The Morning Dish – Thursday, September 18th Move the Venue: Baylor University attorneys have made a motion to move the wrongful death suit against the university from Waco to Houston. The suit, brought by Patrick Dennehy, Sr., is alleging wrongful death of his son Patrick Dennehy, Jr., who was murdered, […]
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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, September 17th Thomas Finds a Home: Former Georgia center Steve Thomas has announced he’s transferring to Middle Tennessee State, after being dismissed by Georgia head coach Dennis Felton last week. Thomas, who averaged 10.2 points per game and 7.3 boards, was dismissed from the Bulldogs […]
Conversation with Kathryn Tappen
A Conversation with Kathryn Tappen by Adam Shandler Let’s talk dream jobs. Zamboni driver has to be one of them. So does professional beer taster, massage tester, and video game player. (I guess “Hoopville writer” narrowly missed the list – this year.) And I bet if you polled a hundred […]
989 Sports Final Four 2003
Review: NCAA Final Four 2003 by Dean Austin Title: NCAA Final Four 2003 Publisher: 989 Sports Platform: Playstation 2 Score (out of 10): 6 Help support Hoopville. Click to purchase through Amazon.com Seconds to go in this tight MAC Championship. Top seeded Central Michigan with the ball and down […]
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, September 16th March Madness™: A Texas federal court upheld the NCAA’s claim that they own the rights to use the term “March Madness™”. In a cybersquatting case brought three years ago against two defendants, Netfire, Inc. and Sports Marketing International, Inc., the District Court in […]
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The Morning Dish – Monday, September 15th RIP Merle: One of the 1952 Hickory Huskers Indiana state championship team has passed away. Kent Poole, 39, who played the role of Merle Webb in the 1986 movie “Hoosiers”, was found dead at his home in Crawfordsville, Indiana, apparently committing suicide by […]
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The Morning Dish – Saturday, September 13th Tide Extension: Alabama head basketball coach Mark Gottfried received a five-year contract extension yesterday, which raises his annual salary to $800,000 ($150,000 base) plus incentives. A sixth year would be added if Gottfried wins 19 games this season. Gottfried, the Tide’s coach since […]
John Chaney and Villanova
Big mess amidst the Big Five by Michael Protos For college basketball fans in Philadelphia, the Big Five round-robin means just as much in pride as it does in the standings. The Big Five schools – Villanova, Temple, Penn, La Salle and St. Joseph’s – do not earn any national […]
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The Morning Dish – Friday, September 12th Bulldogs in Doghouse: The NCAA put Fresno State on four years’ probation Wednesday for numerous violations from 1995 to 2002 – basically the reign of Jerry Tarkanian. The NCAA levied charges of academic fraud, failure to report violations, and the famous “lack of […]
