I sat behind Mike Parker and Pat Casey during the post game show after the final game of the weekend. The Beavers beat Pacific 2-0 and swept a 3-game series for the first time all season and matched a season […]
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Thank You, Mr. Conference Tournament
To the genius who created conference tournaments: THANK YOU! As the college baseball season winds down as conference tournaments begin and end, I am left shaking my head at what these tournaments do to the eventual field of 64 that […]
College Baseball Tourney Projection 5/19
This is my first ever attempt at this so keep that and the fact that I am a college student in mind. I think that this is the year of the small conferences. (Actual Auto-Bids=Bold), Texas Southern won the SWAC […]
Donaghy bet more than 100 games
Breaking news: Federal prosecutors claim former NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on more than 100 games that he worked, the New York Daily News reported Saturday. Donaghy, 41, was fired by the NBA after pleading guilty last year to charges […]
Pipe dreams
This column was meant for last week, but due to certain events, it was waived until this week. In retrospect, this column sounds rather absurd, you don’t have to read it. Birthdays are always tricky. What to ask for? I […]
In Coelo Quies Est.
It’s the phrase no one wants to read or hear. It signifies loss and remorse, pain and suffering. It might read like a fragment, but it’s complete — with warm embraces from loved ones and strangers alike. Sometimes it’s the […]
That guy? He’s older than me
I woke up this morning and took a look in the mirror. The guy I saw in there is having another birthday this Friday. He’s older than I am, though. He’s been creeping up more frequently lately. I see him […]
LaRocque, it’s so crazy right now
Lance Briggs is still a no show. That’s not new. Joey LaRocque is new, though, and he was just a little late. LaRocque was drafted as the 36th player in the seventh round of the NFL Draft. He was the […]
Run, stupid
Ever watch those Nordic-looking guys lift a grand piano over their heads or the guy with no vowels in his last name pull an airplane 100 feet? What about the Harlem Globetrotters – ever see them perform? It’s spectacular. To […]
Hardly difficult
I knew it was going to snow last weekend. My ankle told me. My knees agreed. Athletics will do that to a person. Athletes with reconstructed knees, ankles, wrists and elbows know. They felt it too. The aches and pains […]