Blogs

January 26, 2011 – Allen Moll Sometimes team mascots just want some love too. Surely many mascots get tired of being the happy-go-lucky fun-loving cartoon character whose main job is to fire up the crowd during home games by doing something cheesy like the age old “wave” or the more conventional, yet boring raise the [...]

January 25, 2011 – Joshua Sexton At the halfway mark of the NBA season, all of the teams who were expected to be at the top of the standings are right where they were expected to be. In the Eastern Conference, the Celtics, Heat, Bulls and Magic occupy the top four spots. In the Western [...]

January 25, 2011 – Allen Moll James Madison University senior guard Dawn Evans is the nation’s leading scorer with a gaudy 25.3 ppg average. She also is battling a rare kidney disease called Focal Segmental Glomerularscierosis(FSGS) that disrupts the filtering system in her kidneys. Even at only 75% of her former energy level, Evans, who [...]

January 25, 2011 – Joshua Sexton For all of you basketball players who have been waiting for a versatile, light weight, cost effective basketball shoe to hit the market, your wait is over. During this year’s All-Star Weekend festivities, Macleem will be unveiling its new B7 mid-cut basketball sneaker. The new B7 mid-cut sneaker was [...]

January 25, 2011 – Allen Moll With the NBA season now roughly at the midway point, we are starting to get a better glimpse of just which rookies will be players going forward. After all the college season lasts approximately 30-40 games if you consider post-season play. Right about now is when these players muscles [...]

January 24, 2011 – Kevin Burke The roller coaster ride continues. This has been a season of streaks for the Knicks who suddenly look like they have forgotten how to score. I wonder if the swirling Carmelo trade rumors are getting to them? Housekeeping: Record: 22 – 21 Streak: L6 2nd place in the Atlantic [...]

January 24, 2011 – Allen Moll Heading into the 2010-2011 season, no one knew exactly just how good Villanova and Texas were going to be. Both were coming off of up and down seasons and after losing a pair of longtime program stalwarts like Scotty Reynolds and Damion James to graduation, there appeared to be [...]

January 24, 2011 – Kevin Burke Most followers of basketball are accustomed to the organized nature of the game that we’ve either played or watch on TV. For the most part, it’s structured and there are certain rules and guidelines to abide by. But sometimes, don’t you just want to throw organized out the window [...]

January 24, 2011 – Joshua Sexton During TNT’s telecast of the Bulls vs Mavericks game on Thursday night, Reggie Miller gave his MVP front runners for the first half of the season. His five picks included: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Amar’e Stoudemire and Dirk Nowitzki. All five players are having great seasons, and [...]

January 24, 2011 – Allen Moll I’m surprised it took this long, but finally ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews is being featured in a new photo shoot for Rebook’s Zig Tech line of shoes and apparel. With all due apologies to the Zig Tech’s other endorsers John Wall, Peyton Manning, and Chad Ocho Cinco, Andrews [...]