By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Dick Vitale previously declined a standing invitation from CBS and TNT Sports to call an NCAA Tournament game. An assist from Charles Barkley is finally making it happen this year. Vitale and Barkley will call Tuesday night's second First Four matchup in ...

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Duke is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the regular season. The Blue Devils received 50 first-place votes from a 57-person media panel in The Associated Press men's basketball poll released Monday, a day after they ...

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Purdue had just battled through the Big Ten Tournament, beating three straight NCAA Tournament teams – the last a No. 1 seed in Michigan – to claim a grinding championship in Chicago. "Obviously playing four games in four days is something we ...

By The Associated Press Darius Slay is ready to get on with the next chapter of his life. The six-time Pro Bowl cornerback who won a Super Bowl with Philadelphia announced his retirement on Monday, ending a 13-year career in which he became one of the top players at his position in the ...

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — When Philip Martelli Jr. and Jimmy Martelli told their father they wanted to go into coaching, Phil Sr. gave his blessing, albeit with one very important caveat. "I wasn't going to pick up the phone," said the elder Martelli, who won ...

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer What college sports could use is a chance to press "Ctrl-Alt-Del." A chance for a reset of sorts, maybe delivered through a thrilling, tear-stained college basketball smorgasboard that reminds us why all the boardroom deals and million-dollar paydays that ...