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Let’s face it. Watching a game between the Nationals vs Orioles is like watching the ...
Read It »Don’t be scared of the turtle any longer. UMD has decided to look for a ...
Read It »After taking a looooooooong hiatus- I decided to get back in the saddle (Hopefully the ...
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Who ever thought that the Women’s Basketball team would be taking over at College Park? I guess that’s what happens when the team wins 142 games in the last 6 yrs while dropping only 34. In addition- Head Coach Brenda Frese took a program in shambles– out recruited everyone– and became the 5th youngest coach ... Read More »
Okay. So all of us know that the Orioles have has a losing record for 10 years now. The joke is on us. Everyone knows that the best seats in the house at Camden Yards this year will be in the bleachers- cause there will be a lot of ball hit in the left field stand ... Read More »
I remember this game like it was yesterday. It was the first of my 11 NCAA Tournaments that I have worked over the past decade. I was the tv stats guy working with Gus Johnson and former Indiana Hoosier Quinn Buckner. UCLA- the defending National Champions- had last names of McCoy, Bailey, O’Bannon, and Dollar ... Read More »
“The slipper still fits”- one of Gus’s greatest lines when Gonzaga contiined it’s remarkable journey thru the tournament a few years ago. It stiil sticks today. Johnson has called more upsets than anyone in the history of the NCAA Tournament. In 1996- his first year of working the NCAA Tournament- he called the magical upset ... Read More »
Unless they somehow get to the NCAA Tournament…that is! A black cloud is hanging over the Maryland Men’s Basketball Team. The Terps have lost a few hearbreakers over the last few weeks- and when they needed to beat a team that was 4-11 in the ACC (Virginia) to secure an NCAA bid- the hotel they stayed at ... Read More »
After watching yet another Duke- UNC game last night (feel like I watch one every day) I noticed one thing: the officiating this year in Men’s Basketball is gawd aweful. Everyone on the court in last night’s Duke- UNC game should have fouled out. I don’t know where head official Teddy Valentine and his crew were last night- but they ... Read More »
I’m reading these blogs on this website and nobody is giving any details as to what happened in the game last night. Let’s see some facts. Wanna know how to lose a game after being up by 20 with 11 minutes to go? Well here’s how you do it: Team summary: FG 3FG FT 1st Half: 16-30 1-5 4-9 53.3% 20.0% 44.4% 2nd Half: 12-32 1-10 8-12 37.5% 10.0% 66.7% Check out the stats in the ... Read More »
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