Month: March 2010 (Page 52 of 59)

      ESPN drops the ball with lack of KU/KSU coverage

      March 3, 2010 /

      The #2 Kansas/#5 Kansas State game wasn’t on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN News or ESPNU. It was on ESPN360, which allows certain internet subscribers to watch the game on their computers.

      I’m sorry — but it really bothers me anytime there’s a top 5 matchup that isn’t on national television. And it’s not like ESPN didn’t have the rights — they did. They just elected to broadcast the game on ESPN360 instead one of the four networks that I get in high defnition.

      Oh, by the way, Kansas won, 82-65, but I can’t tell you anything about the game because I didn’t get to watch it.

      College Basketball, Television

      Sidney Crosby’s goal booed in Pittsburgh

      March 3, 2010 /

      As the Buffalo Sabres visited the Pittsburgh Penguins last night, Team USA/Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller got a strong ovation (along with chants of U-S-A, U-S-A) while Canadian/Penguin Sidney Crosby drew boos from the crowed when the jumbotron showed footage of his gold-medal winning goal.

      Miller’s ovation is at the start of the video, while Crosby is introduced at around the 1:10 mark. Pittsburgh won, 3-2, but Miller didn’t play.

      NHL, The Olympics, Video

      Rick Reilly’s rules for rushing the court

      March 3, 2010 /

      Every so often, Rick Reilly comes up with something good. Here are his rules for rushing the court:

      This has got to stop. Therefore, here are the Ironclad and Unbreakable Rushing-the-Court Rules. From now on, you can NOT rush the court if …

      • You’ve won an NCAA title in the past 20 years.
      • You’ve been in the Final Four in the past five years.
      • The team you just beat is not in the top three.
      • Or is ranked within 15 rungs of you. (Somebody do the math for Wake.)
      • Or is really a football school. This includes Florida, Texas and Ohio State. Get over it.
      • You’ve beaten this same team in the past five years.
      • You won the stupid game by more than 10 points. There is no such thing as a PRTC (Premeditated Rush The Court.)
      • You’re a university and you just beat a college.
      • Coach K comes to your coach’s clinic.
      • You have a dead-mortal-lock lottery pick on your team.
      • Your team has appeared in a recent “One Shining Moment.”

      I think RTC has become something that fans want to do at least once in their college career, so they make up an excuse to do it. That’s understandable, I guess. And I’d rather fans be too exuberant at times (NCAA) than asleep in the stands (NBA).

      Here are a few random thoughts:

      – I don’t like the 20-Year Rule. Really — Arkansas (1994) and UNLV (1990) aren’t allowed to rush the court if they beat a #1 team on their home court? Let’s make it the 10-Year Rule.

      – I buy the Final Four, Top Three and 15 Rung rules, though I’d make it a 10 Rung Rule. If you’re ranked 12th in the country and just beat the #1 team at home, I get it.

      – I don’t like the “really a football school” rule. A top three team is a top three team. Period.

      – I buy the Repeat Rule, but not the 10-point rule, especially if the home team is a big underdog. PRTC is fine with me.

      – The last four? Meh. Lots of teams appear in “One Shining Moment” — it doesn’t mean that they didn’t just get a huge win at home.

      So what do you think of Reilly’s rules? (He does offer up a few exceptions.)


      Photo from fOTOGLIF

      College Basketball

      Daly reveals reporter’s cell number on Twitter

      March 3, 2010 /

      That crazy John Daly is at it again, having fun and seeking revenge via Twitter.

      From FOXSports.com:

      John Daly was so irritated that a Florida newspaper wrote about his PGA Tour disciplinary file that he referred to the writer as a “jerk” on Twitter and posted the writer’s cell phone number for his followers to call.

      The Florida Times-Union reported Tuesday that the file is now public record through Daly’s unsuccessful libel lawsuit against the newspaper. The file is 456 pages and notes that Daly has been suspended five times and cited 21 times for not giving his best effort.

      “here’s the JERK who writes NON-NEWS article on debut of my show — CALL & FLOOD his line & let’s tell him how WE feel,” Daly said on Twitter, adding the cell phone number of golf writer Garry Smits.

      Smits, the golf writer for the Times-Union, said he received about 30 calls after a series of three tweets late Tuesday night, and nearly 100 calls by early Wednesday afternoon. Smits said most of the callers hang up, and about 30 left messages.

      “His fans are very unhappy,” Smits said.

      If I were an exclusive golf writer, I would stay as far from John Daly as humanly possible. Either that, or I would quit my job so I could party with him at all times because you’re bound to see something interesting.


      Photo from fOTOGLIF

      Golf

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