By Paul M. Banks, President of The Sports Bank.net DePaul needs a splash hire to revive their dormant program; and ESPN’s Steve Lavin could be it. The Blue Demons need someone to come in and convince local talent to stay home and start something, and I’m not convinced SIU’s Chris Lowery or Jazz Assistant (and [...]

Hard to follow last week’s news of Mark McGwire and Lane Kiffin, but here it goes. Athletes help Haiti.  By far the most important story out there for the past week-plus is the tragedy in Haiti.  It feels right that athletes are doing their part and even inspired Jay Mariotti to write a decent piece.  [...]

Harden looks good in his first spring action.  The Cubs are being very careful with him, but  it’s nice to see him actually throwing off a mound. [Tribune] DePaul wins their first Big East game in the conference tournament.  Only like 9 more wins to get into the big dance. [Deadspin] Yeah the Bulls lost [...]