Outside the Beltway

Now here’s a story you don’t see every day: The head coach of a major college basketball team leaving for a service academy.

President Obama shouldn’t be criticized for picking his NCAA tourney brackets during wartime. But he shouldn’t get much credit, either.

How many Americans are really even paying attention to the actions in Libya?

Simplest possible NCAA Tournament bracket

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.

Despite raking in billions of dollars in television, ticket, and licensing revenues, all but 14 of the 106 schools in the NCAA’s top athletic division lost money in 2009. The median loss was over $10 million.

Under pressure from the Feds, the NCAA is cracking down on colleges who put women’s games ahead of men’s games, which some say relegates them to “warm-up act” status.