By Alex Simon After an eventful two seasons (unfortunately, not many eventful things happened on the field) the Redskins started off Black Monday early today by announcing the sacking of Jim Zorn. Zorn met with the GM Bruce Allen at approximately 4am, when Zorn learned of his firing. This news does not come to much surprise considering the past speculations and the … [Read more...] about Redskins Start Off Black Monday With Jim Zorn Firing
Delvon Roe Helping Bring Balance to Michigan St.
By Paul M. Banks Michigan St. is starting to round into “midseason form” now. In whipping #25 Northwestern by 20+ points last night in Evanston, they looked like a team with great inside-outside balance, and perfect symmetry between the half court and transition games. Like all Tom Izzo coached teams, the Spartans help to find their balance by dominating the boards, and … [Read more...] about Delvon Roe Helping Bring Balance to Michigan St.
Blackhawks well represented on Olympic Rosters
By Paul M. Banks 6 Hawks make Olympic rosters for USA, Canada and Slovakia … [Read more...] about Blackhawks well represented on Olympic Rosters
Redd, Milwaukee Bucks come out of overtime with a quality win
By Jake McCormick I still play quite a few sports video games, but when I had roughly 75% of the day to waste I would start about three or four franchises at a time. This led to a pretty consistent trend of never completing a single season, but I've wised up and go for that virtual hardware one team at a time now. … [Read more...] about Redd, Milwaukee Bucks come out of overtime with a quality win
Alamo Bowl Live Blog
By: Jeff Ghiringhelli Welcome everyone to my live blog of the Alamo Bowl featuring Michigan State and Texas Tech. I'm all set to go, just awaiting the conclusion of the Liberty Bowl right now on ESPN. I can't even force myself to have interest in this game; I mean East Carolina vs. Arkansas? Game is headed for overtime. Stay tuned. … [Read more...] about Alamo Bowl Live Blog
In Gophers Big Ten Opener, Halftime Draws Most of the Attention
By Mike Gallagher The Gophers basketball team got off to a good conference start on Tuesday, with a 75-70 win over Tailor Battle and Penn State. The Gophers got a great performance out of Lawrence Westbrook, who matched his career high with 29 points. In all reality, this was a game the Gophers should win nine of ten times, especially if they’re going to be in the top … [Read more...] about In Gophers Big Ten Opener, Halftime Draws Most of the Attention
Alamo Bowl Preview
By Jeff Ghiringhelli The Alamo Bowl was supposed to be a mid-level bowl game caught in the middle of the Bowl Championship Series. It has instead turned into a game filled with story lines and drama, and surely more eyes than anticipated will be on San Antonio tomorrow night. … [Read more...] about Alamo Bowl Preview
2010 and counting without a bowl win
Northwestern 35 vs. Auburn 38 Final/Overtime January 1st 2010 By West Lamy The Auburn Tigers were composed in overtime as they stopped a Northwestern Wildcats rally in the 2009 Outback Bowl. … [Read more...] about 2010 and counting without a bowl win
The 2009 Call-Out of the Year
by Peter Christian thecallouts@gmail.com follow Peter Christian on Twitter follow TheCallOuts on Twitter We've traveled the journey of naming Call-Outs each week, to nominating the worst offenders of the year, paring down the nominees to semi-finalists and finalists and finally we are at the moment of truth. The announcement of the 1st Annual Call-Out of the Year … [Read more...] about The 2009 Call-Out of the Year
Northwestern vs. Auburn Outback Bowl Live Blog
By Paul M. Banks and West Lamy 14-7 Auburn with 10 min left in half. NU is keeping up all their usual trends from this season...a TON of plays, lots of short passing routes and showcasing the pass instead of the run, Northwestern has run over 35 plays ALREADY, compared to just 14 for Auburn. Auburn takes a 21-7 lead now Chris Todd to Quindarrious Carr for 46 yard TD … [Read more...] about Northwestern vs. Auburn Outback Bowl Live Blog