conferences

When the college football season kicks off in earnest this Labor Day weekend, it will be a test to keep an eye on the ball. The focus for a few days may be on blocking, tackling and quick-trigger assessments of who’s up and who’s down, but…

Conferences were an essential structure of the NBA in its early days but the purpose it serves no longer matters and they’re only hurting the game now.It’s a point of endless arguments in politics and relationships — the fact that…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 11 rebounds to lead Minnesota into the playoffs, as the Timberwolves muscled and hustled their way past the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-95 to finish the play-in tournament on…

A large swath of NBA media is out on the top seeds in the Western Conference — and it makes sense, because, for the first time since the 1996-97 season, the East is far and away superior.Grant Hill looks to repeat Team USA's 2004 "success"T…

Academic conferences provide invaluable opportunities for researchers to present their work and receive feedback from attendees during question-and-answer sessions. Women are less likely to ask questions during these sessions, however, and…

India captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid’s approach of frequently changing the team combinations hasn’t sat too well with experts and fans alike…

CM Punk (left, with pastry) and Tony KhanScreenshot: YouTube/Denise SalcedoFollowing WWE’s Clash at the Castle event on Saturday, the company held a press conference in which its lead executive, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, was joined by a…

Veteran voice of the Big 12 and Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy. Photo: Getty ImagesThe more I hear Mike Gundy speak from Wednesday’s session at Big 12 Media Days, I become increasingly convinced his assertion about Texas and Oklahoma…

College football seems all-in on the "super conference" trend. Well, at least the Big Ten and SEC are all-in, and who could blame them?The rich are about to get richer both figuratively and literally.College football has already…

Nick Saban knows a thing or two about college football. He has been around long enough to know a trend when he sees it.Alabama was at one time a power-running, I-formation boasting offense. Saban saw the dual-threat quarterback…