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Archive for March, 2009
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
It's going to be strange not seeing Tony Dungy with his calm, stoic demeanor on the sidelines when the Colts take to the field next year. In his place will be the more demonstrative Jim Caldwell, who took over when Dungy resigned in February. Let's hear how things are going ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Hey, just about every time Lane Kiffin has opened his mouth thus far in his brief time as the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, he's found a way to be extremely polarizing and confrontational. Be it with Al Davis and the Raiders organization or the Florida Gators and their ...
Posted in College Football, Tennessee Volunteers | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
There was concern when this year's Big Dance started that the injury to PG Ty Lawson might hinder North Carolina's chances at making a run at a second title in five years. It helps getting a #1 seed of course when you're trying to work an integral part of your team back ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Rick Pitino continues to establish himself as one of the very best coaches in college basketball history. He started his career at Boston University in 1978. In the two games before his arrival, the school had won just 17 games. It didn't take long for him to lead the Terriers ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
65 teams started this year's NCAA Tournament last week. Now we're down to 16. Of the remaining schools, I count just a handful - Arizona, Connecticut, Memphis, and arguably a few others - that handled both their opening round games in easy fashion. One team though that's probably slipping most ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Was there a bigger disappointment in the National Football League in 2008 than the Green Bay Packers? Maybe, but not many if so. Just a year removed from a first round bye in the playoffs, the Packers stumbled to a 6-10 record after losing five in a row at one ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Was it on ESPN TV/Radio? No. How about Fox Sportsnet or Fox Sports Radio? No? Jim Rome? No. Dan Patrick? No. Oprah? No.
How about with Adam Sessler? Who? Adam frigging Sessler. He's the editor-in-chief of G4 which is a website for video game nerds like Curt Schilling. Curt and Adam are ...
Posted in Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
I wrote it last month, last week, and I'll do the same once more - Bill Self, despite his setbacks several years in early rounds of the tournament, is truly one of the best coaches in America, if not the best. All he does is win, no matter where he ...
Posted in College Basketball, Kansas Jayhawks | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Remember when Stormin' Norman Richardson's Arkansas Razorbacks teams would just fly up and down the court for the entire game - pressing, trapping, never letting the shot clock get anywhere near single digits? Well current Missour Tigers head coach Mike Anderson was a Richardson assistant at the time, and if ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
My dad always told me that sports would change for me when I started to become older than most of the players I rooted for. He fully remembers Phil Niekro because when he retired, my dad was older than all of the players in professional sports. I'm not quite at ...
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