According to ESPN, Mike Krzyzewski (a.k.a. Coach K) will return as the head coach of the U.S. men’s basketball team for the 2012 Olympics. He will also  remain as coach of the national team at the 2010 world championship in Turkey.
First reported by The Boston Globe, USA basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo convinced Coach K  to stay in the job after he led the U.S.A. to the gold medal in Beijing last summer.
“With the success that we had, I would do everything in my power to keep everything intact,” Colangelo told The Associated Press without confirming the decision.
Aside from his …read more

This is one of those rare moments where two of my favorite pasttimes meet – Major League Baseball and college basketball.
But unfortunately for the wrong reasons.
West Virginia University basketball players Joe Mazzulla and Cameron Thoroughman were busted at PNC Park at a Pittsburgh Pirates game for underage drinking and for fighting on Monday according to The Associated Press and ESPN.com.
It’s one thing to be busted for underage drinking. I guess a lot of people do it. But fighting too?
The two lunk heads argued with police when they refused to show proper identification and smelled of alcohol, according to the …read more