It was over 10 minutes after it started. Maybe earlier. North Carolina blasted Michigan State to win the national championship last night, claiming the trophy a lot of people carved “Tar Heels” on way back in June, when Tyler Hansbrough, Wayne Ellington, Ty Lawson and Danny Green decided to come back to school instead of jumping to the NBA … Clark Kellogg put it best right around the time UNC was beginninig to slather honey mustard on the 20-piece: Read More »

Behind Amar’e Stoudemire‘s eye injury and the inevitable yet-to-be-played game when they officially become a Lottery team, yesterday the Suns suffered one of their defining losses of the season, getting destroyed by Dallas on national TV in just a sorry-ass defensive “effort.” ESPN’s Jamal Mashburn said it best: The Suns, like the Pistons, are now in rebuilding mode — or at least they need to be if they know what’s good for them. Read More »

After Michigan State upset UConn in the first of yesterday’s Final Four games, Jim Calhoun said, “We’re pretty good, but they’re close to special.” But are the Spartans special enough now to handle North Carolina? State came out hot like cayenne pepper on UConn, seemingly scoring on every offensive possession for the first five minutes, punching UConn in the mouth first and maintaining that momentum throughout … Read More »