Andrew Wiggins will soon make the decision on where he will take his talents for his freshman year of college to play basketball, take classes with 200+ people and have regular interactions with college-aged women. They say college days swiftly pass, imbued with fond memories, and for Wiggins his choice has narrowed down to either Florida State or Kentucky. FSU, being the school he grew up learning about from his parents, both of whom are alumni,...

You can just say the name of the athlete and everyone knows exactly what you’re talking about. Shaun Livingston. Joe Theismann. Marcus Lattimore. Trent McCleary. Baron Davis. Willis McGahee. I won’t bother linking you to the clips of these injuries. You know how to use the Google/YouTube machine. It’s those skin-crawling moments that you always hate to see, and unfortunately in sports these moments are unavoidable. After Sunday...

We are on the verge of the breaking of the sports spring, because next Monday is Opening Day for Major League Baseball. While there’s no shortage of MLB season previews, predictions and prognosis’ (we’ll actually have our version of one here on Monday), it’s time to properly observe the ten reasons to look forward to the first pitch of the spring.. From the usual array of trades, money grabs and scandals, there’s certainly...

At some point early in the second half of the Syracuse vs. Indiana game, while laying up on my coach, I fell asleep. (I may or may not have also drooled on my pillow as well) Like Nyquil, long lectures and watching any combination of golf/poker/bowling on television, watching the Syracuse Orange(men) play basketball usually has the tendency to put me right to sleep. I mean, it’s not like ‘Cuse doesn’t have some exciting players...

It’s coming. You know it, I know it, your family and friends know it, your co-workers and classmates know it, your bookie and fantasy football league manager know it. Even the new Pope knows it, sort of. This week has been an eventful one for those who are attuned to the travails of gay and lesbian Americans. On a wider-ranging front, the United States Supreme Court has been hearing arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage...

I can honestly say that I’ve watched college basketball with an intense focus for about the last 20+ years or so. Over that time, I’ve had a chance to cultivate my sincere hatred for the Duke Blue Devils, watch the Oklahoma Sooners (all hail Eduardo Najera and Hollis Price) and Oklahoma State Cowboys (all hail Big Country Reeves and Desmond Mason) waffle between points of mediocrity and seemingly unbelievable success and also become a...

On this edition of #theUCshow the three-man weave is back in full effect for two weeks in a row. God is good indeed. Kenny leads the three amigos in a talk as to why following your team towards a goal isn’t always the brightest idea. The man hasn’t shaved in over two months, and it’s all because the Dallas Mavericks vowed not to shave until they reached .500. What initially was a fun idea has become a bad dream that he wishes...

Over the span of three days, I attended six college basketball games at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia for what is now considered the second and third rounds of the NCAA Tournament. As I am writing this Tuesday afternoon, I am coming off a 103.9 fever, a day of being incapacitated and delirious, a bit of vomiting, and a diagnosed case of the flu. Basically, the NCAA Tournament almost killed me. And you know what? I wouldn’t trade the...

In the spring of 1998 I was just finishing up 9th grade at Eisenhower Junior High. I was a 6’1″ freshman who now was coming into his own as a basketball player, and after finishing the season as a full-time member on the varsity squad for the junior high, I was spending all of my free time hooping after school, hooping on the weekends, and trying to get a run wherever I could across various parts of my hometown. (Sidenote: Reflecting...

Credit: UNT Hundreds of items are littered throughout my unwritten bucket list. Pipe dreams like going to NBA All Star Weekend, visiting Dubai, having work published in Rolling Stone, you know, stuff like that. One meaning more than most happens to be meeting and having a full-fledged conversation with Mike Tyson. For as long as I can remember, Mike’s personality and views on life have been more intriguing than his career inside the ring. Here’s...