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Sports Central
December 17, 2012
Andrew Jones |
Enough Already It is time to put an end to all of the distractions that college sports provide. And that needs to happen by telling teams what conference they are in.   |
Sports Central
March 11, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
9 Reasons to Expand the NCAA Tournament It's time for the NCAA tournament to expand to 347. |
Sports Central
March 10, 2008
Chris Gonzales |
A Sign of the Times, a Look to the Future While it is still too early to tell if professional sports have been corrupted beyond repair, the answer may lie just below the surface. |
Sports Central
July 11, 2010
Jean Neuberger |
Fitting in the "Final Four" The NCAA is expected to announce this week their new format for the Division I Men's tournament, as March Madness now welcomes 68 to the party. Let's hope the NCAA chooses to place a mixture of both at-large teams and automatic qualifiers. |
Sports Central
January 16, 2013
Greg Suttich |
March Madness Starts in January As we near the end of another NFL football season, we start to feel the blues. But then March comes and the event called March Madness gets us back on our couches cheering and fist-bumping over our favorite team while keeping our brackets and a pen within arms reach. |
Sports Central
December 11, 2003
Eric Williams |
Giving Thanks Today, the college football world is in an uproar and the season has been thrown into utter chaos because of three little letters: BCS. Thank God for March Madness |
Sports Central
April 27, 2010
Ross Lancaster |
Why 68 is Great College basketball fans should be pleased and even optimistic that a 68-team tournament can produce fantastic tournaments. |
Sports Central
February 3, 2011
Andrew Jones |
Tourney Expansion: Is Bigger Better? If expansion of the NCAA college basketball tournament continues, inconsistencies will need to be addressed so that the dream of Cinderella can stay alive. |
Fast Company
November 2010
Rachel Arndt |
College Football by the Numbers America loves its college football, even if we'd like to throw a gazillion penalty flags at the Bowl Championship Series. Here's a look at the business of the BCS, bowl season, and college football, by the numbers. |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000
John Walters |
Making sense of NBC's tumbling Olympic ratings Question: Could NBC's ratings for the Olympics be any worse? Answer: Only if Dennis Miller were added to the broadcast team... |
Sports Illustrated
September 25, 2002
Frank Deford |
Father Football Notre Dame feels the pull between pigskin and academics. |
Sports Illustrated
March 15, 2000 |
Best day of the year For basketball fans, this is the best day of all the year. Yes, today -- the day before the NCAA tournament begins.... |
Sports Central
February 20, 2013
Ross Lancaster |
The Season to Expect the Unexpected As a college basketball fan, I can't begin to keep track of the number of times someone has told me, "The regular season doesn't mean anything. I'm just waiting for the tournament to start." No, I would always say or think. |
Sports Illustrated
August 16, 2000
Frank Deford |
Sydney Olympics must overcome The Sydney Olympics are a month away, so let's look at the problems they face in attracting their usual high degree of interest in the United States. |
Sports Illustrated
March 8, 2000 |
NCAA madness not confined to March ...the NCAA police force has taken after some of the most distinguished basketball programs in the country... |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2002
Frank Deford |
Roots Black coaches still can't make headway in football... |
Sports Central
February 17, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics TV Coverage Far From Golden Sports fans are not averse to watching Winter Olympics coverage, but trying to figure out NBC's television schedule has become a sport of Olympic proportions unto itself. |
Sports Central
December 24, 2012
Corrie Trouw |
A League of Their Own These are the end days of the current college sports conference structure. Recent developments have all-but-assured the destruction of the Big East, and even best of breeds like the SEC and Big Ten will look much different than their obsessively regional previous incarnations. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2010
Nick Kapur |
Should College Athletes Be Paid to Play? Take that idea back to crazytown. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2005
Daniel Collins |
The Not Important Tournament For college basketball, this is the time when legends are made, hearts are snapped in half, and champions are crowned. |
Sports Central
May 27, 2010
Mark Chalifoux |
The New Rules of Being a Sports Fan Is it necessary to root for your alma mater? |
Sports Illustrated
March 22, 2000 |
Football is the real villain The NCAA tournament always draws an inordinate amount of critical interest about how much money is involved in college athletics... |
Sports Central
September 21, 2006
Wailele Sallas |
Why College Football Stands Above Rest It's not the matchups or the players, but the passion that lights the fire under college football. |
Sports Illustrated
March 14, 2001
Ivan Maisel |
'January Madness' just can't happen Each sport has its own charms. A playoff could be developed for college football, but don't think for a moment it would be March Madness come early. Here are a few of the things that would be missing... |
Sports Illustrated
January 3, 2002
Frank Deford |
Games glut All-sports, all-the-time has caused ratings erosion... |
Sports Central
March 13, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
Five Ways NHL Can Capitalize on Olympics Here are five ways for the NHL to capitalize on the Olympics and to justify staying in the Olympics. |
Sports Central
February 23, 2009
Andrew Jones |
March Madness Conference Predictions Here's a look at who will potentially represent each conference, focusing especially on the mid-majors and who actually has some potential to make it past the first weekend. |
Sports Central
January 6, 2010
Andrew Jones |
Realigning College Football's Conferences The Big Ten announced last month that it would be seeking an expansion from 11 to 12. |
Sports Central
March 28, 2011
Adam Russell |
March Madness? How About March Insanity? Who would have thought that this year's Final Four would be comprised of an eight-seed, an 11-seed (both being mid-majors), and a couple traditional powers not seeded No. 1? |
Sports Central
February 4, 2010
Mark Chalifoux |
NCAA Tournament Expansion? No! The NCAA tournament is one of the few absolute pearls the sports world has left. It is perfect. Sixty-four teams is easy enough to fit on a bracket. |
Sports Central
March 4, 2013
Jonathan Lowe |
No Matter What? The author discusses the ups and downs of a single season for college football and basketball teams. |
Salon.com
April 24, 2002
Allen Barra |
The corporate sports rip-off Why are taxpayers still subsidizing professional football and basketball? |
Salon.com
March 7, 2001
Allen Barra |
The unsweet 64 The NCAA Tournament is a cash cow for the NCAA, but there are too many teams, and fans have been slowly tuning out... |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Football's Double Reverse NFL fans, it's almost time to adjust your remote-control preferences. Come next year, Disney's ABC will hand off the Monday Night Football franchise to its ESPN subsidiary, while ESPN will be handing off its Sunday night gridiron contests to rival General Electric's NBC. |
Sports Central
October 13, 2011
Kevin Beane |
Week 1 College Basketball Preview As the college football season gets into full swing, we will soon have yet another "favorite sports time of the year" for this writer. |
Sports Central
February 18, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
Wouldn't Touch it With a 25-Team Poll Do we need to have a top 25 poll in college basketball? |
Sports Central
February 16, 2011
Jean Neuberger |
Worst Case Scenario: Must Win or Get in? Take a look at some mid-major programs that are sitting at or near the top of their conferences. |
Sports Central
December 29, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
When Madness Goes Insane Talks are ramping up to expand the NCAA men's basketball tournament again. |
Sports Central
July 12, 2007
Kevin Beane |
The Secret Tournament of Global Hoops William Jones Cup is a basketball tournament in Taiwan. Countries you didn't even know had basketball programs - Jordan, Kazakhstan, Qatar - took part. |
Sports Central
January 25, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics Athletes Face Double Standard Big media and corporate sponsorship of sporting events in the US have become as big a story these days as the sports and athletes they themselves sponsor, with nary an opportunity missed by advertisers and networks alike to promote themselves. |
Sports Central
March 22, 2013
Kevin Beane |
The Other Tournaments of March The main one of these, of course, is the NIT, but two more have recently arrived on the slate to ensure that virtually every Division I basketball team with a winning record will playing somewhere with hardware on the line. Let's take a look at each. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2009
Jean Neuberger |
The Not-So-Sweet 16 March Madness needs a different type of play-in game. |
Sports Central
April 9, 2013
Joshua Duffy |
Lessons From the 2013 NCAA Tournament With the hangovers still pounding in Louisville (and Ann Arbor), the 2013 NCAA tournament is in the books. Despite the dramatics in Monday night's finale, it wasn't a pretty tournament. |
Sports Illustrated
May 8, 2001
Ivan Maisel |
Friday night fight Coaches' objections to Friday night college football games are just a bunch of hogwash... |
AskMen.com
December 10, 2003
Steve Seepersaud |
Why Is The NCAA Downsizing? While money is a major reason colleges cut sports teams, it certainly isn't the only reason. |
Sports Central
August 14, 2013
Andrew Jones |
An Anti-Conference Approach The past few years have seen a plague of movement in college football conferences to the point where the names don't even make any sense anymore. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Olympic Malaise With the Olympics kicking off two weeks of heated global competition, I'm left asking some obvious questions. Will General Electric achieve a decent return on the $793 million it is paying for exclusive stateside broadcasting rights? |
Sports Central
February 8, 2012
Andrew Jones |
Why Murray State Deserves a No. 1 Seed Murray State is 23-0. They have beaten one ranked team (Memphis) and only face one more before the end of the season (Saint Mary's). They currently hold a No. 7 ranking in the USA Today Poll and a No. 9 ranking in the AP poll. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Olympics: No Ad Bonanza The showcase for the world's athletes doesn't produce marquee names for advertisers. |
Salon.com
November 29, 2001
Allen Barra |
Bring back the arbitrary college football polls! Sure, the old championship polls were bogus -- but the current system is just as bogus, and it doesn't even give fans anything to argue about... |
