Holly Sonders to make golf watchable, well almost

June 16, 2013 by 4 Comments

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The Golf Channel’s Holly Sonders is about to bring a lot more eyeballs to the sport of golf. Well, she’s bringing a lot more publicity to the sport anyway. Who is Holly Sonders?  Here’s her biography and photo collection. She’s also the cover girl for next month’s Golf Digest. Which is the fitness issue. And she’s going to be showing off just how fit she herself is.

Holly Sonders can be seen on “Morning Drive” and “School of Golf” on the Golf Channel. She was a four-year member of the Michigan State golf team, and the Lady Spartans won a Big 10 title during her time there. She might the most inspiring MSU figure this side of Tom Izzo. Certainly, these Michigan State people are NOT role models.

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Sports Bank ranked #1 Sports Blog to Guest Post on; I’ll be more Tom Izzo esque now

June 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Yesterday I found out about this:

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Golf Channel’s Holly Sonders: photos and bio

June 15, 2013 by 4 Comments

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The Golf Channel’s Holly Sonders is rather easy on the eyes, as you can see. And she’s a great golfer. And she has a new eye-catching photo spread in next month’s Golf Digest. Holly Sonders is also an MSU Spartan. Go Green!
Holly Sonders, who can be seen on Morning Drive and School of Golf on the Golf Channel was a four-year member of the Michigan State golf team, and the Lady Spartans won a Big 10 title during her time there.
Holly Sonders may be the most exciting Spartans figure this side of Tom Izzo. And maybe both of them have enough sway among the Michigan State people to get them to stop doing this! DUMB BEHAVIOR!

Michigan St. legend Mateen Cleaves highlights CBS Sports Draft Show

June 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Mateen Cleaves is not only one of the most legendary names in Michigan State history, he’s also one of the most iconic players in college basketball lore. This Spartan warrior is known for winning a national title while on crutches, being a stellar point guard and the ugly Bill Cosby style sweaters he wore on the bench when injured.

Mateen Cleaves played in the NBA for 6 years, including a couple years with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons. He later played in the NBDL, Russia and Greece. Now the Big Ten icon of icon is joining CBS Sports as a studio analyst.

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2013 College Football rankings 1-77

June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Welcome to the 2013 college football preseason! It officially starts today. Whatever keeps me from having to write about baseball; as that actually subtracts page views from my website- for whatever reason.

Sadly, the 2013 college football 77 in 77 does not include the Illinois Fighting Illini. We’ll rank and preview one team a day for the next 77 days, ending with #1 Alabama Crimson Tide on the Thursday before the 2013 college football season begins.

This is the first year I’ve done the 77 in 77 in which my alma mater, the Illini, are not included.

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Cubs draft kid from Michigan State! Let’s burn couches!

June 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Go green! Go white! Yesterday was another big day for Michigan State sports as the Chicago Cubs draft sheet showed this:

7 (198) David Garner RHP Michigan State University (MI) 9/21/92 R R 5-11 180

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Big Ten ACC Challenge match-ups announced

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This year’s Big Ten ACC Challenge will be Dec. 3-4. It features a lot of college basketball teams from the ESPN.com early preseason top 25: No. 3 Michigan State, No. 5 Duke, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 8 Syracuse, No. 9 Michigan, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 20 Indiana and No. 25 Iowa.

Three of the games will pit ranked teams against each other: No. 9 Michigan at No. 5 Duke, No. 11 North Carolina at No. 3 Michigan State and No. 20 Indiana at No. 8 Syracuse.

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Big Ten officially buries AWFUL “Legends” and “Leaders” Names

April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Yesterday, the Big Ten officially announced what we all knew for at least a week. However, for those who are oblivious I’ll reiterate: new realignment and division names starting in 2014 and nine-game conference schedules starting in 2016. Most important about this college football news nugget or tidbit if you will, the Big Ten has laid to rest the HORRIBLE division names: Legends and Leaders.

Thankfully we only suffered through that pathetic pablum masquerading as division names for just two years. With Rutgers and Maryland joining the conference, where’s Rebecca Martinson when you need here? I’d love to hear her SCREAM and CURSE LOUDLY IN ANGER at whoever came up with that Legends and Leaders garbage.

Moving on, the new division alignments are:

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UPDATED 2013-2014 preseason top 25 college basketball rankings

April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment

With the Louisville Cardinals cutting down the nets, the book was officially closed on the 2012-2013 college basketball season.  Hoop junkies like myself are already looking ahead to next season so allow me to present to you my updated way too early 2012-2013 preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings.

So here is my preliminary preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings for next season.  I have updated these rankings since the NBA Draft early entries list is complete and a number of transfers have since been announced.  There is still one major x-factor out there, the undecided Andrew Wiggins who is the #1 prospect in the 2013 class.  Leave a comment below if you think a team is too high, too low, not getting enough respect, or if you notice an error in a projected roster.  (Click here to see how my 2012-13 way too early preseason college basketball rankings turned out.)

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UPDATED 2013-2014 preseason top 25 college basketball rankings (part 2)

April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Here are teams 16-25 in my updated 2012-2013 preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings and other teams who just missed the cut.

CLICK HERE FOR TEAMS 1-15 IN MY 2013-14 PRESEASON TOP 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS

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2013 NBA Draft Early Entrants

April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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The 2013 NBA Draft will soon be here. The deadline for college basketball underclassmen having to decide their future has officially passed so at this point, you are either in or out.  Here is an updated list of underclassmen who have declared for the 2013 NBA Draft and where they could end up being selected.

Click here for The Sports Bank’s 2013 NBA Draft mock.

Updated: 4/29/13

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