Around the NBA 12/21
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Yesterday the Associated Press reported that Jimmie Johnson is this year’s Male Athlete of the year. I understand why they gave him the award and what he did was the first in his sport but I think there’s a couple other athletes could have got it. I’m not taking anything away from Johnson. What he [...]
Tracy McGrady seemed to be the last person to know he would be making his debut against the Pistons. When he showed up at the arena he was told he would be getting some playing time. McGrady didn’t start and didn’t score much either(3 points) but said he felt good afterwards. “It surprised me,” is [...]
Mike Holmgren, formerly of the Seatle Seahawks, is currently in discussions with Clevland Browns owner Randy Lerner regarding a position with the team. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the position would be real similiar to the role Bill Parcells has with the Dolphins. The Browns have been an embarresment to their fans since 1999 [...]
#13 Georgetown Hoyas who is always is a threat for the Big East title proved to be a handful for the 16th ranked Washington Huskies as Vaughn scored a career-high 18 points, and Georgetown goes on to defeat Washington 74-66. “Our guys do a really good job of figuring out where we have an advantage, [...]
La Salle 65 (6-3, 2-2 away) #1 Kansas 90 (9-0, 7-0 home) #4 Kentucky 90 (10-0, 1-0 away) Indiana 73 (4-5, 3-3 home) Coppin St 43 (5-4, 0-1 MEAC) #7 West Virginia 69 (7-0, 4-0 home) #13 Georgetown 74 (8-0, 2-0 away) #16 Washington 66 (6-2, 6-0 home) Kansas St 95 (9-1, 1-0 away) #17 [...]
Penn couldn’t have a better birthday gift than to defeat Sanchez and retain his lightweight championship title. B.J Penn didn’t waist no time after giving Sanchez a right hand in the first minute that would put Sanchez on his knees for a few seconds. This fight was one sided from the time the bell sounded, [...]
The right choice was made last night at the 75th Heisman ceremony win Alabama’s own Mark Ingram became the school’s first Heisman winner. It was an emotional moment for the star running back who had an outstanding season hoping to cap it all off with a story book ending win at the National Championship game [...]
9th ranked Tennessee Volunteers 75-54 win was led by guard J.P. Prince with 17points was able hold off the in state school Middle Tennessee who was led by Desmond Yates who had a stellar performance going 11-19 FGM-A and ended with a game high 26 points. Western Kentucky upsets #24 Vanderbilt with a 76-69 win. [...]
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As the SEC/Big East Invitational continues with a future possible sweet 16 matchup with the #6 University of Syracuse vs # 11Florida Gators Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim undefeated Orangemen proves once again that their zone defense creates problems for other teams because of the size and athleticism of his team. Syracuse improves to 9-0 [...]