Sport
My Ship Comes In
Via Fanblogs:
ESPN announced that it will launch it’s own college sports network, ESPNU, in March 2005. The new channel will carry approximately 300 games live — primarily Division I football and men’s and women’s basketball — in the first year. The network will also cover spring football, baseball, softball, volleyball, and other collegiate sports. It [...]
Baseball’s Good Old Days
Ah, remember when baseball was a pure game, before all this stuff about gambling and steroids? Well, here’s a nice story about the time that Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson entered the final game of the season hitting .299:
“I was hitting .299 and (manager) Casey Stengel told me if I got a hit in my [...]
RSS at the Derby
Now this is syndication: Mark Schaver of the Louisville Courier-Journal says that “CJ Online is going to use RSS to offer our horse racing stories to other Gannett sites during Derby week.”
The Future of the ACC
Nice piece in the Christian Science Monitor about what expansion means for the ACC’s basketball programs. Especially telling is this excerpt that quotes Wake Forest prof John Llewellyn:
Basketball defined this region in a way no other sport had, and at the very least, new accents and distant sponsors will dilute the Dixie flavor. “The preeminence [...]
The Sixth Man
Today’s Washington Post doesn’t have the story posted yet, but the media finally noticed that Seton Hall had six players on the court for two possessions in its win over Georgetown on Tuesday. “Somehow, nobody noticed,” wrote Post scribe Ken Denlinger. Well, not exactly, Ken. OtT’s Tom was at the game and he sure noticed.
