When Lisa Leslie and I spoke on the phone two weeks ago, the men’s and women’s semifinal and championship games hadn’t been played yet. California was leading the women’s Capital One Cup standings and Auburn was leading the men’s. Leslie, a representative of the Capital One Cup, was heading to Indianapolis for the women’s Final [...]

The clean swishes were rare and the iron clanged loudly too many times, but don’t let anyone tell you that the national championship game was ugly. The 41 combined points in the first half may have been the fewest points in a half in a championship game since 1946, but it was far from ugly. [...]

Butler head coach Brad Stevens talks about the loss to Connecticut in the national championship game. //

Even though I’m leaving for the Final Four in Houston tomorrow, the chat will go on! Tonight’s chat will be deemed the special Final Four edition, so everyone must join in. As always, please follow the chat from the Twitter account @SusanShanChat. There is only one requirement: please hashtag all tweets with #SSsports. To find [...]

The Madness is upon us. Powerade, the official drink of the NCAA Tournament (and of all 88 NCAA Championships), sponsored the CBS fan fest zone at the Time Warner Center. The fan fest zone, which includes the Bracket Lounge, is open all week. The interactive experience includes shooting mini-basketballs into hoops, getting interviewed as if [...]

If you missed Wednesday night’s #SSsports Twitter chat, here are some highlights below: On Jay Cutler’s MCL sprain… @jstar1973: @crigler66 He had that soft reputation going back to his Vanderbilt days. College reputations don’t die easy. #SSsports @DBYankees1: Cutler took a beating all year as Bears had poor OL. Hard for me to believe he [...]

Welcome to the week before the Super Bowl edition of the #SSsports chat. Please follow the chat from the account @SusanShanChat. There is only one requirement: please hashtag all tweets with #SSsports. To find out more about the chat, click here. Also, be sure to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve made the highlights! [...]

I’m working with Game7.tv for a series called “Coaches Corner.” As host of the series, I introduce all eight Big East football coaches before their interviews. Check out Connecticut coach Randy Edsall’s interview as he talks about dealing with Jasper Howard’s death last year and the transition into this season. //

Seattle sports fans have come upon hard times. Their NBA team got ripped from them, their MLB team fired their manager less than a month ago after compiling the second worst AL record to date, and their NFL team went a combined 9-23 the past two seasons. But, things are looking up. Although the Oklahoma [...]