College Basketball
Maya Moore
has carried the UConn
women to the top of the poll—and she's only a freshman ? Three more first-year sensations at Tennessee
, Ohio State
and Stanford
Boxing
Expecting an easy rematch with Jermain Taylor
, undefeated middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik
had to switch gears to hammer out a 12-round win. Next up: John Duddy
?
DOWNPLAY
A floored Kyle Taber awaits the dunk of Michigan State
's Drew Naymick
in last Saturday's game between ranked Big Ten
teams in Bloomington
, Ind.
Taber and the rest of the Indiana
players got off the deck and erased an early 11-point deficit en route to an 80--61 victory. The atmosphere at Assembly Hall was especially charged after word came three days earlier that Hoosiers
coach Kelvin Sampson
had been accused by the NCAA
of committing major recruiting violations. ( Sampson
said he did not knowingly do so.) Sampson
faced possible disciplinary action by Indiana
pending the results of a university investigation to be completed by this Friday. For more on the scene in Bloomington
, see Grant Wahl
's Insider at SI.com
/basketball/ncaa.
