Empire State of Mind: Rick Pitino has St. John’s dreaming big amid historical stretch

Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer NEW YORK — Though the students had been standing for the better part of three hours, the whole of Madison Square Garden joined them with 2:04 remaining in a game that was nearly finished amid a season brimming with possibility. Two free throws from hulking center Zuby Ejiofor … Read more

Constraining the equation of state in neutron-star cores via the long-ringdown signal

In what follows we provide additional details on a number of aspects of our analysis that we have omitted in the main text for compactness. These refer to the approach followed for the selection of the golden EOSs, the numerical techniques employed to simulate the binaries and extract the GW signal, and a number of … Read more

Modern Big Ten supremacy on line in Rose Bowl between Ohio State, Oregon

Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer A little more than five months ago, during the third week of July, the opening soliloquy for Oregon head coach Dan Lanning at Big Ten Football Media Days in Indianapolis lasted nearly nine minutes. It began with a customary expression of gratitude for conference commissioner Tony Petitti, … Read more

Ashton Jeanty didn’t win the Heisman, but he’s still chasing history at Boise State

Ashton Jeanty was into basketball more than football as a kid. So before he grew up to be a 5-foot-9 battering ram in cleats, his favorite athlete was LeBron James. Jeanty, who bounced around the globe as the son of a Naval officer, spent a chunk of his childhood in Florida when James was on … Read more

College basketball rankings: Auburn, Tennessee on top; Michigan State climbing

John Fanta College Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter The Auburn Tigers are the best team in men’s college basketball.  Sure, Tennessee is undefeated and impressed quite a bit by putting that record to the test at Illinois and winning. And yes, Bruce Pearl’s team has taken a loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but what this team … Read more

Penn State beats Louisville for NCAA women’s volleyball title

Michael Voepel, ESPN.comDec 22, 2024, 08:24 PM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Cardinals had the hometown advantage and won the most emotional … Read more

Penn State, Louisville volleyball will make history in NCAA championship. Their coaches are why

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  — What’s remarkable is not that two women are coaching for the national championship and one will win a title for the first time in the 44 years of NCAA women’s volleyball. It’s remarkable that these women, Katie Schumacher-Cawley and Dani Busboom Kelly, are the two doing it. Because they are the ideal … Read more

Ohio State inspires new catchphrase for Ryan Day in rout of Tennessee

Ohio State inspires new catchphrase for Ryan Day in rout of Tennessee Buckeyes suffer no hangover from loss to Michigan. Instead, they come back defiant and strong. Ryan Day and his staff cooked up a masterful plan against the Vols. Will Howard executed it to perfection. COLUMBUS, Ohio – The blowout had reached a crescendo … Read more

Ohio State football fans need to find some joy

Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at bw*****@di******.com. Letters are lightly edited for clarity. On Ohio State football To Brian: Mike Arace’s column about the madness, insanity or psychosis of many OSU fans about their obsession with beating Michigan every year was excellent. He left out the countless hours spent by students, OSU staff … Read more