Calipari Lets Dozier Play Against Central Florida: Memphis junior forward Robert Dozier will play against Central Florida today, but he will not start. Coach John Calipari suspended Dozier for Wednesday’s SMU game, which the Tigers won easily. Dozier’s ex-girlfriend filed assault charges with Memphis police, saying that he hit her […]
Month: February 2008
Illinois: Illini Apologize for Taunting Gordon
Illini Apologize for Taunting Gordon: Illinois coach Bruce Weber and other Illinois officials apologized to Indiana and Hoosiers freshman Eric Gordon for obscene chants by fans during Thursday’s game in Champaign. Gordon had verbally committed to Illinois, but Indiana continued recruiting him and he eventually signed with Kelvin Sampson and […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Feb. 8, 2008 The pursuit of perfection is the ultimate chase in sports, as it is in all walks of life. The New England Patriots came oh-so-close to a perfect season this year, until the zero in the loss column […]
LSU: LSU Fires Brady
LSU Fires Brady: With LSU struggling at 8-13 and 1-6 in the SEC, the Tigers decided to fire coach John Brady. The university will let Brady finish his tenure by leading the Tigers against Tennessee Saturday before assistant coach Butch Pierre becomes the interim coach for the rest of the […]
NCAA: Chilliocothe Player Died of Enlarged Heart
Chilliocothe Player Died of Enlarged Heart: According to a preliminary report, a coroner found that Jonathan Davis, a sophomore at Ohio University-Chillicothe, died of an enlarged hart. Davis collapsed during practice, and medical workers pronounced him dead at Adena Regional Medical Center. The university honored Davis by canceling games and […]
Florida State: Swann Might Be Done at Florida State
Swann Might Be Done at Florida State: Florida State senior guard Isaiah Swann tore an ACL in his left knee in the Seminoles’ 65-55 win at Miami. The team has not announced the severity of the injury, which might end the senior’s collegiate career. This season, Swann averages 11.8 points […]
Georgia: Humphrey Arrested for Underage Drinking
Humphrey Arrested for Underage Drinking: Georgia junior guard Billy Humphrey will miss three games after police arrested him for underage drinking early Thursday morning. Athens police stopped Humphrey when he failed to obey a Don’t Walk street light. He registered .03 on a handheld alcohol sobriety device, which is enough […]
Memphis: Dozier Might Face Legal Trouble
Dozier Might Face Legal Trouble: Memphis police might file assault charges against the Tigers’ junior forward Robert Dozier after his ex-girlfriend claimed that he hit her twice. She said Dozier followed her after she left the Plush Club in Memphis. She had cuts on her face. The ex-girlfriend is seeking […]
Maryland Turns It Around
Not The Same Maryland Team by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Back in December, it was hard to imagine that Maryland would be 5-3 in ACC play and right there in the battle for third place behind Duke and North Carolina. But after Wednesday night’s 70-65 win over Boston […]
FDU Drops Another, Iona Wins Another
Short-Handed Knights Can’t Knock Off Pioneers by Ray Floriani TEANECK, N.J. – They gave a valiant effort but in the end came up short. Off the floor it was too many in “sick bay” while on the court there were too many good looks given up on the perimeter. For […]
