was more than a bit interested when the American Sportscasters Association came out earlier this week with its list of the 50 greatest sportscasters of all-time. Now, I recognize that the sport with the most history in this country is baseball, and the sport with the biggest television audiences in the modern era is football; also that this is a subject that reasonable folks-and lots of others-can disagree about. But I read the list, checked it twice, and somehow can’t get away from the conclusion that basketball announcers got snubbed, and badly so.
Columns
At Kent State, Ford Hopes to Make Simpson a Star
If Anthony Simpson continues to improve, Kent State’s issues at forward will be solved.
Fundamentals Overcome Size in Girls Game
The officiating assignment called for a game between two elite girls programs. At 12:30 this past Sunday at Monmouth University nationally ranked Oak Hill (VA) faced the number one team in New Jersey, St. John Vianney.
New Group, Same Results: Xavier Just Wins
Sometimes a team wins because it knows how to do it. Not from defense, not from offense, not from a physical advantage, but from knowing how to win. That’s how Xavier pulled out Thursday’s 67-65 win at Rhode Island, and it underlies the early success this team has had.
Wake Forest has Already Arrived
There was no question entering this season that Wake Forest has talent, a good deal of it in fact. A recruiting class as heralded as theirs, added to a nice young core that featured sophomores James Johnson and Jeff Teague, takes care of that. What wasn’t known was how quickly this group might bring the Demon Deacons back to being contenders in the ACC. We’ve already got our answer: very quickly. As in, right now.
Three Days, Three Games, with a Big East Thriller
On Thursday evening over the Prudential Center the Seton Hall men battled but came up short in search of their first Big East win of the season. Providence gradually wore down the Pirates, fouling out three players in the process, to earn a hard fought road win.
Big Red More Than Ready For Attempt at Repeating
A year after running through the Ivy League without a loss, Cornell might enter league play in better shape than they were at the same time last year. That might sound hard to believe, especially considering most figure another undefeated run through the league isn’t likely. But it’s not hard to believe this might be the case, and if they ran through the league unscathed again, it wouldn’t be the most shocking thing to happen.
Reports of BU’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
They say that death and taxes are the only certainties in life. There are other things that are so virtually certain they could almost be added to that list, like college football being a joke as long as the BCS is around or a pleasant driving experience in Boston being elusive. Another possibility in that category is that Boston University will win at home against New Hampshire, and the latest exhibit for it came at just the right time for the Terriers.
BC Passes Up Its Chance at Local Relevance
That sound you just heard was Boston College’s chances at grabbing a little of the spotlight going right down the drain.
As is often the case, crowds at Conte Forum have been anemic all season. Boston is a notorious pro sports town, to the point where in January and February, sports fans would rather call talk radio and talk about hot stove baseball, who the Patriots might draft, or pitchers and catchers reporting than the college basketball games in town that actually count in the standings.
The Man Responsible For Harvard’s Success
When a team like Harvard knocks off a team like Boston College, an inevitable question is, “How did that happen?” The first instinct for many is to look at the favorites and find something that went wrong, but that won’t work here. For the answer to that question in regards to Harvard’s first-ever win over a ranked team, there’s one person that needs to be talked about: Jeremy Lin.
