America was never the same after the Brown decision, but the young Dean Smith's civil rights advocacy did not end in Topeka. I've already mentioned that he signed ... them the ball after a basket.

He never stopped being Dean Smith. That was enough. That will always be enough. Mike Lopresti is a member of the US Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, Ball State journalism Hall of Fame and Indiana ...

Dean Smith's death has shined ... left in the national championship game. Smith figured the Hoyas would try to deny James Worthy or Sam Perkins the ball, so he drew up a play to get freshman ...

During a third-of-a-century of college basketball domination, Dean Smith's UNC powerhouses won ... then attempted to throw the ball to teammate Sleepy Floyd. Only Floyd wasn't standing where ...

When sportswriter John Feinstein set out to write a profile of North Carolina’s Dean Smith in 1981 ... usually the point guard – handled the ball, playing keep away from the defense.