Sports in Winston-Salem has always been defined by the success of the teams at Wake Forest University. But as one program, football, declines, another, basketball, is ascendant.

Second round of NHL playoffs are going to begin tonight. To me it is all about the Montreal Canadiens as they are the last Canadian team left in the playoffs. Ottawa is not going to return to the finals this year (so too is the champions from Anaheim). So the team that I once love [...]

Second weekend of NCAA tournament ball. Right now my brackets are in not in very good shape but my Elite 8 teams are all still in there. Right now, I am picking Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas and Wisconsin on the East & Midwest brackets. For the West and South brackets, I have Memphis, Texas, UCLA and [...]

Starting at noon today, an orgy of games kick off for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Sixteen games on Thursday starting at 12:20 with Xavier against Georgia and ending with UCLA tipping off against Mississippi Valley at 9:55. The more notable games today are the Xavier-Georgia, George Mason against Notre Dame, and Kentucky [...]

NCAA Tournament brackets were released today for this year’s tournament. I have never been the best at this in selecting the better teams along the requisite surprise teams. I can do all of the required research, figuring out all of the strengths and weakness of each team and how they match up but I will [...]

After a decent season this year, Wake Forest will be going into this year’s tournament in a much better position. The eight place position is much better than what was predicted but there were times this season that Wake could have broken out a long run and be in a much better position. The four [...]

Despite decidedly outplaying Duke on Sunday, Wake Forest is still not getting any respect from the people who do the rankings for NCAA basketball. While I did not expect the Deacons to get into the top 25, at the very least they should have received some votes. But on the AP and USA Today polls [...]