Patrick Ewing To Get An Interview With Detroit Pistons

Friday, June 24th, 2011

The Detroit Pistons are still searching for a head coach after firing John Kuester on June 5. Several candidates have emerged over the past month, but the Pistons are still yet to hitch their wagon to a new head guy. Now reports have surfaced that claim a Hall of Famer ...

Kelvin Sampson Is A Favorite For The Detroit Pistons Job

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Ah, the NBA. Only in that league does Billy Knight get to be a GM, Donald Sterling gets to keep owning a team, Vinny Del Negro gets multiple jobs as a head coach, and a pissy Deron Williams gets to run off a legend like Jerry Sloan before being traded ...

Kelvin Sampson To Interview For NBA Jobs?

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

From the "Things That Will Give Phillips An Aneurysm" department, as many as three NBA teams are reportedly considering Kelvin Sampson to fill their coaching vacancies. I need a second...(thinking happy thoughts, thinking happy thoughts...). OK, I'm good. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports says the Cleveland Cavaliers are looking at Sampson, who ...

Duncan Fouls Out On Academics

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan opined on NCAA basketball teams' graduation rates and the achievement gap between black and white players last week, and I must confess myself (and this isn't the first time with Secretary Duncan) disappointed. At least he has the balls to take on a major issue, though ...

Indiana University: Where Ten Wins Make Us Smile

Monday, March 8th, 2010

As you loyal Rumors and Rants readers are all too familiar with by now, we’re a bunch of Indiana University graduates. Which means a few things: 1. We apparently weren’t smart enough to get into our No. 1 college choice (Northwestern in my case). 2. We watch “Breaking Away” at least ...