Grayson Allen's high school coaches try to explain (but not defend) his tripping habit

Duke’s Grayson Allen reacts after being called for a foul from tripping an Elon player. It’s the only way to begin a conversation about the first incident, when Allen reached out his foot to take down Louisville’s Ray Spalding, or the second, when he kicked back to send Florida State’s Xavier Rathan-Mayes sprawling to the floor.

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  Given the distraction, does Duke even need Grayson Allen in short or long term?

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  Apologies alone won't be enough to repair Grayson Allen's reputation

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The press is pretty selective when it comes to judging Curt Schilling’s character

Jerry Crasnick of ESPN has a story wondering whether Curt Schilling has “tweeted his way out of Cooperstown.” The question presented is not a new one. It goes like this: Despite his baseball resume, has Curt Schilling’s outspoken and controversial public comments and social media posts turned off voters and harmed his Hall of Fame case? We’ve talked about that a million times here, obviously. Crasnick’s story, however, provides an interesting wrinkle to all of this: it shows how selective and self-centered some in the media can be when it comes to this question. Crasnick notes that, even though Schilling has been politically outspoken for some time, and even though he said and did controversial

Did Austin Wiley and Auburn introduce basketball to the one-and-a-half-and-done?

Austin Wiley was originally supposed to arrive at Auburn next summer. When the NCAA contacted Auburn last Thursday to notify the school that it had deemed Austin Wiley eligible to join the Tigers’ basketball program immediately, logistical gears spun into overdrive. Wiley, a 17-year-old five-star recruit