Whatever started the backing-and-forthing between Louisville's Rick Pitino and Kentucky's John Calipari--a rumor spread on the recruiting trail? questionable gamesmanship during a Final Four matchup? coiffure envy? -- doesn't matter anymore.
… and still owns the rights to it. Seriously. Those copycats at the NCAA didn’t coin everything with their made-for-television hoopla, their Final Fours and Elite Eights.
Editor's Letter: The first time I truly understood that I lived in a basketball state was mid-August, when I tuned to a local sports radio show and heard the host and his guest talking about recruiting. Basketball recruiting.
Chris Fischer started Fischer Productions, which led to Offshore Adventures on ESPN, which led to Shark Men. So how did a landlocked Louisville boy wind up tagging sharks on the high seas?