan's defense that decides this. Plus, Gonzaga and the Pac-12.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sun Tzu, surely laboring over his NCAA tournament bracket, once observed that "He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious." Mike Montgomery has been coaching basketball in some form or fashion ...

California-UNLV Preview

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo talks about avoiding early upsets in the NCAA tournament, whether conference tournaments are overrated, the strength of the Big Ten and more. Izzo California coach Mike Montgomery dishes on preparing for a rematch with...

Colin will be joined by ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler (10:45 a.m. ET), Michigan State coach Tom Izzo (11:15), ESPN NFL analyst Herm Edwards (11:45), two-time NCAA champion Bobby Hurley (12:15 p.m.) and California coach Mike Montgomery (12:45) on Wednes...

The Tampa Bay Rays have trimmed their spring roster to 54 players by optioning five pitchers to the minor leagues and reassigning three others to minor league camp.

Does anyone want to win the Pac-12? The regular-season championship trophy has been dangling in front of the Oregon Ducks, UCLA Bruins and Cal Golden Bears all week, but no one has stepped up and grabbed it. Cal was manhandled by Stanford -- at ho...

Arizona and UCLA were ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the preseason Pac-12 media poll. Yet neither team will be in first place when they square off Saturday at Pauley Pavilion on "College GameDay." UCLA (11-4 in conference) trails league lea...

California 60, Oregon St. 59

California coach Mike Montgomery said Tuesday there was no excuse for him shoving star player Allen Crabbe during a game and that the action was completely out of character for him.

Cal athletic director Sandy Barbour wasn't at Sunday night's game against USC. She was traveling back to the Bay Area, but upon landing, was quickly apprised of what occurred during the Bears' game against the Trojans. Cal coach Mike Montgomery had...

California coach Mike Montgomery has been reprimanded by the Pac-12 for shoving one of his own players in the chest during a game.

The Big Ten Road Trip, with all its local comforts, is over, and now it's time to plunge back into the chaos of the national scene. A huge part of college basketball analysis is projecting what will happen in the postseason. It makes sense, because t...