The following (2) two articles come to us from the Goldsboro News-Argus in North Carolina. Pickin' Splinters' Patrick Reynell is doing the Pine proud. Scroll to the bottom and click on the photo galleries. Beast of the East: Cougars' defense smothers Patriots GREENVILLE -- Defense wins championships. And Goldsboro's man-to-man pressure resulted in gold. The … [Read more...] about Reynell Guides Goldsboro To State Final
Archives for March 2010
Burning Questions For This Final Weekend of Regular Season Play
By Paul Gotham In less than 48 hours, we will be fully immersed in conference tournaments. As the regular season of college basketball ends, here is a smattering of questions to consider. 1. Does Jim Boeheim have any voodoo is in his bag of tricks? Louisville is 11-4 against Syracuse, including a Cardinal win less than a month ago. Rick Pitino seems to have a hex on his … [Read more...] about Burning Questions For This Final Weekend of Regular Season Play
West Virginia-Villanova: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: West Virginia and Villanova close their Big East regular seasons at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia Center when Bob Huggins brings in his No. 10 Mountaineers (23-6/ 12-5) for a clash with Jay Wright's No. 8 Wildcats (24-5/ 13-4). Plot: Both of these teams have clinched byes into the Big East quarter-finals. Sub-plot: Neither of these teams … [Read more...] about West Virginia-Villanova: Tale Of The Tape
Dayton-Richmond: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: The Robins Center will be rocking tonight with the sounds of an Atlantic 10 rumble. Brian Gregory brings his Dayton Flyers (19-9/ 8-6) to Richmond for a tilt with Chris Mooney's Spiders (22-7/ 11-3). Plot: Richmond already clinched at least third place in the A10 standings. With a pair of wins to close conference play, Dayton could jump from … [Read more...] about Dayton-Richmond: Tale Of The Tape
Chasing Tiger: Steve Stricker
By Aaron M Smith Over the last two days, reporters have been lining up to announce that Tiger Woods is hitting golf balls. Tiger Woods is running and getting into "golf shape". In some ways it is a modern day version of Paul Revere's midnight ride letting fellow New Englanders know that the British were coming. This time it is fellow PGA golfers taking notice. Tiger Woods … [Read more...] about Chasing Tiger: Steve Stricker