Patrick Durkin: Ex-basketball star Christian Laettner hates time away from …

Christian Laettner is going through the ESPN car wash this week, appearing on every TV or radio program possible during Championship week. The most common question: Why did people hate you? Why did the Fab 5 hate 

A lot of people hate Christian Laettner. Apparently sharks do, too. The former Duke basketball player, well-known for his game-winning shot against Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA Tournament, recently teamed up with Charlie 

Christian Laettner and Monica Lewinsky might not have much in common. Yet here they are in 2015, elbowing their way back into the national consciousness. In mid-March, just in time for the wildly popular NCAA tournament, ESPN films released "I Hate 

Christian Laettner is fresh on our minds after Sunday night's 30 for 30, so this is as good a time as any to spend 30 seconds watching Chris Farley stuffed into a basketball jersey in a failed attempt to recreate the fabled shot 

I was a guest ball boy sitting behind the Notre Dame bench at the 1990 preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden. Laettner and his Duke Blue Devils had lost to Arkansas in the semifinals. The Fighting Irish had just tipped off against the Arizona Wildcats.