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By: Jeffrey Newholm "The sun never sets on the British Empire" it once was said of England's colonial holdings from around the world. Until, that is, the shot heard 'round ...

By: Jeffrey Newholm I'm back, women's basketball nut-I mean aficionado-Jeff N., to give our readers at NBS a brief preview of this weekend's lady's Final Four, starting with Stanford-South Carolina ...

By: Jeffrey Newholm At the conclusion of last year, I assured our readers that the era of husky dominance had sunset with the departure of the big three. Well, considering ...

By: Jeffrey Newholm For the 12 gentlemen on the US men's Olympic basketball team, winning gold brings a welcome rest and respite from the grind of professional basketball. There were ...

By: Jeffrey Newholm The gold medal match proved to have as much drama as all of the United State's previous Olympic matches. Which is to say, not very much, and ...

By: Jeffrey Newholm In my preview of the women's tournament, I said that the men's tournament was less predictable, but there was a certain beauty to seeing excellent teams play ...

By: Jeffrey Newholm The popular complaint the trolls always make against the women's NCAA Tournament is that it's too predictable or that it's just a forgone conclusion Uconn will win. ...

By: Jeffrey Newholm Now that conference play is underway, I'd like to try my hand at mid season bracketology, starting with the women's game. I can't hope to compete against ...

By: Jeffrey Newholm Americans have always been wary of technological displacement. Are machines coming for our jobs? Is strategic overoptimism ruining football and basketball? However, even the mythical General Ludd, ...

By: Mark T. Wilson Angel Reese announced that she will miss the remainder of the 2024 WNBA season due to a wrist injury. While this all but locks up Rookie ...