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(02/20/04 11:00am)
Everyone who reads about sports knows about the Alex Rodriguez " New York Yankees marriage. Virtually everyone has asserted that this team will hit better than the 1927 Murderer's Row or the 2003 Cowboy Up Red Sox. John Henry, the quick tempered, not always mentally engaged owner of the Red Sox blew his cork and demanded a salary cap to control the Evil Empire, while the Emperor himself, George Steinbrenner, declared that Henry should stop it with the sour grapes. I guess George doesn't mind overpaying for mix-matched grapes, just don't let them be sour, or no more dental plan.
(11/19/03 11:00am)
Since I generated such lovable topics of conversation by discussing the BCS and the travesty of TCU being in its top six, I figure another college football article is required. I promise this is the last one for the term. My word being my bond, I now turn to the real point of this excerpt from my brain. This is the Ohio State column. Last week I called TCU a joke. Well, if TCU is a joke, at least it's funny. And to quote my man Jack, Ohio State isn't funny, they're tragic.
(11/12/03 11:00am)
As hockey and basketball start to warm up in their early season schedules, and the rumors abound in the baseball world, those of us with a hard dedication to sports know that what matters right now is football. Most of you assume I'm going to talk about the NFL, the undefeated Chiefs, the resilient Patriots and the coaching job of the mighty Tuna. But you are all wrong.
(11/06/03 11:00am)
The Atlanta Falcons are currently 1-7 without superstar-in-the-making Michael Vick at quarterback, and head coach Dan Reeves is rumored to have as good as shot at being the Falcons' coach next year as Al Sharpton has of being President in 2005. Into this mess comes the mighty "Prime Time" Deion Sanders saying "I want to be the Head Coach of the Atlanta Falcons." The same line was then re-iterated by the shiny-dressed one on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption, followed by Tony Kornheiser saying "I'd hire him."
(10/29/03 11:00am)
Alright, folks. I didn't want to write this column. I wanted to spare you all, and to keep this hurt and pain hidden as long as possible. But I can no longer keep silent. So here it is: a P.G.E. Red Sox article (that's post-Grady era).
(10/22/03 9:00am)
The Boston sports world is on edge, plain and simple. You might be expecting me to discuss the Boston Red Sox, but in truth, that pain is still far too deep and far too near. My friends know how much it broke me, and the Sox will not be spoken of again until there is a reasonable facsimile of healing in me. No, what I speak of, on top of the Sox, is the trade of Boston Celtics co-captain Antoine Walker. That's right folks, Antoine Walker is gone, to Dallas no less, along with Tony Delk for Raef LaFrentz, Jiri Welsch, Chris Mills and a first-round draft pick.
(10/15/03 9:00am)
About two weeks ago, a good friend of mine, who hails from Virginia and who is as avid a North Carolina Tar Heel fan as I know, was discussing the addition of Miami-Florida and Virginia Tech to the Atlantic Coast Conference. He was not pleased with the additions, but he promised to me, a Boston boy, that, "Boston College will never join the ACC." I responded with: "It'll happen, and it'll happen within a couple weeks." For once, my sports braggadocio paid off. BC joined up over this past weekend.
(10/08/03 9:00am)
Maurice Clarett, the superstar (former?) Ohio State Buckeye running back is taking his challenge of the NFL early entry rule to Congress and is finding success. But what qualifies this wannabe Walter Payton (the Cowboys are evil, thus no mention of Emmit) to knock down an intelligent rule which prevents big boys from playing in the new national pastime without an understanding of the world they are entering?
(09/16/02 9:00am)
The Ivy League hasn't been known for its athletic prowess in years. The once mighty league doesn't get mentioned by Chris Berman during the NFL Draft marathon, Charles Barkley doesn't make strange jokes about it for the NBA Draft and the Florida Marlins aren't selling off anyone who went to school in the league. Yet Dartmouth has its share of marquee names in professional sports.
(09/16/02 9:00am)
Athletics have been a way of life at Dartmouth College for years. In the days prior to the founding of the Ivy League, Dartmouth made frequent trips to college athletics' biggest forums, including trips to the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four in 1942 and 1944.
(08/15/02 9:00am)
Dartmouth's athletic department is losing former Athletic Director Richard Jaeger this year but has made very strong moves to replace him. Having named Joann Harper to replace Jaeger, yesterday Dartmouth announced that it was hiring Brian Austin to be the senior associate director of Athletics for the College.
(08/13/02 9:00am)
The Connecticut River saw some great action this past week as the Ledyard Canoe Club hosted the United States Canoe Association Marathon Canoe & Kayak National Championships. Racers of all age groups, from six to 83, took part in the Championships that visited Hanover for the first time since 1988.
(08/05/02 9:00am)
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, it is now official. Two of baseball's biggest names, and biggest egos, are now suffering from RCI " rectal-cranial immersion.
(07/24/02 9:00am)
Major League baseball is in trouble. Vegas oddsmakers have set 5-7 odds in favor of a work stoppage and 1-1 odds on the World Series being played this year. With these disturbing possibilities in our minds, the nation's pastime is closing in on it's most critical stretch: the upcoming trade deadline followed by the late summer stretch run.
(07/10/02 9:00am)
Monday afternoon was supposed to be a fun day in the world of baseball. The home run derby was set to provide some post-July 4th fireworks and the rest of baseball had the day off. But into this blissful day of hardball heaven, came the the two most painful words in baseball (just ahead of Bill Buckner and Bucky Dent): strike date.
(06/28/02 9:00am)
The NBA Draft is designed such that the worst teams from the year before will get the best addition to their team in the hopes of reversing their fortunes. For the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers, among others, this has become a foxtrot of foolishness in recent memory.
(10/05/01 9:00am)
Two late-game losses into this young season, Dartmouth football looks to the horizon and sees a chance to break through into the win column in its future. The site will be the historic Yale Bowl, where the Big Green will visit the Eli's as the culminating experience of Yale's tri-centennial celebration this weekend.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
Dartmouth's sailing team once again stepped up and asserted its excellence at a myriad of competitions this past weeeknd. From Yale to the Coast Guard Academy to Michigan, the Big Green competed and succeeded everywhere.
(09/28/01 9:00am)
The Ivy League opener for Dartmouth football looms on the morrow, and a sense of dread already hangs over it from the point of view of the Big Green fandom. After last weekend's heart-breaking loss to New Hampshire, the cries of divine injustice have begun to ring in the skies over Memorial Stadium.
(09/27/01 9:00am)
The University of Hartford handed Dartmouth its second straight loss at Chase Field yesterday afternoon, shutting out the Big Green 2-0.