Mateen Cleaves

DETROIT (AP) — Tony Dungy had much of his success in football far from his hometown of Jackson, Mich., turning around the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and becoming the first black coach to win a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts. Dungy, though, was...

Exacting revenge on a loss from exactly one week ago, the No. 8 Michigan State Spartans defeated the No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes, 68-64,to win the Big TenChampionship. Led by Brandon Wood’s 21-points, the Spartans prevailed in a hotly contested...

The Bay Harbor Yacht Club Lange Center was a sea of green Friday. Mixed with a little white as well Michigan State University took over the facility overlooking Bay Harbor as the MSU Coaches on the Road Tour made a stop, where Spartan coaches...

HEAT PLAYERS IN NCAA FINAL - Jamaal Magloire, Kentucky (March 30, 1998): Won 78-69 against Utah. - Scored seven points in 22 minutes. Blocked a shot by Alex Jensen to his Wildcat teammate Tayshaun Prince, who made two free throws to give Kentucky an...

INDIANAPOLIS — Given some time off from his employer — the Lakers — to see his alma mater play in the Final Four, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar liked what he saw Saturday at the RCA Dome. "They look real good," he said of UCLA at halftime of...

Warren Carter, Jamar Smith and Chester Frazier came off the bench to keep Illinois in the game in the first half, Dee Brown "took over" in the second half and injury-depleted Michigan State had an energy crisis after playing two nights earlier. Those...

Amid a losing streak that reached eight games Wednesday night, the Bulls hit new heights in a 101-97 loss against Seattle. New heights, that is, when it comes to exasperating fans with a starting lineup that wilts under the lights at the United Center....

Did anyone get the license number of that cement mixer? It had Washington plates, and Friday night it just flattened the Bulls and left them peeling themselves off the losing side once again on this Western Conference trip. The 98-84 mashed potato of an...

Corie Blount mentioned chemistry being a problem for the Bulls. Which Bulls play really well together chemistry-wise? Do Eddy and Tyson really compliment each other as much as management had hoped they would? --Justin Cox, Huntington, W.Va. The record...

As Indiana sophomore forward Jared Jeffries scanned the list of Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball winners, going all the way back to 1946, his eyes lit up each time they rested upon a familiar name. Frank Williams. Morris Peterson. Mateen Cleaves....