Russ Smith Plays Through Grief
Russ Smith last spoke with his former high school coach, Jack Curran, less than three weeks ago. They talked about how well Smith had been playing for Louisville this season.
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Russ Smith last spoke with his former high school coach, Jack Curran, less than three weeks ago. They talked about how well Smith had been playing for Louisville this season.
It's a rarity at this level, in any sport, for a head coach to have had no playing experience in college. It hasn't prevented Williams from guiding Marquette to the Sweet 16 the last two seasons and a 60-30 regular season record in the Big East.
Metro Detroit is filling out its brackets and planning their sick days. The first rounds of the tournament are set. Follow the local teams including Michigan State and Michigan and all the games right here on CBS 62.
Fans are invited to attend FREE open practices on Wednesday in Auburn Hills.
The death of the Big East as we know it hit home last week as 14 teams arrived at the World's Most Famous Arena (Connecticut was ineligible). Next season, the "Catholic 7" will be reportedly joined by Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in a basketball-only conference that has paid to keep the Big East name.
It's that time again! See which teams hoops expert Jon Rothstein has moving on from each region in this year's NCAA Tournament.
Yesterday was a relatively drama-free Selection Sunday. Joe Lunardi was a perfect 68 for 68, as Middle Tennessee State, St. Mary's, Boise State, and La Salle claimed the final spots in the field. Louisville, Gonzaga, Kansas, and Indiana earned the top seeds.
Louisville earned the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament Sunday, while Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga also received No. 1s after a topsy-turvy regular season and another round of weekend upsets.
Drop the pen. Everyone knows no ink makes contact with a bracket sheet until Monday night at the earliest. Until it's deadline time, pencils are preferred.
It takes a heavy library of new and oldschool jams to keep today's college basketball players motivated. Check out what and who these players listen to while getting pumped before a big game.
The college basketball tournament in March is like a fever: it possesses sports fan with a collegiate obsession which simply knows no bounds, and desperately must be fed, lest it consume them with a fiery vengeance. Here are some great places to visit in the Detroit area where the game is always on and the times are always fun!
The Wolverines will open the NCAA tournament against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits on Thursday in Auburn Hills.
Michigan State has received a No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region and will open the NCAA tournament against Valparaiso on Thursday in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Let the madness begin! Bright House Networks announced Friday that every minute of this year's entire 2013 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship tournament will be available to customers across four television networks, online at one single Web site, and via the NCAA March Madness Live App at no additional charge.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Dez Wells scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half and Maryland beat pesky Wake Forest 75-62 on Thursday night in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Richard Howell kept attacking the rim and the boards alongside C.J. Leslie, while Lorenzo Brown was the transition-powering point guard eager to take on a tough defensive assignment against the Atlantic Coast Conference's player of the year.
The Buffaloes have NCAA Tournament experience and really defend. Colorado is good enough to win two games in the field of 68.
The Georgetown Hoyas have been the class of the Big East in the last season before the conference fully implodes and they are led by one of the best NBA prospects in the college game. Otto Porter Jr. is a smooth small forward with terrific size at 6-feet 8 inches and his potential is off the charts.
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 20 points and Colorado picked up a much-needed win at the Pac-12 tournament, holding off Oregon State 74-68 in the first round on Wednesday.
JaQuon Parker had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Bearcats (22-10), who might have solidified an NCAA tournament berth with the win.
It may be the third time in a row LIU Brooklyn has won the Northeast conference tournament, but this championship was anything but secure for the Blackbirds.
Jim Larranaga's team has had a banner season, but they'll likely have to beat Duke for a second time this season -- this time with Ryan Kelly -- to reinforce their potential to go deep in the NCAA Tournament.
The Seton Hall Pirates (15-17) waited until the final minute of regulation to make it interesting, but the team from South Orange rallied in overtime to a 46-42 victory over the South Florida Bulls (12-19).
Notre Dame will join the Atlantic Coast Conference starting next season, a year earlier than expected, following the split among the Big East's football schools and seven Catholic schools that forming their own basketball-focused conference.
Nate Wolters struggled to get his chances for most of the game . Once he did, the Summit League's player of the year proved worthy of the title and added another - tournament MVP.
The man admitted to robbing businesses in Westland and Garden City on Oct. 27, 2024.
Shipments dropped by 20% to 1.2 million vehicles in the third quarter from 1.5 million a year earlier.
The Detroit Fire Department confirmed that multiple agencies are searching for a reported person in the water.
Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will also campaign in Michigan this weekend.
Investigators found Dee Warner's body in August 2024 after executing a search warrant on Dale Warner's property.
The medical examiner's office was unable to determine the man's cause of death but estimated that he died between 2006 and 2008.
The man admitted to robbing businesses in Westland and Garden City on Oct. 27, 2024.
Shipments dropped by 20% to 1.2 million vehicles in the third quarter from 1.5 million a year earlier.
Michigan officials say two clerks in the Upper Peninsula have been removed from their election duties after expressing plans to conduct a hand count of votes in Tuesday's election.
Prosecutors allege that a non-U.S. citizen registered to vote and cast a ballot at an early voting site on Sunday, Oct. 27 in Ann Arbor.
Shipments dropped by 20% to 1.2 million vehicles in the third quarter from 1.5 million a year earlier.
At a rally in Novi over the weekend, Former President Donald Trump promised to save the auto industry in Michigan, and to bring back manufacturing jobs to the state.
The company said after financial markets closed on Monday that it made $892 million from July through September, compared with $1.2 billion it made a year earlier.
The motto for the new INKAS Ram 1500 is "Built for Civilians, Armored Discreetly."
U.S. sales are down and a once-profitable joint venture in China is losing money, but General Motors still managed to post $3 billion in net profits last quarter.
Teri Garr rose from being a background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star in such favorites as "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie."
The lead singer-songwriter for the superstar band Fleetwood Mac who became a superstar solo artist talks about her latest song, "The Lighthouse," that was inspired by her own experience with abortion, and a strong desire to "do something."
Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, died surrounded by his family, a post on his Instagram said.
Tickets for the Detroit show go on sale at noon Friday at Ticketmaster.
The concert, part of Timberlake's "The Forget Tomorrow World Tour," was originally planned for Friday, Oct. 25.
From haunted houses to Spirit Halloween stores and more, how does your state rank in Halloween spirit? Our one-of-a-kind jack-o-lantern scale will tell you!
Ample job opportunities, low unemployment and reasonable commute times make this the top U.S. state for job seekers, analysis finds.
Prosecutors allege that a non-U.S. citizen registered to vote and cast a ballot at an early voting site on Sunday, Oct. 27 in Ann Arbor.
The new rule standardizes what constitutes a significant delay, and forces airlines to provide automatic refunds to customers.
Damaged wheel hub encoder ring could disable vehicle's electronic stability control system, increasing crash risks.
A new $125 million investment is set to help with school safety and mental health grants.
Some pathogens that contaminate food are even showing up in the U.S. for the first time thanks to climate change.
McDonald's says Quarter Pounders will be back on the menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of an E. coli outbreak.
A notice to Costco customers urges them not to consume some packages of salmon over concerns it could be contaminated with listeria.
Decision to cut topping comes as officials work to confirm source of E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders.
Tobias Harris had 18 points and 14 rebounds in his Philadelphia return and the Detroit Pistons won for the first time in five games this season, beating the 76ers 105-95 on Wednesday night.
Kyle Connor had a goal and two assists to top 500 points for his career, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-2.
It's the eighth World Series title in franchise history for the Boys in Blue, and their second in five years.
The Utah Hockey Club has acquired defenseman Olli Maatta from the Detroit Red Wings for a third-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft.
The Detroit Police Department says an investigation is underway into a traffic stop involving Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams earlier this month.
In Michigan, the Democrats now have control of the governor's mansion and both state houses.
Both party chairs also talked about the ground game as each looks for independent voters and those who haven't voted in a while they hope to inspire to show up on Nov. 5.
Trump and Harris and their anointed representatives continue to make campaign stops in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint and other places in Michigan, a critical battleground state.
As Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Tim Walz and JD Vance campaign in the Great Lakes States in rapid succession, the Michigan Matters roundtable weighs in on voters pollsters say are up for grabs in this critical swing state.
Watch Michigan Matters at its new time: 5:30 a.m. Sundays on CBS Detroit, noon Sundays on Detroit 50 WKBD.
The race for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat is heating up as Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin faces off against former Republican congressman Mike Rogers. Rogers sat down with CBS News Detroit to discuss fuel standards, reproductive rights and the war in Gaza.
Starbucks announced that beginning on Nov. 7, it will no longer charge customers for non-dairy milk, like soy, coconut, almond and oat.
Joe Exotic, who was made famous in the Netflix series "Tiger King," says he is engaged to a fellow prison inmate in Texas and hopes to get married.
The FBI is offering a $15,000 reward in hopes of catching four masked criminals behind a string of jewelry store heists in three states, including in Michigan.
Stellantis is recalling nearly 34,000 Ram 1500 trucks to replace a damaged front wheel bearing hub encoder ring. The recall covers certain 2025 MY Ram 1500 vehicles manufactured between Oct. 13, 2023 and Aug. 11, 2024.