St. Mary’s star center is very quotable. Here’s a sample:
On how he ended up at Saint Mary’s …
“I was a McDonald’s All-American coming out … I was waiting for you to laugh, and you didn’t.”
On being matched against Baylor’s Ekpe Udoh …
“He can jump, and I can’t. He’s fast, and I’m not. He’s strong, and I’m not. Although I’ll have trouble guarding him, he’ll have trouble guarding me.”
And the quotes just keep on coming…
Check out these two nut shots by Herb Pope in Seton Hall’s game against Texas Tech. He was ejected.
I wonder if anything happened before the first nut shot. Guys don’t usually go around hitting other players in the groin without provocation, but regardless, Pope was way out of line here.
In order to help get you ready for the MLB season, we’re doing division-by-division rankings with quick overviews on how each club could fair in 2010. Next to each team, you’ll also find a corresponding number written in parenthesis, which indicates where we believe that club falls in a league-wide power ranking. Be sure to check back throughout the next two weeks leading up to the season, as we will be updating our content daily. Enjoy.
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Next up is the AL Central.
1. Chicago White Sox (9)
Some folks will think that this is too high for the White Sox – that they should be behind the Twins and out of the top 10 in terms of the overall power rankings. Some folks will say that Jake Peavy won’t be healthy all season and that the Chi Sox will once again falter as they try to live station to station on offense. Well, I say the folks that disagree with my opinion are friggin idiots. Harsh? Yeah, but it also needed to be said. I realize that I’m taking a risk by moving the Sox to the head of the AL Central, but really, it’s hard to argue that this division isn’t a crapshoot anyway. Every team has question marks heading into the season but at the end of the day, pitching makes or breaks a team. I realize Peavy missed all of last year due to injury, but the Sox were second in the AL in pitching last season with a 4.14 ERA without him. If he stays healthy, Peavy will only add to Chicago’s solid rotation (which also features Mark Buehrle, John Danks, Gavin Floyd and Freddy Garcia) and the addition of J.J. Putz should bolster the bullpen as well. Outside of injuries, the only thing that could potentially hold Chicago back this year is its offense. What do you mean that’s kind of a big deal? I’m banking that youngster Gordon Beckham develops quickly and that Carlos Quentin and Alex Rios return to form. I also think the Sox will get key contributions from the additions GM Kenny Williams made this offseason in Andruw Jones, Juan Pierre and Mark Teahen. I’m not expecting the Sox to magically transform into the Yankees of the AL Central, but I do believe they have enough offense to get by while their pitching carries them to a playoff berth.
The NFL owners voted today to change the overtime rules in the playoffs. Per the new rules, the team that lost the coin toss will get a possession if their opponents (the team that won the coin toss) don’t score a touchdown on their first possession.
From ESPN.com:
The proposal passed 28-4. As it is written, the rules change applies just for the postseason, but the owners also decided to discuss adopting the changes for the regular season at their next meeting, in May in Dallas.
“We’ve had this discussion for a number of years,” competition committee co-chairman Rich McKay said. “We feel this year’s proposal gave us the opportunity to [install] a pretty good rule. Statistically we felt it needed to be changed. It wasn’t creating the fairest result as far as field goal accuracy, field goal distance and drive starts.”
McKay said one of the selling points was it maintained the sudden death aspect of overtime.
As a fan, I really don’t know how to feel about this. Truth be told, I was fine with the coin toss as is, but I also don’t fault those that wanted to see the rule changed because games were being decided on the first possession (and by a coin toss, no less). So I guess I’m intrigued with how this could affect playoff games.
That said, whether you like the change or not, this new rule could breathe even more excitement into playoff games. Now, even if a team marches up the field and winds up kicking a field goal, they still have to play defense in order to win. I like the idea of adding more possessions in overtime, providing that the team that won the coin toss doesn’t score a touchdown of course. I think the rule is still a little janky (why not give the opposing team a chance to have a possession, regardless of whether or not the winners of the coin toss score a TD), but again, I’m intriguing by how this will all play out.
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From YouTube…
Grand Haven basketball player Nate VanArendonk dunks and shatters the backboard in an MHSAA Boys Basketball Regional Final game against Rockford at Grandville High School on March 17, 2010. I shot this video, and have the authorization and approval of FOX 17 WXMI, who aired it. (Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to include sound on here.)
I like how VanArendonk jumps around after the play, while everyone else in the gym is probably thinking — this is going to take forever to clean up. They ended up finishing the game at another school and Grand Haven won the game.
VanArendonk signed with Central Michigan, which will surely make CMU alum Anthony Stalter proud.
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