Updated: May 3, 2013, 3:11 pm ET by Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY Sports College basketball’s offseason just got two weeks shorter. The NCAA announced Friday afternoon that a proposal for men’s teams to start practicing six weeks before their first regular-season games has been approved and will take effect this fall. The proposal was finalized at the [...]
Examples of weird, bizarre automotive nonsense cross our desks on a fairly consistent basis. Just recently, we’ve covered the ridiculousness of Smart’s Fortwo Edition by Jeremy Scott and Toyota Europe’s ME.WE concept. But sometimes the oddball stuff is actually cool, as is the case with Renault’s latest Twizy EV variant, the wonderfully insane Twizy Renault [...]
With RIDES Madness over and the winner—Jonathan Ivy and Sandman’s killer 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle—revealed, we’ve decided to bring you some of the behind-the-scenes highlights of the competition. You know who won and who lost, but by how much? The answers might surprise you—so click through the gallery to see some of the more interesting matchup [...]
Updated: April 19, 2013, 7:56 pm ET by USA TODAY Sports, USA TODAY For years, the Friday closest to Oct. 15 has meant Midnight Madness celebrations for college basketball teams and their fans. This year, if a recommendation from the NCAA’s Legislative Council is adopted, those celebrations may dot more dates on the calendar. The Legislative Council [...]
April 10th, 2013 by John K. | For the fourth year in a row, the Sneaker News staff went on a weeks-long search for the greatest sneakers in specific categories, reaching out to our loyal readers with a tournament-style feature with the goal of whittling down thirty-two candidates to one sole winner. With Foamposites being [...]
by Mike Lopresti, USA TODAY Sports ATLANTA – In the end, the hot-blooded college basketball regular season was not lying. The tournament was on the flighty side, too, which is how its governing body should want it. Monday night was the NCAA’s senior prom, with compelling stories on both sides, and hasn’t it been a [...]
April 4th, 2013 by John K. | The Final Four round of the Sneaker News March Madness Foamposite Tournament is now ready to launch, with four of the #1 seeds ready to battle it out for the title of the greatest Nike Air Foamposite sneaker of all-time. The OG Royals, the ParaNormans, the Coppers, and [...]
April 1st, 2013 by John K. | With the field of 8 set in the Sneaker News March Madness Foamposite Tournament, it’s time to get the votes in and move this thing forward! Four number 1 seeds, three number 2 seeds, and one lucky number 6 seed make up this crop, but “upsets” are still [...]
April 1st, 2013 by John K. | First and foremost – we’re happy to hear that Kevin Ware’s surgery was a success. Terrible news for a young kid to go down with such a horrific injury, so we wish him and his family the best. Moving on, the 2013 March [...]
NEW YORK – As the calendar flips from March to April in the NBA, avert your eyes if you know what’s good for you. March Madness demands the nation’s attention, the one-and-done college tournament bringing its annual smorgasbord of drama, upsets, made-for-TV storylines and the myth of student-athletes who are really there to make billions [...]
NEW YORK – As the calendar flips from March to April in the NBA, avert your eyes if you know what’s good for you. March Madness demands the nation’s attention, the one-and-done college tournament bringing its annual smorgasbord of drama, upsets, made-for-TV storylines and the myth of student-athletes who are really there to make billions [...]
The Final Four match-ups are set. Michigan will face Syracuse and Louisville will face Wichita State. The winners will compete for the national championship. Here were the studs and duds of Sunday’s action: STUDS Trey Burke, Michigan – After saving Michigan’s season on Friday night, Burke came up big once again against the Florida Gators. [...]