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Archives for February 2010

Big East Power Rankings

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By: David Kay 1. Syracuse: 13-2, 26-2 (LWR: 1) I love Andy Rautins.  There I said it.  Judge me, I don’t even care.  He honestly deserves to be in All-American consideration.  I am not drunk.  He is the calming force for this ‘Cuse team and does everything on the floor.  By the way, words cannot describe how excited I am for the ‘Nova-‘Cuse game Saturday night.  We’re … [Read more...] about Big East Power Rankings

USA Women’s Hockey Captures Second-Ever Silver Medal

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?? U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team Falls to Canada, 2-0, in Gold-Medal Game of 2010 Olympic Winter Games VANCOUVER, B.C. - The U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team fell to Canada, 2-0, here this afternoon in the gold-medal game of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. With a 4-0-0-1 overall record at the tournament, Team USA captured its second-ever Olympic silver … [Read more...] about USA Women’s Hockey Captures Second-Ever Silver Medal

Keeping Up with the Crawfords Part 2 Drew

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By Paul M. Banks For part one of this installment, with Drew's father, NBA referee Dan Crawford go here. On Thursday night, Northwestern earned their 18th victory of the season, thereby establishing a new school record. In that game small forward Drew Crawford scored just two points on 1-4 shooting. but don't let that number fool you. Like Cleveland Indians Manager Lou … [Read more...] about Keeping Up with the Crawfords Part 2 Drew

Vancouver Olympics: Final Stretch Fast Forward

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By: Melissa S. Wollering As the Midwest’s premiere sports website, we are breaking down everything Olympics—from uber good to muy mal.  Yesterday, we brought you the Week 2 Rewind.  Today, it’s the Final Stretch Fast Forward from Vancouver! Day 14, February 25: Freestyle Skiing and Nordic Combined are on tonight; but Figure Skating takes the cake on NBC primetime.  USA’s … [Read more...] about Vancouver Olympics: Final Stretch Fast Forward

Milwaukee Bucks get back to .500 with win against the New Orleans Hornets

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By Jake McCormick With a 4-0 start to the post-trading deadline season, the Milwaukee Bucks are conclusively better than they were on February 18. The team's 115-95 win against the Chris Paul-less New Orleans Hornets serves as a blueprint for what the team can do with their new toys and newfound identity. … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Bucks get back to .500 with win against the New Orleans Hornets

USA Men’s Hockey Blanks Switzerland

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Team USA to Play in Semifinal Round Friday! VANCOUVER, B.C. - Zach Parise (Prior Lake, Minn./New Jersey Devils/Univ. of North Dakota) scored his first two goals of the tournament and Ryan Miller (East Lansing, Mich./Buffalo Sabres/Michigan State Univ.) turned aside all 19 shots faced as the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team downed Switzerland, 2-0, here today in the … [Read more...] about USA Men’s Hockey Blanks Switzerland

Illinois, Arizona gone Downhill since Miracle on Mannheim

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Today's link comes to us from Hail to the Orange, the SB Nation Illini blog. And one of the finest Illini blogs around. Remember UI did invent the web browser, so of course there's bound to be some good weblogs out there, right? Joe Kutsunis' link recaps the infamous 90-89 OT thriller Elite 8 game in 2005 (the "Champaign Campaign") and where everyone has gone since. … [Read more...] about Illinois, Arizona gone Downhill since Miracle on Mannheim