The NCAA tournament is known to have upsets and madness, but nothing like this. After VCU’s upset win over the last remaining #1 seed Kansas, practically everyone’s bracket is busted. And no one believed that this team from Richmond, Virginia could do the unthinkable and get to college basektball's Final Four. Why? Because no one believed they even deserved to be here. So the … [Read more...] about VCU: The Journey to the Unthinkable
Anti-Bracket Regional Champion: Black-Eyed Peas “I gotta Feeling”
I wonder what the world would be like if Will.I.Am had never been born? I'm guessing it would be a much better place. If I were President, and Willie was murdered, I'd give his assailant a full pardon, and a medal of freedom. It seems to be a consensus among people I talk to that the Black-Eyed Peas put on the worst Super Bowl halftime show in history. On the biggest stage the … [Read more...] about Anti-Bracket Regional Champion: Black-Eyed Peas “I gotta Feeling”
Milwaukee Brewers Weekly Check-In (3-28-11)
If you’re not one of those baseball nerds who follows every single thing going on in the Milwaukee Brewers Organization, don’t worry, because The Sports Bank’s Nick Grays has you covered with what happened in the past week and what’s going on in the future. And if you are one of those nerds, feel free to join in on some good old analysis of America’s pastime in the … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Brewers Weekly Check-In (3-28-11)
Marquette: Looking Ahead to the 2011-2012 Season
Rather than dwell on the embarrassment that was Marquette’s Sweet 16 performance against North Carolina, I prefer to take the glass half-full approach and look ahead to next season. Since it looks like Buzz Williams will not be fleeing the Brew City for Oklahoma, Missouri, or any of the other rumored coaching vacancies that his name has been linked to in the past couple weeks, … [Read more...] about Marquette: Looking Ahead to the 2011-2012 Season
Illinois Fighting Illini 2010-2011 Recap, Early look Ahead to 2012
Inconsistency, lack of effort, and disappointing: those three words are as good as any when it comes to summing up the University of Illinois Men’s Basketball 2010-2011 season. For a team that was supposed to do great things this year, they had a very up and down campaign. After starting the season 10-1 (only loss coming in OT to Texas at Madison Square Garden), the Illini … [Read more...] about Illinois Fighting Illini 2010-2011 Recap, Early look Ahead to 2012
VCU Head Coach Shaka Smart Making Wisconsin Proud
The Wisconsin Badgers and Marquette Golden Eagles both were outed in the Sweet 16, but that doesn't mean the state isn't paying attention anymore. Shaka Smart, Head Coach of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Wisconsin native has his squad dancing to their first ever Final Four. The mastermind behind 2011's Cinderella team hails from Fitchburg (a small city … [Read more...] about VCU Head Coach Shaka Smart Making Wisconsin Proud
VCU Rams: America’s new College Basketball Sweethearts?
This NCAA Tournament second weekend features four double digit seeds, three of them within one region. The Butler Bulldogs are back in the sweet sixteen, but it's hard to actually consider them a cinderella, even though they're in a mid-major conference. The city of Richmond, Virginia (mighty metropolis, urbane, sophisticated, international, cosmopolitan mecca that it is) … [Read more...] about VCU Rams: America’s new College Basketball Sweethearts?
Anti-Bracket Regional Champion: Jay Mariotti!
Congratulations to one of Chicago's very own. Sort of. All-time douchebag, media gasbag and a man once described as "a garbage" by Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen, a man who plead no contest for beating his girlfriend, Jay Mariotti has "won" the Milton Bradley Regional in the 2011 Sports Bank Anti-Bracket. The voters have elected Mariotti into the Final Four, … [Read more...] about Anti-Bracket Regional Champion: Jay Mariotti!
Examining the Cleveland Indians Opening Day Starting Rotation
Since the back-to-back departures of Cy Young Award winning pitchers, Cleveland Indians starters have struggled to find success. With the exception of Fausto Carmona, this year's opening day starting rotation will be pitching with relative anonymity. For a young team that has struggled in recent years, this is not necessarily a problem. The rotation’s success begins with … [Read more...] about Examining the Cleveland Indians Opening Day Starting Rotation
Notre Dame’s Tim Abromaitis will complete MBA Ahead of Basketball
Everywhere you look, college football and college basketball news stories are filled with scandal and skullduggery. It’s enough to make one think there are no good guys left among the coaches, and no “students,” in the term “student-athlete.” Tim Abromaitis of Notre Dame is an exceptional exception. His team finished the season ranked #4 in the final poll, earned a #2 seed … [Read more...] about Notre Dame’s Tim Abromaitis will complete MBA Ahead of Basketball