No, I do not weep at the world – I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to that sobbing school of…
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to that sobbing school of…
The July recruiting season is in full swing. After an Independence Day weekend break, college coaching staffs hit the road for a month long session of heavy-duty recruiting. For nationally ranked players, last week’s Nike…
The Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament kicks off in mid-November with a field of sixteen teams. Eleven of the teams played in the postseason last spring: Arkansas-Little Rock, Bowling Green, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Tech,…
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have personal memories of Michael Jackson. That was a part of his charisma and aura—the ability to touch people via music even if they never saw him…
“I am Soledad Pierre. I am a Haitian girl. I am a basketball player. I am a gift of God.” From: “Left Behind: A City Team’s Struggle Shows Disparity in Girls’ Sports” by Katie Thomas,…
The Gillom Sports Center at Ole Miss is named after basketball legends and sisters Jennifer and Peggie Gillom. "It’s hard to comprehend; it’s so amazing. Race always becomes an issue, especially at Ole Miss because…
“I don’t feel like I should be ashamed of doing this, but I feel bad for her and I hope she doesn’t think bad of me but some dummy had to do this and it…
Swoopes during her visit to the White House with the Houston Comets, 2001. It has happened to some of the most famous people in modern history, including Malcolm X and Michael Jackson. I remember the…
University of Hawaii women’s basketball candidate George Wolfe coaches hoops, George C. Wolfe writes absurdist plays. UH’s coach search reminds me of latter’s works, not sports. Posted via email from hoopfeed’s posterous
The Lady Tigers in a game vs. Vanderbilt during the SEC Tourney, March 4. LSU lost but they are in the final four! And Vandy isn’t. Photo: Cheryl Coward/hoopfeed.com
I’ve seen college athletic departments use souped-up (and usually slow-loading) splash pages for a couple of years or so to announce major events in high-revenue sports like football or to publicize winning a championship. Last…
USA Basketball invited 29 women’s college players to try out for the 12-member 2009 USA Women’s World University Games Roster. Trials will take place May 14-17 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs,…
Folks continue processing the loss heard around the (women’s basketball) world: Tennessee’s stunning defeat in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the hands of 12th seeded Ball State. Glaring irony: the worst season…
2009: Texas players Carlia Cortijo and Britney Raven get direction from coach Gail Goestenkors Photo: Cheryl Coward/hoopfeed.com
New head coach Kellie Harper aims to know her NCSU team http://bit.ly/QFmV0 and found it tough to say goodbye to WCU http://bit.ly/15mZjg Alabama signs Jocelyn Shaw, H.S. 5A tourney MVP, season average: 18 pts, 12…
