Kiandra Browne had little interest in religion growing up in multicultural Montreal. But she did have a curious mind. “If you know Kiandra, you know she questions everything,” her mother, Sheryl White, said with a loving laugh. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Ms. Browne, then a high school senior with …
Grant Hill is a seven-time N.B.A. All-Star, Chris Webber a five-timer and Penny Hardaway a four-timer. Allan Houston was selected twice, Jamal Mashburn once. But back in 1992, they were just a bunch of college students playing a scrimmage against the U.S. men’s national basketball team, otherwise known as the …
Bill Belichick grew up around college football. As a child, he tagged along as his father, Steve, went about his duties as an assistant coach at the United States Naval Academy. But his own five-decade coaching career never took him back to the college game until recently. And in that …
In April 2021, Mick Cronin reached the pinnacle of men’s college basketball. He was coaching the University of California, Los Angeles at the Final Four in Indianapolis. Because of pandemic restrictions, most of the games that season were played in largely empty arenas. Nearly every coaching staff responded by ditching …