PITTSBURGH — DJ Burns Jr. knows he has a choice most nights. You got to have some fun with it.” N.C. State advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2015 by finally putting away 3-point specialist Jack Gohlke and the Golden Grizzlies in the extra period. “Some teams got here by winning their conference just like us …
PITTSBURGH — Jack Gohlke has no illusions of going to the NBA. Confident at the start and cool at the finish, Gohlke made 10 3-pointers and scored a career-high 32 points as the 14th-seeded Golden Grizzlies delivered the first true shock of this year’s March Madness, beating the third-seeded Wildcats 80-76. “We’ve been a solid team all year,” said Gohlke, …
DENVER — Bob Farrell won 777 games during his 34 seasons as the head coach of the boys basketball program at Seton Hall Prep in New Jersey. “When you’re coaching, once the game starts, you don’t have time to be nervous,” Farrell, 76, told The Athletic by phone Saturday from his home in New Jersey, where he still works as …
DETROIT — Michigan State’s Max Christie showed flashes of his potential over the first four games of his college career by averaging double digits. “When I hit those first shots, it felt really good.” The Spartans have won five straight for a second time this season, bouncing back from losses to then- No. “College basketball in Detroit with two really …
On New Year’s Day, Oakland played host to Wright State, the reigning regular-season Horizon League champion. When Drake played the second of a twin bill against Indiana State, Bulldogs coach Darian DeVries says each side “could call out the other team’s plays.” OK, you might say, then why not mix things up in Game 2? “We told them, you’re not …
Sightings of the isolated tribes that Rieli Franciscato devoted his career to protecting are rare and fraught with danger. So in June, when a handful of unclothed Indigenous people emerged from the forest in Rondônia state and approached a small hamlet, Franciscato, a Brazilian government official specialising in uncontacted tribes, sprang into action. “He ran about 50 meters, passed out …