Wichita State surely was not on many NCAA Tournament brackets to advance to a regional semifinal. But there are the appropriately nicknamed Shockers in the Elite 8 after manhandling upstart La Salle, 72-58, Thursday in Los Angeles. They join Syracuse, which knocked of No. 1-seed Indiana, 61-50; Marquette, which easily handled Miami, 71-61; and top-seeded [...]
Jadeveon Clowney Expected to Play For Gamecocks This Season
February 15, 2013 | Posted by
South Carolina All-American defensive end and highly favored 2014 No. 1 overall NFL draft pick Jadeveon Clowney is expected to play for the Gamecocks this season, according to his mother, Josenna Clowney. Josenna Clowney told SI.com Thursday that she expects her son to play, rather than sit out his junior season to avoid injury and [...]
Maurice Clarett Describes Life of Drugs, Women, Money In New Book
December 14, 2012 | Posted by
Maurice Clarett, the former Ohio State running back who was jailed for robbery, paints a picture of living in opulence — including cash, drugs and women — during his colleges years as a Buckeye. Deadspin obtained copies of the book, “4th and Goal: One Man’s Quest to Recapture His Dream” – a biography of former [...]
Buckeyes’ Jared Sullinger Not Invited To NBA Draft
June 25, 2012 | Posted by
Former Ohio State star and two-time all-American Jared Sullinger will watch the NBA draft inside a Columbus restaurant, not in the green room in Newark’s Prudential Center, after the NBA declined to invite him to Thursday’s draft.NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson told ESPN.com that Sullinger would not be invited based on the reports the [...]
Buckeyes’ Jared Sullinger ‘Red Flagged’ By NBA Doctors
June 19, 2012 | Posted by
Ohio State star big man Jared Sullinger, who has been projected as a lottery pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, has been medically red flagged by NBA doctors, multiple league sources told ESPN.com. Sullinger underwent a series of medical tests at the NBA draft combine a week ago. According to sources, the doctors who looked [...]
Pryor Says He Took Money To Help His Family
May 10, 2012 | Posted by
Former Ohio State star quarterback Terrelle Pryor said the NCAA “had no sympathy” for him when he tried to explain why he took $3000 for selling memorabilia as a freshman an NCAA violation that resulted in a five-game suspension his senior year and part of a huge scandal for the Buckeyes football program. Now with [...]
