Sportswriters from all over are hitting home
-- The Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy digs to the roots of Phil Jackson's testy relationship with the late Red Auerbach. Shaughnessy says nice things about the Lakers. (Click the underlined part to read the column.)
-- CBS sportsline.com's Scott Miller has an opinion on what it means for the Dodgers that "chronic underachiever" J.D. Drew opted out.
-- ESPN.com's Andy Katz sees UCLA "surging forward" and going back to the Final Four.
-- You can never read too much John Wooden. Here's the Oakland Tribune's Art Spander on a visit to Wooden's Valley condo.
-- It's not cricket, but maybe the English could learn to like baseball. The Times (of London) seemed to like Curtis Granderson when the Tigers outfielder paid a visit to sell the sport.