Obiora @ July 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Brandon Jennings, considered the best high school basketball player in the country this past season, will be taking his game to Europe next season because he didn’t ‘pass’ the SATs and so can’t play the requisite one year in college. This move has touched off a lot of speculation about whether American high schoolers […]
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Obiora @ May 5, 2008 # One Comment
A occasional column on the state of American college sports on this 3rd Rock from the Sun.
Chris Lofton played an entire season with cancer. Right, CANCER. He went through surgery, radiation therapy and still played the game. Along the way, he led Tennessee to a #1 ranking and a Sweet Sixteen berth. […]
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Russell A @ May 1, 2008 # 2 Comments
George Vecsey of The New York Times wrote a heart warming article about a side of sports that we rarely see in today’s world: Sportsmanship.
He tells of a Women’s Division II softball matchup between Western Oregon and Central Washington. Sara Tucholsky hit a line drive over the fence for her first career home run at […]
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