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Elvin Hayes tried. So did the Phi Slama Jama crew. Now, Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars are the ones looking to break Houston’s futility at the Big Dance.

PITTSBURGH — He wasn't going to step away without another verbal boxing match. That was my initial thought upon watching fabled Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim sort of say goodbye Wednesday — and I knew from personal experience that Boeheim loves to mix it up (more on that later).

Read inspirational quotes about being accountable, building a winning culture and using teamwork to succeed.

Records are made to be broken, the saying goes. But how did the kid from Akron chase down what seemed like an unbeatable number?

Generous bettors show their appreciation for janitors and custodians who’ve seen everything.

Dick Vermeil, who Saturday will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, considers himself a connoisseur of coaches.

Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA

LOS ANGELES — Slouched deep into one corner of a velvety couch in his spare bedroom, bare feet propped on a matching ottoman, Josiah Johnson is searching for his big moment, like a point guard probing a defense.

SAN DIEGO — In a horseshoe-shaped booth at bustling Manhattan of La Jolla, Steve Lavin used the better part of 3 1/2 hours to explore the people who have influenced his life, being a 32-year-old college basketball coach under the withering spotlight at UCLA, the prostate cancer that reconfigured perspective…

PITTSBURGH — Why the outrage directed at Jordan Addison?

NEW ORLEANS — After decades of success as Duke’s basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski’s career ended Saturday night with a loss that figures to resonate decades into the future.