Big screen ballin’ by Nicholas Lozito It’s a sad sight; I’ll admit it. An uncoordinated white kid dribbling a basketball between his legs and behind his back until it caroms off his left knee and knocks over a nearby lamp. So I’m not the next Hot Sauce. Big Deal. But […]
Columns
AND 1 Mixtape Tour Cincinnati
On the Riverfront with the AND 1 Mixtape Tour by Zach Van Hart Not to toot my town’s own horn, but Cincinnati was all over US Bank Arena Wednesday night when the And1 Mix Tape tour came to the Queen City. The Cincinnati team, lead by Bearcat-to-be James White, ended […]
Hero Worship
Basketball Superheroes? by Michael Protos I think we’ve created a monster. We’ve entered into the dangerous realm of building a superhuman, recalling the madness of Dr. Frankenstein. But our creature is supposed to be a superhero. We believe we’ve given him the power to accomplish anything, to overcome all obstacles […]
Reviewing the ESPYs
Watching the ESPYs by Zach Van Hart Thank goodness ESPN replayed the ESPY Awards Wednesday night immediately after the first showing. Because it aired back-to-back, a boneheaded reporter (yours truly) was able to watch the whole show after he remembered halfway through the live broadcast he was suppose to be […]
IUPUI
Call Them IUPUI. Please! by Adam Shandler I guess you could call this a follow-up piece to my interview with new Mid-Continent commish Ron Bertovich. In that piece I referred to IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis) as “Ooey-Pooey”. I should have listened to my mother when she told me […]
Interview with Ron Bertovich
The Mid-Con’s New Commish by Adam Shandler You may not have heard of Ron Bertovich, but you’ve probably seen his work, especially if you live in the Northeast. As a former A-10 commish, Bertovich was instrumental in getting conference schools some face time on regional and national cable networks. So […]
Early 2003 LSI Preview
Early 2003 LSI Preview by Jed Tai It’s only July, but the folks at Promax Events are already planning for this upcoming high school season in the state of Oregon. The field has been set for the 8th annual Les Schwab Invitational, to be held December 19-22 at the Chiles […]
Virginia Tech Credibility
Let’s Criticize the Right School by Phil Kasiecki The ACC expansion mess reached a new point in the final days of June. After nearly two months of action on this front, including four campus visits by conference officials, the ACC decided to invite only Miami and Virginia Tech. While it […]
Patrick Dennehy Coverage
All the News That Isn’t Fit to Print by Dean Austin I write this today on our Nation’s birthday (although it will be posted later) and my thoughts turn to our rights, of the First Amendment, our right to privacy, the presumption of innocence and the right of due process. […]
High School Tournament Finals
2003 AND 1 High School Basketball Championship Finals by Phil Kasiecki As the dust settled on the regional action the previous two weekends, eight teams were left standing and headed to Philadelphia for the AND1 High School Basketball Championship at St. Joseph’s. All rounds were played on Saturday, save for […]
