Driving the Lane: Accountability
It looks like the University of Oregon is really going to get it from the NCAA for recruiting violations in its football program. I don’t know the specifics of the violations, but it sounds very similar to what went down over at the University of Southern California a few years back. I’m guessing the Ducks […]
Over The Fence: For Love of Sport
I don’t usually talk to my friends about college sports, so I was thrilled when one of them brought up her school’s basketball team. She explained how she watched and enjoyed Iona College’s performance in its first-round game of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The team lost, but she was drawn in by the excitement […]
The Inner Edge: Unity In Tragedy
Less than an hour after the bombs went off at the Boston Marathon Monday, everyone in the world knew what transpired in Copley Square at 2:50 p.m. on one of Boston’s most beloved holidays — Patriots day. The city erupted into a state of panic. Streets filling up with alarmed questions, nerves and tears. I […]
Driving The Lane: Unpredictable
I would like to offer my sincerest congratulations to the men’s college basketball national champions. No, I’m not talking about Louisville — that’s old news. I mean the 2014 national champions: The Kentucky Wildcats. Oh, you haven’t heard? Kentucky is going to win it all next year. It’s not what you’d call official, but the […]
Over The Fence: Frozen Frenzy
This year’s NCAA Men’s Frozen Four does not look like any that has happened before. Instead of just one Cinderella story, all four teams are underdogs, ready to shock the world when they win a national title. Quinnipiac, UMass-Lowell and Saint Cloud State will each play their first ever Frozen Four games, while Yale hasn’t […]
