football Stories - For Whom the Cowbell Tolls
Traded Bucks, Young Bucks, Low on Bucks, + Terrapins
Jason Taylor, once a robot, now a Redskin; Peter King does a fine job breaking down the trade. But we at the East Coast Bias are more about that college basketball, so: ESPN on recruiting 8th graders and the commitments and decommitments that are rampant in college basketball: For Weber, this...
Arresting News
Wait, both of these guys are... white? Teddy Dupay, former Florida Gators guard, was accused of rape in Utah on June 19th. He did it Kobe-style, violent and in a ski lodge. Dupay left college in Gainesville after being accused of gambling on college sports. His "how can you rape someone you...
Sports Tip Drill 06.16.08
Me? I've been summering it up and welcoming expatriate New Yorkers, watching the trees twist in the wind when it storms, and watching Euro 2008. Are you NOT watching this? This tournament is reminding me what good futbol/ soccer can be - tense, ridiculous, with leads just hanging on a string. We...
Links - A Slow St John's News Day
We must be close to summer. Not so much to blog about. * Did Paul Pierce throw up an LA gang sign or a Boston hood sign? "Those of us from L.A. know that Paul Pierce went to Inglewood High, and we also know that means that B probably didn’t stand for Boston," writes the Fourth Quarter...
Good Hands Roadside Rivalry Road Trip: An Icy Trip To Boston College For The Cavaliers
The first Virginia road game I attended was against Michigan at the Big House in 1995. I'm not sure that counts, though. The "road trip" was a mile walk from my parents' house to the stadium, I could not believe that UM went down 17-0 to Virginia (who?), and we walked home with a feeling of relief,...
Cavaliers Fall to Yellow Jackets; Continue in Search of First ACC Win
Virginia fans: There is no need to panic. The Cavaliers lost to a Georgia Tech team that managed to put up 477 yards – rushing yards, that is – setting a Georgia Tech record for rushing yards in an ACC game. There weren’t too many highlights, and plenty of recurring lowlights, but it’s not time to...
Intense is the New Tremendous
On Wednesday, coaches worked with the football team on third down offense and defense. And though there was no blood, by all accounts, practice was still "intense." There was no full-contact scrimmaging, but coaches at times were intensely verbal. "We keep putting the pressure on players," head...
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