Lenn Robbins
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North Carolina's win sets up ACC clash everyone wants to see
Who needs Tobacco Road when you’ve got Atlantic Avenue? You could play Duke-North Carolina in Bora Bora and it would be a big deal. But when these two behemoths square...
Boston College could be the ACC's best Cinderella chance
When he was writhing in pain on the Barclays Center court grasping his right calf, Boston College power forward Nik Popovic wasn’t sure if the medical staff would clear him...
How the sneaker giants became the shame of college sports
The Nike sneaker ad claimed, “It’s Gotta be the Shoes.” It should have said, “It’s Gotta be the Money.” The bribery and fraud charges brought by the Justice Department and...
Mats Zuccarello's rally from wordless terror to Rangers clinch
It is almost two years since the day Mats Zuccarello’s hockey career almost ended. Two years since he took a puck to the head that left him unable to speak for four...
The group therapy session that propelled Rangers to victory
It wasn’t just one player, one voice. It came from all corners of the Rangers locker room in the Garden. The Rangers had done it again — played a lousy...
Rangers show they are more than just a soft skill team
The Rangers and Canadiens entered their first-round playoff series known as skill teams, which is NHL code for soft. The first five games changed that — and the sixth confirmed...
How Rangers-Canadiens became the series no one saw coming
The Rangers and Canadiens entered their playoff series known as “skill teams” — NHL code for soft. Five games have changed that. A series that has seen its share of...
This is why South Carolina's 'heart and soul' stayed home
One would think Sindarius Thornwell, the signature recruit in the modern era of South Carolina basketball history, could have had anything he desired, from the nicest dorm room in Columbia,...
South Carolina does it again to set up Final Four stunner
At exactly 5 p.m. Sunday, just as the words ‘New York, New York,’ were filling The Garden like helium swells a balloon, South Carolina coach Frank Martin snipped the final...
South Carolina's big strength won't surprise Florida
There are events in life a young man can’t prepare for: The first time he asks someone on a date. The first fender bender. The first, well, you know, that...
South Carolina hoops star sounds terrified of his own coach
Rakym Felder’s best friend the past few days has been his smartphone. It has to be. The former Lincoln High star from Bedford-Stuyvesant is the only player in the East...
South Carolina coasts to Elite Eight with shocking Baylor rout
When Frank Martin, the South Carolina coach who always looks as if he’s about to do Bobby Knight worse than Knight ever did, climbed the interview podium in The Garden...
Can scandal-plagued Baylor get out of the 'MSG Region'?
The East Region in The Garden has unofficially been renamed the "Retread Region." It is the only one to have lost its top two seeds. That might not make this...
'The kid's a miracle': How NYC star beat odds to make Sweet 16
Tanica Murchison — the mother of South Carolina freshman point guard Rakym Felder — was on Facebook the night before the Gamecocks were to play Duke. “I live in Duke...
You won't believe how long it took Notre Dame to beat Virginia
Notre Dame’s V.J. Beachem didn’t know about “The Streak” until Thursday morning. Bonzie Colson had been asked about it over and over again to the point at which he was...
Halftime advice Florida State coach gave to turn game around
Dean Koontz, the noted sci-fi suspense author, once wrote that fear shouts and terror whispers. There’s a lot of truth in that statement. If you ever want to really get...
Good luck cracking Virginia's trademark defense
There isn’t a coach in the country who wouldn’t be thrilled to have players buy into defense way the Virginia Cavaliers embrace it like hugs at a family reunion. Virginia,...
Virginia Tech's band of misfits keep on winning
They are the rabble of the ACC. The coach, Brent Langdon Williams, goes by Buzz. Buzz didn’t attend Oklahoma State University; he attended Oklahoma City University. He earned his Masters...
Blind runner relishes New York City Marathon challenge
Before you read on, take a moment and close your eyes. It’s all black, or foggy at best, like trying to see underwater. Now imagine, with virtually no sight, going...
Notre Dame's miracle tip crushes NCAA's heartwarming story
This is why every March an entire nation gets caught up in an out-of-control Segway ride known as the NCAA Tournament, which leave players and coaches crying and the winning...