Today's Headlines

Monday, May 20th, 2013 * * * No Monday Morning Speed Reads (MMSRs) this morning and next week (Memorial Day); PMandS.com is using the next two weeks to move its office! * * * We’ll still have movie reviews and a few columns, and update this ticker! * * * ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ finishes #1 at the North American weekend box office with over $70 million; ‘Iron Man 3′ is second, ‘The Great Gatsby’ third * * * White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer goes on all five Sunday talk shows to defend Obama over IRS, AP and Benghazi controversies * * * Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal win Italian Open titles; Nadal over Federer 6-1, 6-3 * * * Spurs crush Grizzlies in Game One of Western Conference Finals, 105-83 * * *
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Rise of a Mid-Major–the Virginia Commonwealth story

Rise of a Mid-Major–the Virginia Commonwealth story

So this week, as mid-major darling Gonzaga took its place on the top of the polls, I was left thinking about the journey of another small school that is reaching the basketball big-time and the journey that it took to get there. Virginia Commonwealth University is an urban institution that has seen its basketball program [...]