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I am available to cover the New Balance Indoor Nationals at The Armory in New York City from March 9-11. Experienced track and field writer who can do profiles, features, or whatever the situation demands. Thanks for reading.

Who did Hofstra play and/or beat out of conference last year?

F Boeheim and F Syracuse. Maybe he should have thought about this when he was scheduling 12 OOC games at the Carrier Dome, and before they lost to Drexel and Wichita State at home, two of only legit teams that they actually hosted. What they did with their OOC schedule was an abomination, and...

Sportsline's Gary Parrish on this fiasco: http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9950117

Yeah, coming from a guy who calls himself "Shotglass" ..;) My beef with your original post is this: why would Notre Dame be "pilloried" for a response less harsh? First off, pilloried by whom? Do we know that possession of marijuana= mandatory expulsion at Notre Dame? It seems to be a...

Oh, is it? And you don't think his suspension for the spring semester would have sufficiently gotten that message across? Tell me, how many other major conference college programs would have come down this harshly on a kid for his first offense? This stuff happens all of the time. Guys are...

Please, stop with the pats on the back for Skinner. He could have done this last year. The guy appears to give his players more rope than just about anybody. Is it me, or does it seem like he constantly has a couple of guys on the roster with character issues (and then bristles when he is...

The question is- how good of a major conference job is Minnesota? I mean, sure, it's a Big Ten job, but is it really that attractive? What kind of resources do they have? What kind of support from their administration? I remember when Monson first took the job he was discouraged from taking...

Lots of good suggestions here. I've got to second The New Yorker..it is as good as it gets, in my opinion..but Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire all definitely worth your while..I would also strongly suggest The Economist. That's another powerhouse mag. Have gotten into Vanity Fair and GQ more...

I haven't had a chance to see the tape yet. However, as objectionable as some of Knight's behavior is, he does have some redeeeming qualities. In a profession where everybody is completely and utterly full of shirt, he is a straight shooter. And nowadays, in a college basketball coaching world...

My mistake. Gotta get up on my ESPN the mag sections.

I'm not sure I believe that "The Jump" was his idea. Would Ian O'Connor agree to that? I mean, I guess it's possible, but while there wasn't much of a precedent for a high school point guard jumping to the league at that time, I don't know that the idea for the book was so revolutionary. Not...

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