Michigan State Spartans

ESPN 150 OT has top eight in mind

It was a Thursday night in late April and Alex Bookser (Pittsburgh/Mount Lebanon) was watching the NFL draft. A 6-foot-6, 295-pound prospect, Bookser is being recruited as a lineman on both sides of the ball.

B1G assistant coach salaries on the rise

Ohio State already had started paying more competitive salaries for assistant coaches before Urban Meyer arrived in November 2011. But when Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith sat down to discuss staff pay, Smith soon realized he needed to do more.

Iowa men can stand tall with a beefed-up basektball schedule

How the B1G 2014 schedule came together

The Big Ten released its 2014 league schedule earlier Thursday, completing what its architect Mark Rudner called a "long, arduous process" of crafting a slate with two new teams, two new divisions and a second open week.

All even as McDowell pushes decision back

The football program at Locust Grove High School started in 2009 with a freelance Class AAA schedule, then continued to play in AAA for two more years before making the move to AAAA in 2012.

2013 State Farm Champions Classic

The third annual State Farm Champions Classic heads to Chicago's United Center on Nov. 12. Duke will face Kansas and Michigan State will match up against John Calipari's Kentucky Wildcats. For more information, visit www.thechampionsclassic.com.

The Champions Classic worked out well

The Champions Classic, a two-game, one-night November event conjured up two years ago, was pretty much always guaranteed to be a success. Indeed, it was just what the sport needed -- a big, marquee event featuring four of the game's best programs and coaches in the first week of the season, timed to remind casual fans there is more to college basketball than the gradually increasing attention spans of late February and early March.

King: An updated Top 25 for 2013-14

Now that uber-recruit Andrew Wiggins has chosen a school, Jason King updates his early Top 25 for the 2013-14 season.

Elite 2014 PF is in high demand

Spend enough time on the high school basketball circuit and you’ll find there are certain players you gravitate toward because you know exactly what you’re getting when you go watch them.