Joe Favorito, 12.15.2010

Branding consultant

With the NCAA tournament always comes the rise of the Mid-Major school, that smaller school whose postseason runs give us the biggest thrills. However, for many schools, it's a run that's very difficult to sustain.

Jonathan R. Cole, 11.23.2010

John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia University

I'm going to state a fact that most of you who follow admissions at highly selective colleges probably don't know. Roughly 20 percent, or one-fifth, ...

Stu Kreisman, 11.11.2010

Author and Emmy award-winning writer-producer

Other than the few weeks in March when we care more about our betting pools than actual teams, who is going to give a hoot about the college basketball regular season?

Anne Peterson, 10.27.2010

Lecturer in Film Production at Northwestern University in Qatar.

Dedicated to Head Coach Emily Wilson and the 2010/2011 Northwestern Qatar Lady Cats Basketball Team, I present a tour through Qatar's most exotic b-ball courts.

Michael Evans, 11.11.2010

Harvard Grad. Student/Founder, Full Court Peace

Social barriers are broken within sporting events quite often. It is not so often, however, that those occurrences go unnoticed. This past weekend, t...

Tom Matlack, 10.26.2010

Former venture capitalist turned writer

I talked to Dave Winfield, on camera at the Little League World Series, about how to raise my 14 year-old son as an athlete and a man.

Fabio Periera, 10.13.2010

Writer and former editor at The Hollywood Reporter

It's official: Google is evil. As one of the leading dark forces in the current net neutrality debate, Google has partnered with other large media and...

Mary Daily, 08.07.2010

journalist, writer and teacher

Unlike some preening coaches, John Wooden never wanted to attract attention. He hated being called the Wizard of Westwood.

Dave Hollander, 08.06.2010

Author/columnist/professor

"I never liked the dunk. I think it's primarily showmanship. [But] things are based on money, unfortunately. And you've got to get the spectators to come. And they like things like that."

Tim Donaghy, 07.22.2010

Former NBA Referee

How does the "One and Done" college format compare to the "Best of Seven" revenue-focused NBA format? It simply means the heartfelt, energetic, lay it all on the line, exciting college format disappears from the court when the NBA teams take over.

Len Berman, 06.23.2010

Emmy Award winning sportscaster and New York Times Bestselling Author

Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford is the #1 pick in the NFL draft, chosen by the St. Louis Rams. In a surprise, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow goes to Denver in the first round

Joe Favorito, 06.07.2010

Branding consultant

Maybe the first Monday in April is the day we can point to where we all learned from sport in some way, and can use those examples in our everyday life.

Priscilla Warner, 06.07.2010

Priscilla Warner co-authored the NYT bestseller The Faith Club. She is now writing a memoir for The Free Press...

We should practice lovingkindness both on and off the court, on game days and off season, whether injured or healthy, in the prime of our game, or at the end of our careers.

Kati Haycock, 06.07.2010

President, The Education Trust

Duke is among a small, elite group of schools that, over the past two decades, have strong records both on and off the court.

Fred Goldring, 06.06.2010

Entertainment Lawyer and Brand Strategist

Although the Duke basketball team achieved an amazing victory Monday night, I also won a different kind of major championship, one that was years in the making.

David Sirota, 06.06.2010

Newspaper columnist, radio host (AM760), bestselling author

With the beginning of the ever-optimistic spring season, the television has delivered yet another thrilling college hoops clinic, meaning it's time for us to gulp down our annual swig of Haterade -- specifically, the blue-tinted kind.

Bob Stoll, 06.05.2010

Founder, drbobsports.com

Butler's calling card in this tournament has been defense, but Duke is the most efficient offensive team in the nation and it will be a tall task for the Bulldogs to defend all three of Duke's scorers.

Tom Fox, 06.05.2010

Director, Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Government Leadership

Fox's Federal Coach column was originally published on The Washington Post On Leadership site. Like many of you, I'm enjoying March Madness, particul...

Gabriel A. Feldman, 06.04.2010

Law professor; Director, Tulane Sports Law Program

There is a more subtle implication of a larger field that may have a much larger long-term impact than the temporary backlash from fans and pundits. A 96-team tournament means more games, which means more missed classes for the players.

Tallulah Morehead, 06.02.2010

Award-Eligible Film Legend, Goddess, and Lush

Rob described Tyson the Mormon Moron as having been "as dumb as a bag of rocks," although I think this was unnecessarily insulting to bags of rocks.

Dexter Rogers, 06.01.2010

National Sports Columnist, Examiner.com

As a fan, I know I'll watch every expanded round of play like I have for years. But I'm watching with a conscious eye knowing full well the student-athletes are being used.