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In a crazy week of sports that involves championship weeekend in the NFL, Cavs-Lakers in the NBA and arbitration in Major League Baseball, here a few interesting facts that are products of this week. Read the rest of this entry »
After dominating the NBA for 19 years, and being the all-time leader in points scored, this is one defender Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hasn’t faced before. On Monday, he told the AP that he was diagnosed with a rare form of Read the rest of this entry »
Nine years ago, my second-favorite college coach of all-time was fired by then-IU president Myles Brand for breaking a “no-tolerance” policy. But as of today, IU has chosen Bob Knight to be inducted into their sports Hall Of Fame this fall. Others inducted will be: Steve Downing (basketball, 1972-73) Katrin Koch (women’s track, 1989-92), Read the rest of this entry »
In my mind, I’m pretty clear when it comes to now-Kentucky coach John Calipari being slimier than I thought. Today, the NCAA Committee on Infractions ruled that Memphis will be forced to vacate its 2007-2008 games, including all records pertaining to their national championship game run, a game in which they were defeated in overtime by Kansas. This comes after the news came about that Read the rest of this entry »
Here on BtBS, I am going to create a different top 5 list about anything in sports (ex. best college stadium, best player in 2005, etc.). But starting off this inagural week, the first top five has that inaugural theme.
I didn’t get a chance to watch the NCAA Division II title all the way through yesterday since I was at the state tourney, but I had it DVR’ed and watched it in its entirety today. I knew Findlay (36-0) had won, but I had not seen the Oilers play yet this year, and heard it was a great finish. I know one of Findlay’s players personally, Read the rest of this entry »
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