In 1971, an unlikely activist sued to overturn Iowa’s ban on married women and mothers playing school sports. She just wanted to play.

In 2017, the Hall of Fame Louisville coach’s career collapsed under a string of scandals, leading to his firing from the school he had coached for 16 years. Now, Pitino is finding himself in Greece, coaching Panathinaikos, working for a self-styled Bond villain, and enjoying a new chapter of his life.

How a bootleg prep school profited by ripping off teens with NBA dreams.

Mykal Riley’s last-second three-pointer kept thousands of fans out of the path of a tornado. Just as remarkable? That Riley was there to take the shot in the first place.

How the Caltech basketball team, losers of 310 straight conference games, figured out a formula for winning.

The story of a high school basketball star’s sexual abuse conviction and its aftermath, told from all sides.

The story of a very bad basketball team.

A profile of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice, who was fired in April after a video of him berating players went viral.

The playground, the Ivy League, the triangle offense,  and how we dreamed up a “black basketball” and “white basketball.”

On witnessing an incredible junior college basketball game 23 years ago in North Dakota.

The story of the 2010 NCAA championship game between Duke and Butler, and what would have been greatest shot in college basketball history.

On Baylor’s freshman basketball star Perry Jones and how the new era of one-season careers has changed the landscape of college basketball.

A profile of the highest paid coach in college basketball. A pioneer of one-and-done recruiting, Calipari is also the only coach in NCAA history to have two runs to the Final Four removed from the record books for rules violations.