BRIAN MAHONEY
FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2019, file photo Panathinaikos coach Rick Pitino looks on during a Euroleague basketball match between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos in Piraeus near Athens. The coronavirus was already in town by the time Pitino arrived. It never fully let go of its grip around Iona. Forced to pause four times this season because of the virus, once for nearly two months, the Gaels need to win their conference tournament this week to make the NCAA Tournament. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
March Madness? Pitino's whole 1st season at Iona maddening

By Brian Mahoney Mar. 07, 2021 11:27 AM EST
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — By the time Rick Pitino got to town, the coronavirus

Saint Joseph coach Jim Calhoun walks back to the bench in the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Pratt Institute, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, in West Hartford, Conn. Now coaching Division III basketball with the same fire he stalked the sidelines at UConn, Jim Calhoun is reaching his 900th win as a college coach. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Former UConn coach Jim Calhoun earns 900th career win

By Brian Mahoney Jan. 10, 2020 08:50 PM EST
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jim Calhoun’s 900th win looked like so many others

FILE - In this March 15, 1994, file photo, Felipe Lopez, a senior at Rice High School in New York City, is named National High School Basketball Player of the Year during a news conference in New York. Lopez, once the top-rated player in the nation in high school, could never live up to the lofty expectations in college or the NBA. His story is told in the new film “The Dominican Dream.” (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
'What happened to Felipe?' Film helps Lopez tell his story

By Brian Mahoney Apr. 29, 2019 01:59 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Felipe Lopez somehow forgot what all the attention was like.