It’s impossible for any of us to talk about race without pride and prejudice rearing their heads, not to mention passion. On both sides, feelings are hyper-sensitive and easily bruised. Meanings are read into statements, inflections, body language, often incorrectly

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Amazingly, the “Dream Game” lived up to its hype. Both teams played their hearts out. It deserves to be remembered for what it was — a classic that always will occupy a special place in the history of both programs.

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Finally, to keep from being completely bulldozed by the Jurich juggernaut, Barnhart had to stand up and do something to exert his authority. So he decided to move the football game.

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At the college level, despite the relentless attempts attempts to professionalize football and mens’ basketball, it still should be as much about teaching life lessons and emphasizing academics as about winning football games.

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There are incestuous connections and a weird history between the Arena Authority and its newly-minted naming-rights partner, Team Services

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The new champion seems charming enough, especially for a thick, beefy guy who looks as if he could have been an extra on “The Sopranos.” He attacks the ball, much as Palmer did in his prime, instead of finessing it. In other words, he seems like a Pittsburgh sort of guy

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Sometimes Brewer, who was known to his friends as “Junior,” would get up at dawn and play before the first foursome of the day arrived. After dark, he sometimes would drive his car up to the putting green and practice with the headlights providing illumination.

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The NCAA should not be the National Collegiate Censorship Association. It should not conduct its business like a professional league. To the contrary, it should put the positive promotion and exposure of its student-athletes ahead of greed and money

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Mears and his sidekick, Stu Aberdeen, always wore bright orange blazers on the bench. A hyeractive little guy who was prone to throwing clipboards on the floor at key moments, Aberneen played Deputy Barney to Mears’ Sheriff Andy.

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If Donovan wanted to follow in the Gucci footsteps of mentor Rick Pitino, his wife definitely did not want to put her feet into Joanne Pitino’s slippers.

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