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Sad news. Some ups and downs on the court the last few years, but I've always liked Pikiell going to back to when he coached Stony Brook against us in the NIT.

"Feel free to make a big stink about this, MAC Commissioner. Our conference members are busy going through messages from schools in other G6 conferences who would happily leave town with their $1.5 million check." Just a rotten system, even as a B1G fan.

What started as a college football game finished as the '72 Olympic basketball final.

Another interesting Rutgers athletic department fact is that since joining the Big Ten, their conference record in women's volleyball is 18-195 for an .085 winning percentage. That actually represents an improvement over the second half of that period after starting 1-99.

$1.55 million.

Pinstripe is especially unattractive this year as it's Noon Eastern the day after Christmas.

Whether it affected his demeanor or not, Bryant had less than a month to live.

Shondell got bumped up to $425K.

For many years, LT wasn't just the top chronicler of Illini sports, but a very influential figure who could, and occasionally did, sway the athletic department on major issues.

Ben looked pretty good playing for the Nets on an Exhibit 10 contract in the summer. Maybe he'll end up on their Long Island G-League team.

Obviously not the same import, but Eric Reibe, who transferred from UConn to USC, also just sustained a foot injury with no scheduled return.

Whitman gave an interview a little while ago where he spoke pretty honestly about volleyball and other nonrevenue sports. We're not dealing with unlimited resources. After football and men's hoops, women's hoops is now a solid #3 here, which historically wasn't always the case. Among the rest...

In extra time, add an additional ball every five minutes.😜 Chris "Mad Dog" Russo once suggested a second ball as a way to make soccer more exciting for the American audience.

If the U.S. wins today, Friday's game against Spain or Portugal becomes an unprecedented national holiday-type atmosphere in the U.S. Weird starting time (12 PDT, 2 CDT) to accomodate European viewers, but still possibly the most-watched soccer game in American history. Also likely the end of...

Decades ago, I got my hair cut at an old school barbershop on 72nd Street in Manhattan's Upper West Side. No frills, a few older guys with the blue sanitary shirts. One day, I'm heading there, and across the street there's a sign saying that one of the barbers, Rubin, has opened up his own...