The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has tried to downplay being on the brink of breaking Bob Knight’s record for Big Ten basketball wins. Former NFL coach Steve Mariucci surprised Izzo by showing up at the Breslin Center, sitting on the Spartans’ …
While the Chargers were warming up in Denver last Sunday, Jim Harbaugh felt his heart racing. “Yes, it’s a sport, and you’re not an emergency room doctor or air-traffic controller, but it’s a different kind of pressure,” said Steve Mariucci, formerly head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions. “But it’s real and it’s public and it’s out …
A fitting scene unfolded in the cavernous nave of San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral after last August’s memorial service for Dwight Clark, the 49ers legend who had passed away in June. “Chris Dalman stepped on my foot,” Young said in a recent interview of the 49ers’ center on the play. “Their head coach developed our guy,” Mariucci said in a recent …
When the stunningly opulent new Ralph Engelstad Arena opened in 2001 just north of the University of North Dakota campus, the $100 million chrome, glass and marble coliseum was praised by most, despite the fact that The Ralph replaced one of the great rinks in college hockey. The first Ralph Engelstad Arena, originally called the UND Winter Sports Center, was …
