Out of Bounds Show Podcast
Tracy Wolfson was about four feet from Kevin Ware when the unthinkable happened Sunday afternoon. “I didn’t see the actual fall,” Wolfson said. “Everyone was watching the game. The fall isn’t what you’re looking at. I heard him when he hit the ground. I was probably one of the first people who realized what took…
Rick Pitino has observed Kevin Ware this week and been amazed at the transformation in his formerly taciturn guard. “I’m blown away by the whole thing,” Pitino told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday. “I’m watching him in these interviews and thinking, ‘Is this Kevin Ware?’ “ This is indeed Kevin Ware. The new Kevin Ware, who…
By now your bracket is complete and utter shambles. There’s far more red than green on this once former proud piece of paper, and college basketball’s postseason has once again conquered. And then there were four. March Madness has gone from 68 to the Final Four, and the postseason is now just a few games away from…
Kevin Ware did the hardest part. Lying on the court in what had to be immeasurable pain, bone jutting out of the skin below his knee, Ware exhorted his Louisville basketball teammates to win the Midwest Regional in his absence. That moment of wherewithal ranks among the most amazing things I’ve seen in a sporting…
The tide is coming fast now – an orange sea rising, crashing, rolling, licking at your feet, flying at your head. You look up and see a forest of hands. You look down and see hands, too. And you wonder how this is possible. You ask how this is happening. And this is when they…
Joe Theismann was one of several former NFL stars to express sympathy toward Louisville sophomore guard Kevin Ware after he suffered a horrific leg injury in Sunday’s Midwest Regional against Duke. With the Cardinals leading the Blue Devils 22-20 with 6:33 left in the first half, the game was postponed for nearly 10 minutes after…
In one of the more dominant performances of the NCAA tournament, Michigan defeated Florida by a score of 79-59 to advance to the Final Four. The first half was all about the Wolverines, as they were simply more prepared to play. They scored the first 13 points of the game, and they continued to pound…
It was as horrifying and gruesome an injury as we’ve seen on a basketball court. As Louisville’s Kevin Ware lay prone near the Louisville bench, a bone sticking out of his leg after a Theisman-esque right leg injury, his teammates dissolved into tears and grief. Coach Rick Pitino wiped away tears. Teammate Chase Behanan walked…
In a unique reversal of roles, CBS analyst Doug Gottlieb made a controversial comment Thursday to kick off the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 coverage. Then, Charles Barkley addressed the comment later in the night, telling listeners it was a joke and “to get a life.” During the pregame show, Gottlieb said he was there to…
The biggest story: Not only in this regional, not only in this tournament or in college hoops, but in the entire sports universe at the moment: Florida Gulf Coast. Dunk City. Florida Dunk Coast. Whatever we want to call it, this 15 seed is the darling narrative, the best story in college basketball to reach a wider…
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