Looks Johnny Dawkins is going to have some work to do to win over columnist Tim Kawakami, who shares in the general disdain people in the bay area seem to have for how Stanford’s Bob Bowlsby handled the contract with Trent Johnson and the subsequent search for a new coach. We agree with him [...]

Improvements at Wallace Wade will have to wait: Duke and Durham are arguing over a sidewalk and some trees on Frank Bassett Drive. Duke wants to keep the trees, Durham insists on a sidewalk. Duke is trying to finesse the case by including it in an overall campus pedestrian plan, but [...]

What happened here? FSU’s Julian Vaughn is transferring. You never know if you’re not on the inside, but his freshman season was derailed by his health. FSU needs big players, and he was looking solid for next year. So why leave?

Barack Obama took a break from campaigning Tuesday and worked in some hoops with the Tar Heels. He’s pretty good for a nearly 50-year old politician, but you know if guys like Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan are over the hill at similar ages, a guy who was a mediocre player in his prime, [...]

Larry Brown is back in the game. After losing a lot of credibility, between the Olympics disaster and the wreckage he left behind in New York, and some restive time on the sidelines, hired by Michael Jordan and the Bobcats.

Brown brightens outlook for Bobcats
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Maryland’s frontcourt, already questionable, is  looking even thinner after Shane Walker decided to transfer.  No word yet on his destination.

Here’s some more on Johnny Dawkins to Stanford, with one article from the San Francisco Chronicle. Bob Bowlsby, who has been roundly criticized for his handling of Dawkins’ predecessor and the subsequent search, almost immediately introduced the idea that Dawkins was going to head back to Durham to succeed Mike Krzyzewski at Duke upon [...]

John Feinstein has a great article up on Red Auerbach, the Celtics, and what he would have thought of this team. We’re guessing he wouldn’t have enjoyed the last game very much.

Looks like Sylvia Hatchell is playing footsie with South Carolina, as the Gamecocks look for a replacement for Susan Walvius.

Here’s a funny bit: Brendan Haywood implying that LeBron James is a baby, that he’s soft. Haywood knows a thing or two about being babyish, so we’d have to say he knows it when he sees it.