The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 18, 2003 by Adam Shandler Not since the cancellation of Alice has a Lavin been this upset. (We hear Vic Tayback took it pretty hard, too.) It was a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately kind of year for UCLA head coach Steve Lavin, and after a 10-19 season, […]
Author: Adam Shandler
Tournament on Nickelodeon?
Regional Action In Boston, Nashville and…Baghdad? by Adam Shandler This Thursday on Nickelodeon: SpongeBob Knight. War. (Hunnh!) Good god, y’all. What is it good for? Well, if you’re CBS it’s good for a share of network coverage of the impending conflict with Iraq and more face time for Dan Rather. […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, March 4, 2003 by Adam Shandler Today, the Hoopville Morning Dish becomes the Hoopville Enquirer, and what would normally be the stuff of side dishes is now the main course. Sorry, the kitchen is closed. Dont like the meal, you cant send it back. We […]
MAAC Notebook
Metro Atlantic Notebook by Adam Shandler I’m Rubber, You’re Glue… For the third time this season, Manhattan will face local conference rival Iona, and the two teams will square off on a neutral court. This Sunday, March 2, the Jaspers and Gaels will take to the Madison Square Garden floor […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Monday, February 24, 2003 by Adam Shandler Are the Oklahoma Sooners the new Texas? On a Sunday reserved more for the stars of music, the 6th-ranked Sooners rocked the house in their own right and put up a noteworthy performance against No. 6 Kansas, 77-70. More […]
Seton Hall
The Kids in the Hall by Adam Shandler It was the year 2000, NCAA tournament. The Seton Hall Pirates scourged through a bracket with such troublesome foes as Oregon, Temple and Oklahoma State. Tommy Amaker’s first Pirate tournament team surprised the first two opponents before succumbing to the Cowboys in […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 18th, 2003 by Adam Shandler If you live in the DC area, even an Iditarod sled wouldn’t have helped you navigate through the 72 inches of snow that pummeled the area. (Okay, it was more like 40 inches, but once you get past 25 […]
Teresa Phillips
Putting Out Fires, the Teresa Phillips Way by Adam Shandler You’re the Athletic Director of a school whose men’s basketball program looks like a bad episode of Cops. First, your head coach, Nolan Richardson III, brings a gun to school for show and tell. Not on your watch, you say. […]
Those Other Bluejays
Those Other Bluejays by Adam Shandler Let’s play a little word association, shall we? I say Creighton Basketball and you say…most likely, Kyle Korver. And why not? Korver, the Ashton Kutcher look-alike from Iowa (which coincidentally is where Kutcher hails from, too) and reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Tuesday, February 4th, 2003 by Adam Shandler Cancer. It’s that disease that other people get. Cancer. Folks in the athletic community aren’t supposed to get it because they know how to take care of themselves. Cancer. It’s for smokers and drinkers and people who work in […]
